JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 195 6 197 



235438 to 235494— Continued 



235485. Col. No. 16261. Mountain meadow, Wildhaus. Elevation 1,100 

 meters. Plants short, wild; culms to 12 cm. high; seeds mostly sterile. 



235486 to 235490. Poa pratensis L. Poaceae. Kentucky bluegrass. 



235486. Col. No. 16207. Rocky, semi-dry site above Aigle. Elevation 

 1,000 meters. Wild, vigorous plant; nonshattering. 



235487. Col. No. 16219. Near Liddes. Elevation 1,300 meters. Plant 

 wild; lawn type; leaves short. 



235488. Col. No. 16231. Meadow, Col du St. Bernard. Elevation 1,600 

 meters. Wild perennial; leaf crown deep green. 



235489. Col. No. 16248. Hay meadow, Kippel. Elevation 1,300 meters. 

 Leaves thin, numerous. 



235490. Col. No. 16289. In alpine zone, Fluela Paso. Elevation 1,900 

 meters. Wild sod-forming perennial; leaves short. 



235491 and 235492. Poa alpina L. Poaceae. Bluegrass. 



235491. Col. No. 16159. Limestone near La Cure, Swiss-French border. 

 Elevation 1,232 meters. Plant wild. 



235492. Col. No. 16224. Rocky site near Liddes. Elevation 1,300 meters. 

 Plant wild; good turf form; blades short, dark green. 



235493. Poa sp. 



Col. No. 16227. Dry rocky site near Liddes. Elevation 1,300 meters. Late 

 wild plants in dense bunch. 



235494. Poa sp. 



Col. No. 16312. Forest edge, Susch. Elevation 1,350 meters. Plants wild 

 lawn type. 



235495 to 235520. 



From Japan. Seeds collected by J. L. Creech, Agricultural Explorer, Plant 

 Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Nov. 8, 1956. 



Collected in southern Japan, Oct. 14 to 31, 1956. 



235495. Actixodaphne lancifolia Meissn. Lauraceae. 



Col. No. 556. Forest of Gegu Shrine, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Honshu. 

 Tree evergreen; bark flaky, brown- white, handsome; leaves ovate, fruits 

 purple-black. 



235496. Alpixia chinensis Rose. Zingiberaceae. 



Col. No. 531. Kyoto University Experimental Forest, Oshima Island, 

 Wakayama Prefecture. Evergreen perennial to 2 feet high; fruits in a raceme; 

 probably naturalized. 



235497. Asparagus cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. Convallariaceae. 



Col. No. 497. Along seacoast, Murotozaki, Kochi-ken, Shikoku. Scandant 

 perennial; leaves bright green, linear; fruits red. 



235498. Callicarpa japonica var. ltjxtjrians Rehd. Verbenaceae. 



Beautyberry. 



Col. No. 508. Ashizurizaki, Shikoku. Shrub to 15 feet high; flowers pale 

 purple; fruit deep purple, in large clusters. 



235499. Callicarpa mollis Sieb. & Zucc. Fuzzy beautyberry. 



Col. No. 509. In damp woods of Shrine Forest, Shirohama, Wakayama-ken, 

 Kii. Shrub to 15 feet high; leaves densely pubescent; fruits purple, enclosed 

 in enlarged calyx. 



