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290755 to 290759— Continued 



290758 and 290759. Trifolium vesiculosum Savi Arrowleaf clover. 



290758. Selection of late-maturing plants from P.I. 233783, from Pisa, 

 Italy (FAO 2999). 



290759. Selection of midseason-maturing plants from P.I. 233816, from 

 Pisa, Italy. 



290760. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



From the Mariana Islands. Seeds presented by the High Commissioner, 

 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Saipan. Received July 2, 1963. 



'Wata'. From Yap, Western Carolines. Introduced to the Carolines dur- 

 ing the Spanish (1686-1885) and German (1885-1914) administrations. Soil 

 is of volcanic origin. Plants to 8 feet high ; flowers yellow. Annual rainfall 

 to 120 inches. 



290761. Elyonurus hirsutus (Vahl) Munro ex Benth. Po- 

 aceae. 



From Pakistan. Seeds presented by the United States Agency for Interna- 

 tional Development, Lahore. Received July 2, 1963. 



Summer perennial thriving in sandy areas, producing two seed crops annu- 

 ally under favorable moisture conditions. Roots aggressive; probably not 

 frost hardy. Palatability good. 



290762. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. Carrot. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by N. V. Sluis en Groot's, Enk- 

 huizen. Received July 3, 1963. 



'Berlicum'. 'Nontes' type; resistant to Alternaria. 

 290763 to 290777. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Commonwealth Scientific and In- 

 dustrial Research Organization, Canberra. Received July 5, 1963. 



290763. Coprosma hirtella Labill. Rubiaceae. 

 No. C-1039. 



290764. Corchorus walcottii F. Muell. Tiiiaceae. 

 No. W-822. 



290765. Euphrasia glacialis Wettst. Scrophulariaceae. 

 No. N-584. 



290766. Geissois pruinosa Brongn. & Gris. Cunoniaceae. 

 McK. No. 7959. 



290767. Linum marginale A. Cunn. Linaceae. 

 No. W-749. 



290768. Mallotus philipensis (Lam.) Muell. Euphorbiaceae. 



Kamala-tree. 



No. N-544. 



290769. Nitraria schoberi L. Zygophyllaceae. 

 No. N-674. 



290770. Pimelea pauciflora R. Br. Thymelacaceae. 

 No. C-1055. 



290771. Polymeria distigma Benth. Convolvulaceae. 

 No. W-779. 



290772. Sesbania sericea (Willd.) DC. Fabaceae. 

 W-654. 



