24 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 176 



324880 to 324883. Cydonia oblonga Mill. Rosaceae. Quince. 



From France. Seeds presented by the Station de Recherches D 'Arboriculture 

 et D'Oenologie, Belle-Beille, Angers. Received Jan. 16, 1968. 



324880. C-5-R. 324882. C-255. 



324881. C-75-10. 324883. C-256. 



324884. Pyrus pashia Buch.-Ham. ex Don Rosaceae. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Horticultural Division, Indian Agri- 

 cultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Received Jan. 16, 1968. 



324885 and 324886. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



From New Zealand. Tubers presented by Department Scientific and In- 

 dustrial Research, Otara, through J. C. Miller, Department of Horticul- 

 ture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Numbered 

 Jan. 17, 1968. 



324885. No. 255. Originally from Port Moresby, Australian New Guinea. 

 (May be identical with P.I. 286619.) 



324886. No. 394. Originally from Vila, New Hebrides. 



324887. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Sweetpotato. 



From the United States. Tubers presented by J. C. Miller, Department of 

 Horticulture, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La. Numbered 

 Jan. 17, 1968. 



Original source unknown. 



324888. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Sweetpotato. 



From Taiwan. Tubers collected by A. L. Neville, Columbia, South Carolina. 

 Numbered Jan. 17, 1968. 



324889. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Sweetpotato. 



From Peru. Tubers presented by L. W. Nielson, Department of Plant Pa- 

 thology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. 

 Numbered Jan. 17, 1968. 



'Camote Amarillo'. 



324890. Hibiscus cannabinus L. Malvaceae. Kenaf. 



From Ghana. Seeds presented by S. Y. Amanquah, Crops Research Institute, 

 Ghana Academy of Sciences, Kumasi. Received Jan. 17, 1968. 



From Ashiaman, near Tema. 

 324891 to 324904. 



From the United States. Plants submitted through C. N. Hittle, University 

 of Illinois, Urbana. Originally from Poland unless otherwise stated. 

 Numbered Jan. 17, 1968. 



324891 and 324892. Medicago sativa L. Leguminosae. Alfalfa. 



324891. Col. No. A-1074. 'Sandomierska'. Plants medium erect, to 

 105 cm., vigorous; flowers purple, lilac, variegated. 



324892. Col. No. A-1075. 'San Pedro'. Originally from Peru. Sub- 

 mitted through Howard Kaerwer, Northrup King & Company, Minne- 

 apolis, Minn. Plant 'Hairy Peruvian' type, medium erect, vigorous; 

 stems to 107 cm. long; flowers purple. 



324893 to 324896. Medicago sativa var. varia (Mart.) Urb. 



324893. Col. No. A-1070. 'Miechowska'. Plant nearly erect, 80 cm. 

 high, vigorous; leaflets medium large; flowers purple. 



