310 PLANT INVENTORY NO. i57 



182646 to 182648. 



From Guatemala. Seeds collected by R. C. Moncure, Office of Foreign Agricul- 

 tural Relations, Washington, D. C. Received June 3, 1949. 



182646. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 



182647. Phaseoltjs vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 



182648. Crotalaria sp. Fabaceae. 

 182649 to 182658. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Lu Shan Botanical Garden, Ruling, Kiu- 

 kiang. Received Feb. 18, 1949. 



182649. Acer amplum var. tientaiense Rehder. Aceraceae. 



182650. Acer fargesii Franch. 



182651. Camellia reticulata Lindl. Theaceae. 



182652. Ilex dubia var. pseudomacropoda Loes. Aquifoliaceae. 



182653. Keteleeria evelyniana Mast. Pinaceae. 



182654. Magnolia denudata Desr. Magnoliaceae. 



182655. Magnolia officinalis var. biloba Rehd. & Wils. 



182656. Rhamnus chekiangensis Cheng. Rhamnaceae. 



Shrub up to 2 mm. high ; leaves oblong to oblong-obovate, 1.2 to 4 cm. long, 

 white tomentose beneath ; fruit reddish-purple, 5 mm. long. 



182657. Rhododendron microphyton Franch. Ericaceae. 



182658. Sloanea sinensis (Hance) Hu. Elaeocarpaceae. 

 182659 to 182676. 



From Syria and Lebanon. Seeds collected by Jack R. Harlan, Agricultural 

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

 Beltsville, Md. Received June 7, 1949. 



Collected in 1948. From Lebanon unless otherwise indicated. 



182659 and 182660. Hordeum distichon L. Poaceae. Barley. 



182659. No. 9732. Arnet, near Damascus, Syria. Oct. 17. 



182660. No. 9924. Al-Marj, Zahle. Nov. 2. 

 182661. Hordeum vulgare L. 



No. 9942. Romi. Al-Marj, Zahle. 

 182662 and 182663. Hordeum distichon L. 



182662. No. 9943. Bikai. Al-Marj, Zahle. 



182663. No. 9990. Andjar-Bekaa. Italian type. 



182664 to 182676. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



182664. No. 9821. Salamouni. Damascus, Syria. Oct. 20. 



182665. No. 9915. Bekaa. Chtura. Nov. 2. Local type. 

 182666 to 182672. From Al-Marj, Zahle. Nov. 2. 



182666. No. 9918. Bikaii. 182670. No. 9934. Bikaii. 



182667. No. 9923. Hourani, 182671. No. 9935. Hourani. 



182668. No. 9925. Italian. 182672. No. 9945. Bikaii. 



182669. No. 9929. Hourani. 



182673 to 182676. From Andjar-Bekaa. Nov. 2. 



182673. No. 9979. Salamouni. 182675. No. 9983. Salamouni, 



182674. No. 9982, Hourah. 182676. No. 9993. Italian. 



