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323421 to 323441— Continued 



323433. Secale cereale L. Gramineae. Rye. 



323434. Triticum (hybrid). Gramineae. 

 (T. dicoccum x T . monococcum) . 



323435. Triticum dicoccum Schrank Emmer. 



323436. Triticum macha Dekapr. & Men. 



323437. Triticum monococcum L. 



323438. Triticum spelta L. Spelt. 



323439. Triticum sphaerococcum Percival 



323440. Triticum turgidum var. speciosum Percival 



323441. Vitis VINIFERA L. Vitaceae. European grape. 

 'Capensia Nigra'. 



323442. Helianthus annuus L. Compositae. Sunflower. 



From France. Seeds presented by A. Cauderon, Centre de Recherches Agro- 

 nomiques, Clermont-Ferrand. Received Nov. 2, 1967. 



Carries male- sterility factor closely linked with green seedling color. 



323443. Rhododendron tsusiophyllum Sugimoto. Ericaceae. 



From Japan. Plants presented by W. H. Hodge, The Tokyo Office of the U. S. 

 National Science Foundation. Received Nov. 2, 1967. 



From the mountains near Hakone (Mt. Fuji area). Prostrate or decum- 

 bent, much-branched shrub to 0.5 m. high, the branches densely brown 

 strigose; leaves rather thick, nearly sessile, elliptic to narrowly so, sometimes 

 obovate, 7 to 10 mm. long, 4 to 6 mm. wide, acute at both ends, mucronulate, 

 brown-strigose, on upper side, on margins and midrib beneath; flowers 1 to 3, 

 white, umbellate, the pedicels densely brown-strigose, 1 to 3 mm. long; calyx 

 minute; corolla shall owly 4 or 5 lobed, tubular-campanulate, 7 to 10 mm. long, 

 white-puberulent externally; stamens 5, included, the filaments pilose, the 

 anthers longitudinally dehiscent; style glabrous; ovary 3-locular, densely 

 strigose; capsules broadly ovoid. June-July. Rare. 



323444 and 323445. 



From Pakistan. Seeds collected by N. H. French, United States Agency for 

 International Development, Lahore. Received Nov. 3, 1967. 



323444. Cenchrus ciliaris L. Gramineae. 



Col. No. 3. Vijudo, Hyderabad. Plant tall on sandy soil. Head light 

 colored, burr awns prominent. High production, low palatability. 



323445. Cenchrus prieurii (Kunth) Maire 



Col. No. 4. Vijudo, Hyderabad. Plant robust, tall on sandy soil, leaves 

 broad. High production, reported low palatability. 



323446 to 323478. 



From Poland. Seeds presented by Jan Piech, Glowny Osrodek Badawczy, 

 Instytut Uprawy Nawozenia I Gleboznawstwa, Pulawy. Received Nov. 

 3, 1967. 



323446 to 323448. Hordeum vulgare L. Gramineae. Common barley. 



323446. 'Kostek'. 



323447. 'Mikulicki Wczesny'. 



323448. 'SlaskiF. 



323449 to 323457. Secale cereale L. Gramineae. Rye. 



323449. 'Chrobre'. 



