76 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 170 
279823 to 279827—Continued 
279824. ‘Foli’. No. 1. 
279825. ‘Foli’ No. 2. 
279826. ‘Heralda’. 
279827. ‘Mansholt’s Pluk’. 
279828 to 279836. 
From Ethiopia. Plants collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Crops 
Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Numbered 
Mar. 21, 1962. 
279828. APIUM NODIFLORUM Reich. f. Apiaceae. 
Col. No. 7520. Very wet, shaded slopes along branch of Acachi River, 
about 3 km. northeast of main road to Acachi, Shoa Province. Elevation 
2,100 meters. Plant a lithe paludal from creeping rhizome, rather succu- 
lent, tastes like celery. 
279829. DRACAENA STEUDNERI Schwfth. ex Engl. Liliaceae. 
Col. No. 7982. Moist woods, along edge of fields and in deep ravines, 7 
km. northwest of Jimma, on road to Agaro, Kaifa Province. Elevation 
1,750 meters. Tree to 12 meters high; bole straight at base, then profusely 
branched; branches strict to ascending; leaves clustered mostly just below 
the inflorescence: inflorescence 1 meter long, much branched ; fiowers ter- 
minal on new apical shoots. 
279830. DRYNARIA VOLKENSII Hieron. Polypodiaceae. Fern. 
Col. No. 7679. Epiphyte, on limbs of tree by stream 34 km. west of 
Ambo, Shoa Province. Elevation 2,490 meters. Plant wild, rhizomatous; 
fronds dimorphic; the sterile pinnatifid, ascending, clasping; the fertile 
ones erect. 
279831. GALINIERA COFFEOIDES Del. Rubiaceae. 
Col. No. 7839. Component of shrub layers in raimforest with Coffea 
arabica, across Denitcha River from Sudan Interior Mission, Bonga, Kaffa 
Province. Elevation 1,700 meters. Evergreen tree to 8 meters high, densely 
branched; bark smooth, gray. 
279832. HAEMANTHUS MULTIFLORUS Martyn Amaryllidaceae. 
Col. No. 8022. Rocky bank along south side of Baco River, where Tippi- 
Mesan Tefari trail crosses, Illubabor Province. Elevation 1,010 meters. 
Bulbous plant in wild; stem sheaths red moitled; leaves to 0.5 meter high; 
fiowers scarlet. 
279833. KALANCHOE PETITIANA A. Rich. Crassulaceae. 
Col. No. 7715. Clearing at edge of Juntperus procera forest, Managasha 
National Park, Shoa Province. Succulent perennial in wild to 1.5 meters 
high, tufted from base; flowers variable in color from white to deep pink. 
279834. COLEUS ASSURGENS Bak. Menthaceae. 
Col. No. 7569. Moist, shaded bank by stream, Entotto Mountain, Shoa 
Province. Elevation 2,500 meters. Tufted perennial to 60 cm. high, spread- 
ing; stems and leaves succulent; flowers bright blue. 
279835. (Undetermined.) Araceae. 
Col. No. 7470. Base of lava boulders much overgrown by shrubs, west 
side of Acachi River near top of valley, 17 km. south of Addis Ababa, 
Shoa Province. Elevation 2,070 meters. Plant tuberous rooted; tubers 65 to 
75 mm. across, 12 to 18 mm. thick, white and succulent; inflorescence 
(fruiting stalk) partially underground; fruit scarlet. 
