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231947 and 231952. 



From Japan. Plants presented by the Kyushu Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Kurume Fukuoka. Received Mar. 29, 1956. 



231947. Cryptomeria japonica (L.f.) D. Don Pinaceae. 



Common cryptomeria. 



Dwarf form, yellow tipped. 



231948. Ilex crenata Thunb. Aquifoliaceae. Japanese holly. 

 Fruit yellow. 



231949. Osmanthus heterophyllus (G. Don) P. S. Green Oleaceae. 

 Variegated form. 



231950. Photinia glabra (Thunb.) Maxim. Malaceae. 



231951. Rhododendron kiusianun Makino Ericaceae. 

 White form. 



231952. Rhododendron obtusum (Lindl.) Planch. Hiryu azalea. 



231953. Coffea arabica L. Rubiaceae. Arabian coffee. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by Rte. Ing. Andres Villasenor Luque, Tapachula, 

 Chiapas. Received Mar. 30, 1956. 



'Pluma Hildalgo'. 



231954. Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil. Aquifoliaceae. 



Yerba mate. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia, 

 Buenos Aires. Received Mar. 30, 1956. 



*SD 56-27'. Grown in the Province of Corrientes. 



231955. Prunus avium L. Amygdalaceae. Sweet cherry. 

 From Switzerland. Budwood presented by Ambrosetti S. A., Chiasso. 



Received Mar. 30, 1956. 



'Amarena Di Pescara'. 



231956 to 231963. 



From Costa Rica. Tubers collected by Bernice G. Schubert, Plant Explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Mar. 30, 1956. 



231956. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



Col. No. 1138. Forest road near river, Los Diamantes. Mar., 1956. Vine 

 twining on tree, base discoid, at surface of soil. 



231957. Dioscorea sp. 



Col. No. 1159. Edge of forest, Palmar. Mar. 5, 1956. Young plants 

 with dark green cordate leaves; tubers slim, pencil-like, 2 to 3 inches below 

 soil surface. 



231958. Dioscorea sp. 



Col. No. 1160. Edge of forest, Palmar. Mar. 5, 1956. Young plant with 

 only one rhizome at surface of ground, circular, branched. 



231959. Dioscorea sp. 



Col. No. 1193. Forest trail, Golfito. Mar. 7, 1956. Leaves twining, 

 chlorotic; tubers pencil-like. 



