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326565. Euphorbia heterophylla L. Euphorbiaceae. 



From the United States. Seeds grown at Regional Plant Introduction Station, 

 Ames, Iowa. Numbered Apr. 8, 1968. 



NU 50421. Annual herb, erect, to 1 m. high; cyathia in terminal cymes. 

 Cultivated as ornamental. Damp, sandy soil. Florida to Texas, north to 

 Virginia, Indiana, Wisconsin and South Dakota. August and September. 



326566. Monarda FISTULOSA L. Labiatae. Wildbergamot. 



From the United States. Seeds collected in 1960 by Robert E. Perdue, Jr., 

 Crops Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Num- 

 bered Apr. 8, 1968. 



Col. No. 4047. Along Highway 68, south of Golden, Colo. Open and 

 partly shaded slopes. Perennial, to 18 inches high. 



326567. Monarda punctata L. Labiatae. Spotted beebalm. 



From the United States. Seeds collected in 1960 by Arthur S. Barclay, 

 Corps Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Num- 

 bered Apr. 8, 1968. 



Col. No. 851. Near University of Oklahoma Biological Station. Marshall 

 County, Okla. Perennial herb; branches erect; bracts greenish white; flowers 

 light yellow with brownish-red dots. Growing in weedy field, soil sandy. 



326568. Malope trifida Cav. Malvaceae. 



From the United States. Seeds received in 1960 by Quentin Jones, Crops 

 Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Numbered 

 Apr. 8, 1968. 



NU 40837. Annual, to 1 m. high; flowers solitary, axillary, stalked; car- 

 pels numerous and congested into a head. Cultivated as ornamental. Spain, 

 North Africa. 



326569. Crambe abyssinica Hochst. ex R. E. Fries Cruciferae. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds collected by B. M. Leese, Crops Research Division, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville. Md. Received Apr. 

 11, 1968. 



Col. No. 713-B. Agriculture College, Jimma. Local variety. 



326570 to 326577. Magnolia (hybrids) Magnoliaceae. 



From the United States. Plants bred at United States National Arboretum, 

 Washington, D. C. Received Apr. 1968. 



(Af. liliflora 'Nigra'. X M. stellata 'Rosea'). Shrubs multistemmed, erect, 

 6 to 10 feet high, deciduous. Flower characters variable. Selected for late 

 flowering to avoid frost. Easily propagated from soft wood cuttings. 



326570. N.A. 28344. 'Ann\ Flower erect, 2 to 4 inches diameter, 6 to 8 

 broad tepals, inside purple, outside bright red purple. Earliest of this 

 series. 



326571. N.A. 28345. 'Judy'. Flower 2 to 3 inches diameter, 10 tepals, 

 inside creamy white, outside red purple. Slowest growing of this cross. 

 Second earliest flowering group. 



326572. N.A. 28346. 'Randy'. Flower 3.5 to 5 inches diameter, 9 to 11 

 tepals, stellate, inside white, outside red purple. Extremely floriferous. 

 Middle flowering group, 



326573. N.A. 28347. 'Ricki'. Flower 4 to 6 inches diameter, 10 to 15 

 contorted tepals, inside white or purple stained, outside red purple. 

 Middle flowering group. 



326574. N.A. 28348. 'Betty'. Flower to 8 inches diameter, 12 to 18 

 tepals, inside white, outside grey purple at base to red purple at tip. 

 Second earliest flowering group. 



