INVENTORY 



147633. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Iran. Seeds collected by Dr. Walter Koelz, Tehran; agent, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering. Seeds collected at 

 Karaj, and forwarded by H. E. Myers, Foreign Service Auxiliary, Ameri- 

 can Legation, Cairo, Egypt. Received February 3, 1943. 



A variety said to be of exceptional yield and of excellent bread-making 

 quality. 



147634. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Peru. Seeds collected by Carl 0. Grassl, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, December 12, 1943. 



Grown by the Ticuna Indians in Peru in a region opposite the mouth of 

 the Loretto-yacu River in Colombia. 



Sweet corn; selected from 500 ears of various starchy types. 



147635. Lycopersicon esculentum var. cerasiforme (Dun.) A. 

 Gray. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Ecuador. Seeds presented by Ernesto Molestina 0., Director General 

 of Agriculture, Quito. Received January 1, 1944. 



147636. Puya dasylirioides Standi. Bromeliaceae. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented by Richard G. Atkinson and David 

 Barry, Jr., of Los Angeles, Calif. Received February 7, 1944. 



A spiny plant 3 to 8 feet high, with pineapplelike foliage. Native to Costa 

 Rica. 



147637 to 147645. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Raymond W. Schulz, Cuernavaca, Morelos. 

 Received January 26, 1943. 



147637. Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench. (Hibiscus esculentus L.) . 

 Malvaceae. Okra. 



147638. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 

 Chile japones; fruit three-fourths inch in diameter. 



147639. Cestrum nocturnum L. Solanaceae. Nightblooming jessamine. 



A West Indian shrub 4 to 12 feet high with ovate-acuminate leaves, and 

 clusters of fragrant, tubular, creamy-yellow flowers that open at night. 



147640. Chamaedorea sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 

 Used as a house plant. 



147641. Amaryllis sp. Amaryllidaceae. 

 Flowers deep red, very large. 



147642. Passiflora edulis Sims. Passifloraceae. Purple granadilla. 

 For previous introduction see 114985. 



147643. Psidium guajava L. Myrtaceae. Guava. 

 Fruits small, red; of acid-sweet flavor. 



For previous introduction see 135091. 

 147644 and 147645. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. Castor-bean. 



147644. Red-seeded. 



147645. White-seeded. 



