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237415 to 237417— Continued 



237416. Ficus eetusa L. Fig. 



237417. Ficus septica Forst. f. Fig. 



237418. Nicotiana acaulis Speg. Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



From Argentina. Roots presented by the Agricultural Attache, American 

 Embassy, Buenos Aires. Received Feb. 18, 1957. 



Collected near Esquel, western Chubut. Plant common in sandy soil. 



237419. Bauhinia reticulata DC. Caesalpiniaceae. 



From Northern Rhodesia. Seeds held at the United States Plant Introduction 

 Station, Coconut Grove, Fla. Numbered Feb. 20, 1957. 



Obtained through E. A. Menninger, Stuart, Fla. 



237420 to 237422. Juglans regia L. Juglandaceae. 



Persian walnut. 



From France. Cuttings presented by G. L. Herman, Domaine de Castang, 

 Bergerac (Dordogne). Received Feb. 20, 1957. 



237420. 'Come'. 



237421. 'Grandjean'. 



237422. 'Marbeau'. 



237423. Coffea arabica L. Rubiaceae. Arabian coffee. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented by the Instituto Inter-Americano de Ciencias 

 Agricolas, Turrialba. Received Feb. 20, 1957. 



'Progeny 502-50'. 



237424. Rauvolfia vomitoria Afzel. Apocynaceae. 



Devilpepper. 



From the Belgian Congo. Seeds presented by Dr. H. Hurlimann, Kisantu. 

 Received Feb. 20, 1957. 



237425 to 237430. 



From Mexico. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Attache, American Embassy, 

 Mexico City. Received Feb. 20, 1957. 



Collected in Iguala, Guerrero. 



237425. Gossypium somalense (Gurke) J. B. Hutch. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



237426 to 237428. Gossypium sturtii F. Muell. Cotton. 



237426. No. 31. Sept. and Dec, 1956. 



237427. No. 31. Jan., 1957. 



237428. No. 31B. Dec, 1956. 



237429 and 237430. Gossypium triphyllum (Harv. & Sond.) Hochr. Cotton. 



237429. No. 48. Sept., 1956. 



237430. No. 48. Jan., 1957. 



237431. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Common pear. 



From France. Seed presented by Vilmorin-Andrieux, Paris. Received Feb. 25, 

 1957. 



237432 to 237506. 



From Burma. Seeds collected by Capt. F. Kingdon-Ward, British Plant Ex- 

 plorer. Received Feb. 21, 1957. 



237432. Acer sp. Aceraceae. 



Elevation 7,000 to 8,000 feet. 



