JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1963 



171 



290840. 



ECU. 



697-7 #. 



290841. 



ECU. 



726-7 #. 



290844. 



PER. 



808-7 #. 



290845. 



PER. 



1045-7 #. 



From Colombia. 



290826 to 290849— Continued 



290837. ECU 434-7 #. 



290838. ECU. 578-7 #. 



290839. ECU. 598-7 #. 

 290842 to 290845. From Peru. 



290842. PER. 392-8 #. 



290843. PER. 760-7 #. 

 290846 to 290848. From Chile. 



290846. CHI. 332. 



290847. CHI. 335. 



290848. CHI. 339. 

 290849. 'Medellin'. Sweet corn improved variety. 



290850. Lobelia gibberoa Hemsl. Campanulaceae. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds presented by K. W. Saunders, Gimbie. 

 27, 1963. 



Collected on slopes below Seventh Day Adventist Mission, Wollenga Prov- 

 ince, latitude 9°11' N., longitude 35°50' E. Elevation 2,000 meters. Plants 

 probably monocarpic, treelike, to 6 meters high; flowers blue on inflorescence 

 to 3 meters long. 



290851. Chrysanthemum (hybrid). Asteraceae. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by the United States Embassy, Tokyo. Re- 

 ceived May 27, 1963. 



Cultivated in Japan for the past 10 years. 



290852 and 290853. 



Seeds presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux, Paris. Received May 



Received May 



From France. 

 27, 1963. 



Sensitive plant 



290852. Mimosa pudica L. Mimosaceae. 

 Plant petioles sensitive to touch ; flowers rose purple. 



290853. Mimosa spegazzinii Pirotta 



Plant petioles sensitive to touch ; flowers pale violet. 



290854. Skytanthus acutus Meyen Apocynaceae. 



From Chile. Cuttings presented by the Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa 

 Maria, Valparaiso. Received May 27, 1963. 



290855. Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf. Cucurbitaceae. 



Watermelon. 



From the United States. Seeds presented by the Will Seed Company, Bis- 

 mark, N. Dak., and now at the Regional Plant Introduction Station, 

 Ames, Iowa. Numbered May 27, 1963. 



'Will's Sweet'. Fruit dark green, with darker green stripe, nearly round, 

 weighs about 8 pounds, early, very sweet; rind moderately tough, medium 

 thick; seeds small, abundant, black. 



290856 to 290859. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 



Solanaceae. 

 Tomato. 



From the United States. Seeds presented by the Tomato Laboratory, Jack- 

 sonville, Tex., and held in storage at the United States Regional Plant 

 Introduction Station, Ames, Iowa. Numbered May 27, 1963. 



290856. S 1447 D (STEP 347). Plants prolific; set fruit in hot weather; 

 fruits sweet, summer, cherry type. 



