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306801. Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze Theaceae. Tea 



From Viet Nam. Seeds presented by Robert Knoernschild, United States 

 Agency for International Development, Saigon. Received July 13, 1965. 



'Shan'. Tran Ninh area of Laos, Xien Quang Province, plantation near 

 Bao Loc (Blao) in central highlands of Vietnam. 



306802 to 306807. 



From Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras. Plants collected by H. S. Gentry, 

 agricultural explorer, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Numbered 

 July 14, 1965. 



306802. Agave sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



Col. No. 20664. Lankester Botanic Garden near Paraiso, Costa Rica. 



Elevation 4,000 feet. Plant medium size, compact. Leaves dark green, 



broad, plane, margins crenate, apex short acuminate. Plants about 5 years 

 old, grown from bulbils of single plants. 



306803. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20665. Lankester Botanic Garden near Paraiso, Costa Rica. 

 Elevation 4,000 feet. Plant medium size, light glaucous gray, open rosettes 

 3 feet or more high. Leaves slender, S-curving with small proximal teeth 

 and long acuminate tip. 



306804. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20668. Rio Segundo northwest of San Jose, Costa Rica. Eleva- 

 tion 4,000 feet. Small rosettes from freely branching, slender stem. 

 Leaves thin, brittle, plane to recurved conduplicate, dark green; small, pale 

 distal teeth; short, acuminate spine, small. 



306805. Agave samalana Trel. 



Col. No. 20815. 'Gi'. Roadside on volcanic rocky slope above Zunil, 

 Guatemala. Elevation 7,000-7,500 feet. Medium to large, glaucous light 

 green, single rosettes with outcurving leaves with variable teeth. Inflores- 

 cence to 25 feet high, thick, narrow panicle with 30-40 laterals in upper 

 half of thick shaft. Flowers light yellow, tightly spaced in ball form. 



306806. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 21026. Mountain grade south of Cunen, Departmento Quiche, 

 Guatemala. Elevation 6,500-7,000 feet. Plant clustering with basal offsets, 

 dark to light green, medium-size rosettes on rocks. Leaves rigid, variable 

 in size and armature; one old spike about 6 feet long, slender. 



306807. Agave letonae Trel. 



Col. No. 20694. Cayoles, Departmento Yoro, Honduras. Elevation 1,500 

 feet. Large radial green rosettes said to be 27 years old. Panicles to 25 

 feet high with 20-30 laterals, broad, open. Flowers greenish yellow. 



306808. Prunus cerasus var. semperflorens (Ehrh.) Koch 

 Rosaceae. 



From Great Britain. Budsticks presented by Hillier and Sons, Winchester, 

 England. Received July 21, 1965. 



306809. Avena sativa L. Gramineae. Common oat. 



From Great Britain. Seeds presented by J. D. Hayes, Aberystwyth, Wales, 

 through C. W. Roane, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Vir- 

 ginia. Received July 14, 1965. 



306810. Daucus carota L. Umbelliferae. Carrot. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by F. Cooper, Limited, Wellington 

 through F. G. Robinson, Limited, Papanui, Christchurch. Received July 

 14, 1965. 

 'Topweight'. 



