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291565 to 291567. Brassica oleracea var. botrytis L. Brassi- 

 caceae. Cauliflower. 



From the United Arab Republic (Egypt). Seeds presented by the United 

 States Embassy, Cairo. Received June 7, 1963. 



All are No. 812, From Beba, west bank of Nile, Upper Egypt; originally 

 from the Netherlands. Snowball type. Brown rot resistant. 



291565. No. 1203-1. From one plant. 



291566. No. 1203-2. From one plant. 



291567. No. 1203-3. From one plant. 

 291568 to 291574. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Botanic Garden, King's Park, 

 Perth. Received June 7, 1963. 



291568. Grevillea excelsior Diels Proteaceae. 



Pinelike tree to 12 feet high; flowers flame orange, in spikes to 8 inches 

 long, spring. Thrives best in pH 5 sandy-gravel soil, open location, high 

 winter rainfall. 



291569. Grevillea wilsonii A. Cunn. 



Forest shrub to 3 feet high and 5 feet in diameter, capable of suckering 

 after burnover; flowers dark red, in fuchsialike bunches; flowering season 

 long, spring to summer. Thrives best in gravel laterite with heavy winter 

 rainfall. 



291570. Hovea trisperma Benth. Fabaceae. 



Loosely spreading coastal forest shrub to 18 inches high, sometimes re- 

 generating from root stump at ground level. Thrives best in gravel soil 

 with heavy winter rainfall. 



291571. Melaleuca stedmanii C. A. Gardn. Myrtaceae. 



Shrub to 3 feet high; flowers brilliant scarlet bottlebushes. Thrives on 

 hard gravel with high winter rainfall. 



291572. Verticordia grandis Drumm. Myrtaceae. 



Bushy shrub to 6 feet high, flowering almost continuously. Thrives in 

 sand on gravel; suckers from ground level after firing and flowers quickly 

 after dry conditions. Cuttings root. 



291573. Xylomelum angustifolium Kipp. ex Meissn. Proteaceae. 

 New leaves after burnover are poisonous to livestock. 



291574. Xylomelum occidentale R. Br. 



Tree to 15 feet high, thrives in foothills, gravel soil, heavy rainfall. 

 291575 to 291594. 



From Rhodesia. Stolons collected by W. W. Huffine, Oklahoma State Uni- 

 versity, Stillwater. Received June 1963. 



291575. Cynodon bradleyi Stent Poaceae. 



Col. No. 51-336. 'Bradley'. Federal Ministry of Agriculture Experi- 

 ment Station, Salisbury. Turf type. June 1963. 



291576 to 291587. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Bermudagrass. 



Federal Ministry of Agriculture Experiment Station, Salisbury. 



291576. Col. No. 50-319. From a black soil about 7 miles from Salis- 

 bury. May 1963. 



291577. Col. No. 50-320. From a red soil about 7 miles from Salis- 

 bury. May 1963. 



291578. Col. No. 50-321. From a dry, red clay soil. May 1963. 



