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237835 to 237916— Continued 



237915. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 722. Rocky stream bank along Isso River, Yakushima. Ever- 

 green tree to 25 feet high; leaves alternate, obovate, crenate; fruit greenish-blue. 



237916. Cleyera japonica Thunb. Theaceae. 



Col. No. 735. In Tachimoto National Forest, Tanegashima. Evergreen 

 shrub; fruit black. 



237917. Lactuca bourgaei (Boiss.) Irish & Taylor Cichoriaceae. 



Lettuce. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by the Botanic Garden, Leiden. Re- 

 ceived Mar. 12, 1957. 



237918 to 237922. 



From France. Cuttings collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant 

 Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 Mar. 12, 1957. 



237918. Acer caesium Wall. Aceraceae. Maple. 



Col. No. 2588. Arboretum Vilmorin-Andrieux, Verrieres-le-Buisson, Seine- 

 et-Oise. Mar. 7, 1957. Native of Himalaya. 



237919. Aesculus hippocastaxum L. Aesculaceae. 



Common horsechestnut. 



Col. No. 3589. 'Laciniata'. Pepinieres de Grand Trianon. Mar. 7, 1957. 

 Tree typical. 



237920. Castanea sativa Mill. Fagaceae. European chestnut. 



Col. No. 3579. 'Heterophylla'. Vilmorin-Andrieux, Varrieres-le-Buissom 

 Seine-et-Oise. Tree to 30 feet high; cutleaf variation. 



237921. X Pyracomeles vilmorixii Rehder Malaceae. 



Col. No. 3585. Arboretum Vilmorin-Andrieux, Verrieres-le-Buisson, Seine- 

 et-Oise. Mar. 7, 1957. (A bigeneric hybrid, Pyracantha X Osteomeles.) 

 Bush to three feet high. 



237922. tilia miqueliana Maxim. Tiliaceae. Linden. 



Col. No. 2587. Arboretum Vilmorin-Andrieux, Verrieres-le-Buisson. Seine- 

 et-Oise. Mar. 7, 1957. 



237923. Ensete edule (Gmel.) Horan. Musaceae. 



From France. Plant collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant 

 Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 Mar. 14, 1957. 



Col. No. 3590. 'Maurellii'. Grand Trianon a Chateau Neuf, Versailles. 

 Ornamental type; leaves dark red. 



237924 and 237925. Trifolium fragiferum L. Fabaceae. 



Strawberry clover. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Pasture Specialist, Millicent, South 

 Australia. Received Mar. 14, 1957. 



237924. 'O'Connors'. 



237925. 'Palestine'. 



237926. Trifolium repens L. Fabaceae. White clover. 



From Australia. Seed presented by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial 

 Organization, Canberra. Received Mar. 13, 1957. 



'Australian Irrigation'. 



