56 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 151 



146852 to 146867— Continued 



146866. Smilax sp. 



From Obidos, August 31, 1943. 



146867. (Undetermined.) 

 From Peru. 



146868 to 146871. 



From Mexico. Plants presented by Dr. Robert T. Clausen, Office of Foreign 

 Agricultural Relations, Mexico City. Received September 15, 1943. 



146868. Sedum conzattii Rose. Crassulaceae. 



No. 6080. A more or less shrubby sedum 12 or 15 inches high, with 

 alternate, spatulate, rather thin leaves 1 inch long, and small, white or 

 purplish flowers in short cymes. Native to Mexico. 



146869. Sedum napiferum Peyr. 



No. 6020. A succulent annual 1 to 3 inches high, with subterete, very 

 small leaves x k inch long, and cymes of small rosy flowers. Native to 

 Mexico. 



146870. Sedum hemsleanum Rose. 



No, 6071. A fleshy perennial 4 to 12 inches high, with oblong spatulate 

 aves up to 1 inch long, an< 

 panicle. Native to Mexico. 



146871. Villadia ramosissima Rose. Crassulaceae. 



No. 6073. A shrubby, much-branched villadia, native to limestone hills 

 in Puebla, Mexico. The reddish branches become spreading with age, and 

 the rigid oblong leaves are nearly terete. The small flowers, about 1/3 

 inch across and white with a pinkish tinge, are in loose leafy cymes. 



For previous introduction see 7390. 



146872 to 146874. 



From Brazil. Tubers presented by J. T. Baldwin, Jr., Para. Received Sep- 

 tember 15, 1943. 



146872. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



Batata. Purple-fleshed variety from Oriximina, August 25, 1943. 



146873. Dioscorea alata L. 



Batata. White-and-pink-fleshed varieties from Obidos, August 31, 1943. 



146874. Dioscorea trifida L.f. 



A wild yam native to northern Brazil, with small, edible tubers, winged 

 or angled stems, and leaves 3- to 5-lobed. 



146875. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link (P. cenchroides Rich.). 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by M. Wilman, McGregor 

 Museum, Kimberley. Received September 1, 1943. 



A very hardy type of grass that stands winter rains and frost unusually 

 well. 



For previous introduction see 146268. 



146876 to 146892. Sorghum vulgare var. saccharatum (L.) 

 Boerl. Poaceae. Sweet sorghum. 



From the Union of South Africa, Seeds presented by H. H. Dodds, South 

 African Sugar Association Experiment Station, Mount Edgecombe, Natal. 

 Received September 1, 1943. 



146876. Blanc. From the Belgian Congo. 



