6 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 152 



147707. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained from the Division of Cereal Crops and 

 Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 

 Beltsville. Received January 20, 1944. 



Tuxpam. Grown in Louisiana. 



147708. Crotalaria juncea L. Fabaceae. Sunn-hemp. 



From Florida. Seeds obtained through the Division of Cotton and Other 

 Fiber Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agri- 

 cultural Engineering, Beltsville, Md. Received January 27, 1944. 



Grown at Homestead. 



For previous introduction see 145795. 



147709. Garcia nutans Vahl. Euphorbiaceae. 



From Mexico. Plants presented by S. J. Lynch, Subtropical Experimental 

 Station, Homestead, Fla. Numbered February 2, 1944. 



147710. Ceiba acuminata (S. Wats.) Rose. Bombacaceae. 



Pochote. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Alfonzo P. Zepada, San Javier, Sonora. 

 Received February 5, 1944. 



For previous introduction see 134523. 



147711. Pueraria thunbergiana (Sieb. & Zucc.) Benth. Faba- 

 ceae. Kudzu. 



From Virginia. Crowns obtained through the Soil Conservation Service, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Received 

 February 7, 1944. 



From the Soil Conservation Service Nursery at Sandy Level. 



For previous introduction see 146719. 



147712. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented by Prof. Jose Maria Orozco, University 

 of Costa Rica, San Jose. Received January 11, 1944. 



Tomatillo Came. 



147713. Esenbeckia runyoni Morton. Rutaceae. 



From Texas. Seeds collected by Robert Runvon, Brownsville. Received 

 January 12, 1944. 



A tree about 30 feet high, with a round top and bright-green trifoliolate 

 leaves that remain on the tree until spring. The tree usually blooms twice 

 annually, in May and November; the fruit from the early flowers maturing 

 in August. The symmetrical panicle produces many hundreds of small, white, 

 fragrant flowers. A dozen or so fruits set on each panicle and grow until 

 most of them are about 5 cm. in diameter, and then all but one or two fall 

 off. The tree is very rare and is known only from Cameron County, Tex. 

 The seeds of Esenbeckia are ejected from the mature capsules with con- 

 siderable force. 



147714. Nicotiana TABACUM L. Solanaceae. Common tobacco. 



From North Carolina. Seeds purchased from Roy Waynick, Reidsville. Re- 

 ceived January 12, 1944. 



Variety 1+00. 



147715 to 147717. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



From California. Plants purchased from the Armstrong Nursery Co., Ontario. 

 Received January 13, 1944. 



