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199744 to 199746. 



From Argentina. Roots collected by Alan Beetle and Dario P. Bignoli, Agri- 

 cultural Explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural 

 Engineering, Beltsville, Md. Received Mar. 19, 1952. 



Collected in March 1952. 



199744. Adesmia sp. Fabaceae. 

 No. R-250. Esquel, Chubut. 



199745. Chusquea culeott f. longieamea Parodi. Poaceae. Bamboo. 

 No. H-S-238. Futalaufquen, Chubut. 



199746. Sisyrinchum striatum J. E. Sui. Iridaceae. 

 No. R-254. West of Esquel, Chubut. 



199747 to 199758. Fkagaria. Eosaceae. Strawberry. 



From England. Plants presented by the Kingsley Fruit Farms and Nursery, 

 Ltd., Kingsley, Bordon. Received Mar. 19, 1952. 



199747. Cambridge No. 54. 199753. Cambridge No. 468. 



199748. Cambridge No. 1S4. 199754. Cambridge No. 490. 



199749. Cambridge No. 260. 199755. Cambridge No. 6I4. 



199750. Cambridge No. 276. 199756. Cambridge No. 641. 



199751. Cambridge No. 422. 199757. Cambridge No. 679. 



199752. Cambridge No. 456. 199758. St. Fiacre. 



199759. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Greece. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Attache, American Embassy, 

 Athens. Received Mar. 19, 1952. 



G/S8-290. 



199760 and 199761. Trifolium alpestre L. Fabaceae. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds obtained from Ir. C. Koopman, Central Bureau, 

 Hoofddorp. Received Mar. 19, 1952. 



199760. Originally from the Botanic Garden, Copenhagen, Denmark. 



199761. Originally from the Botanic Garden, Uppsala, Sweden. 



199762. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Pear. 



From England. Cuttings presented by W. Hopwood and Son, Ltd., Cheltenham. 

 Received Mar. 20, 1952. 



Bristol Cross. 



199763 to 199768. Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal. Dioscoreaceae. 



From Guatemala. Tubers obtained through Merck and Company, Rahway, 

 N. J. Received Mar. 20, 1952. 



199763. No. 1. 199766. No. 4. 



199764. No. 2. 199767. No. 5. 



199765. No. 3. 199768. No. 6. 



199769. Fagopyrum tataricum (L.) Gaertn. Polygonaceae. 



Buckwheat. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained from the Division of Cereal Crops and Dis- 

 eases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received Mar. 20, 1952. 



A special strain with very high rutin content; a tetraploid form for which 

 W. J. Sando has suggested the name "Tetra-tataricum." 

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