116 PLANT INVENTORY NG. 164 



233699 and 233700. 



From Italy. Collected by H. S. Gentry and Harry Schoth, Agricultural Explorers r 

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received June 11, 1956. 



233699. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



Col. No. 15921. San Luce Circeo. May 27, 1956. Vine small; tubers small, 

 white. 



233700. Urginea maritima (L.) Baker Liliaceae. Sea-onion. 



Col. No. 15926. Near Altamura about 40 km. south of Bari, May 30, 1956. 

 Elevation 520 meters. Plant perennial; bulb purplish, cespitose. 



233701. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by the Tohoku National Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. Received June 12, 1956. 



'Norin 6'. 



233702. Gossypium (hybrid). Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From the Sudan. Seeds presented by the Cotton Breeding Section, Shambat,. 

 North Khartoum. Received June 13, 1956. 



WB2— 2/55-56. 



233703 to 233706. 



From Surinam. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Para- 

 maribo. Received June 13, 1956. 



233703. Oryza grandiglumis Prodoehl Poaceae. Rice. 



Originally from French Guiana. 



233704 and 233705. Oryza latifolia Desv. Broadleaf rice. 



233704. No. 1. 



233705. No. 2. Originally from French Guiana. 



233706. Oryza sativa L. Common rice. 



Dima-VD 5096/25. 



233707. Phalaris (hybrid). Poaceae. Canarygrass. 



From the Union of South Africa. Stolons presented by Louis Mann, American, 

 Embassy, Pretoria. Received June 16, 1956. 



(P. aquatica X arundinacea.) Plant grows well in high elevations where sum- 

 mers are cool and moisture adequate. Quick grower, to 4 feet high; long lived;, 

 very palatable. 



233708 to 233723. 



From Italy. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry and Harry Schoth, Agricultural 

 Explorers, Plant Introduction Section Horticultural Crops Research Branch,, 

 Beltsville, Md. Received June 15, 1956. 



233708. Asphodeline lutea (L.) Reichb. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 15925. Near Altamura, about 40 km. south of Bari. May 30, 

 1956. Perennial herb used in medicine. 



233709. Avena fatua L. Poaceae. Wild oats.. 

 Col. No. 15918. San Luce Circeo. May 26, 1956. 



233710. Linum sp. Liniaceae. 



Col. No. 15922. Rocky limestone slope, San Luce Circeo. May 27, 1956.. 

 Slender annual to 40 cm. high. 



