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292358 to 292360— Continued 



292358. Desmodium canum (Gmel.) Schinz & Thell. Fabaceae. 



Kaimi-clover. 



Tournavista. Growing in clay subsoil with poor grass. 



292359. Panicum maximum Jacq. Poaceae. Guineagrass. 

 Pucallpa airstrip. 



292360. Phaseolus lathyroides L. Fabaceae. 

 Pucallpa airstrip. 



292361. Ilex mitis Radlk. Aquifoliaceae. 



From the Republic of South Africa. Seeds presented by the National Botanic 

 Gardens, Kirstenbosch, Newlands, Cape Province. Received Aug. 9, 

 1963. 



No. 372. 



292362 to 292371. Boehmeria nivea (L.) Gaud. Urticaceae. 



Ramie. 



From China. Rhizomes presented by the Taiwan Agricultural Research In- 

 stitute, Taipei, and now held at the Everglades Expt. Sta., Belle Glade, 

 Fla. Numbered Aug. 9, 1963. 



Early varieties : 



292362. 'First Ramie'. 292365. 'Tah-Hsinen-Tze'. 



292363. 'Nanhua Green Skin'. 292366. 'Tainan White Skin'. 



292364. 'Sinchu Red Pith'. 

 Late varieties : 



292367. 'Black Skin No. 4'. 292370. 'Ti-Shan No. 3'. 



292368. 'Da-Pon Green Pith'. 292371. 'Yilan No. 1'. 



292369. 'Miyazaki 112'. 



292372 to 292379. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Scions presented by the 

 Moscow Experimental Station of Fruit Culture. Numbered Aug. 9, 1963. 



From the Ukraine, the northern limits for European pears. 



292372. 'Novogodnaia' ('New Year'). 



292373. 'Trubchanka Popularnia' ('Common Trubchanka'). 



From the Bryansk region, R.S.S.R., the northern limit of pear growing in 

 the U.S.S.R. 



292374. 'Trubchanka Zolotaia' ('Golden Trubchanka'). 



292375. 'Lesnaia Krasavitza' ('Forest Beauty'). 



292376. 'Iubileinaia' ('Jubilee'). 



292377. 'Ranniaia Mleevskaia' ('Early Mleevska'). 



292378. 'Podarok Oktiabra' ('October Gift'). 



292379. 'Radchinskaia' ('Radchinska'). 



292380 to 292506. 



From Israel. Seeds presented by the Plant Introduction Service, The Na- 

 tional and University Institute of Agriculture, Rehovoth. Received 

 Aug. 12, 1963. 



292380. Acacia spirocarpa Hochst. ex Rich. Mimosaceae. 

 No. 15-71. Seeds appear immature. 



