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237985. Momordica charantia L. Cucurbitaceae. Balsam-pear. 



From Korea. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Technics Division of the 

 Korean Horticultural Federation, Seoul. Received Mar. 19, 1957. 



237986 and 237987. 



From Sierra Leone. Seeds presented by the West African Rice Research Station, 

 Rokupr. Received Mar. 19, 1957. 



237986. Oryza brachyantha A. Chev. & Roehr. Poaceae. Rice. 



237987. Oryza stapfii Roschev. Rice. 



237988. Hordeum sp. Poaceae. 



From Great Britain. Seeds presented by the Welsh Plant Breeding Station, 

 Aberystwyth, Wales. Received Mar. 19, 1957. 



'Spratt Archer'. 



237989. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 



From Mozambique. Seed presented by Morris Mandelowitz, New York. 

 Received Mar. 19, 1957. 



'Piri Piri\ 



237990. Phyllostachys makinoi Hayata Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From China. Plants presented by the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruc- 

 tion, Taipei, Taiwan. Received Apr. 16, 1957. 



Plant runner to 50 feet high; resembles P. bambusoides; may be a source for 

 paper pulp. 



237991 to 238007. 



From Guatemala. Collected by E. P. Imle, agricultural explorer, Plant Intro- 

 duction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. 



Received Mar. 18, 1957. Collected Mar. 13-14, 1957. 



237991. Epidendrum sp. Orchidaceae. 



Col. No. 54. Patulul. Epiphyte. (Bulbs.) 



. 237992 to 237999. Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal. Dioscoreaceae. 



Yam. 



(Tubers.) 



237992. Col. No. 48. Patulul. 



237993. Col. No. 49. Patulul. 



237994. Col. No. 52. Finca Panamo, near Patulul. 



237995. Col. No. 53. Near Patulul. 



237996 to 237999. Collected below Mazatenango. 



237996. Col. No. 56. 237998. Col. No. 58A. 



237997. Col. No. 57A. 237999. Col. N9. 59A. 

 238000. Epidendrum atropurpureum Willd. Orchidaceae. 



Col. No. 51. Patulul. Flowers pink-lipped. (Plant.) 



238001 to 238005. Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal. Dioscoreaceae. 



Yam. 



238004. Col. No. 55. Finca 

 Panama. 



238005. Col. No. 60A. Below 

 Mazatenango. 



(Seeds.) 











238001. 



Col. 



No. 



48. 



Patulul. 



238002. 



Col. 



No. 



49. 



Patulul. 



238003. 



Col. 



No. 



53. 



Patulul. 



