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293064 and 293065. 



From the United States. Plants growing at the United States Plant Intro- 

 duction Station, Miami, Fla. Numbered Oct. 4, 1963. 



293064. Callistemon acuminatus Cheel Myrtaceae. Bottlebrush. 



Miami No. 18747. Small Australian ornamental tree; crown compact; 

 branches upright; leaves sessile, linear, leathery; flowers red, in dense 

 heads, 4 inches long. 



293065. Combretum paniCulatum Vent. Combretaceae. 



Miami No. 12560. Small, ornamental, tropical African shrub with vine- 

 like tendencies ; flowers dark red, numerous, along stems. 



293066. PRUNUS AVIUM L. Amygdalaceae. Sweet cherry. 



From France. Cuttings presented by Lambertin Nurseries and Orchards, 

 Nimes. Received Oct. 7, 1963. 



'Early Burlat'. 

 293067 to 293087. 



From the United States. Cuttings collected by H. P. Olmo and A. Koyama, 

 University of California, Davis. Collected August 1961. Numbered 

 Oct. 7, 1963. 



293067 and 293068. Cissus trifoliaTa I>. Vitaceae. 



293067. Col. No. 66. Five miles northwest of Webb, Tex., Highway 83. 

 Vine climbing over shrubs, fruitful^ in flower and fruit; leaves fleshy 

 1.5 by 1 inch, trilobed; fruit in umbels of 15 to 30 berries, blue black, 

 0.25 inch diameter, flattened, one seeded. 



293068. Col. No. 83. Grapevine Hills, Big Bend Park, Tex. Vine in 

 flower and beginning to fruit; leaves fleshy, lobed. 



293069. Parthenocissus quinqKJEfolia (L.) Planch. Vitaceae. 



Col. No. 75. No data. 



293070 and 293071. Vms cf. aestivalis Michx. Vitaceae. 



293070. Col. No. 79. Side arroyo, one mile west of ranger station, 

 Boquillas, Big Bend, Tex. Vine exposed, fruitful; shoots tomentose, 

 with marginal leaf burn; berries to 0.375-inch diameter, ripe. 



293071. Col. No. 80. Side arroyo, west of ranger station, Boquillas, 

 Big Bend, Tex. Vine vigorous, fruitful, climbing on willow tree. 



293072 to 293074. Vitis cf. arizonica Engelm. 



293072. Col. No. 1. Rocky canyon wash, streambank, junction High- 

 ways 80 and 90, Mule Pass, Bisbee, Ariz. Vine in full sun, making 

 mounds over vegetation, climbing to 15 feet; leaves hopper damaged; 

 berries green, heat scorched. 



293073. Col. No. 69. Boulder stream dry wash, north of Vanee, Real 

 County, Tex. Weak vine, climbing to 20 feet in small pecan. 



293074. Col. No. 70. Boulder strewn wash 1 mile north of Vance, Real 

 County, Tex. Leaves dark green, many damaged by drought; some 

 fruits dried before maturing. 



293075 to 293086. Vitis cf. vulpina L. 



293075. Col. No. 68. Rocky wash south of Vance, Real County, Tex. 

 Vine weak, slender. 



293076. Col. No. 71. In ravine, State Route 55, 6 miles north of Barks- 

 dale, Edwards County, Tex. Fruitful vine on oak tree; shoots dark 

 red; fruit in small clusters, ripe; berries small. Aphids present. 



293077. Col. No. 72. Ridgetops, State Route 55, 12 miles south of Rock- 

 springs, Edwards County, Tex. Plants abundant, climbing over 

 shrubby juniper and oak; fruit clusters small. 



