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238560 to 238562— Continued 



238561. Dioscorea caucasica Lipsky Yam. 



238562. Dioscorea nipponica Makino Yam. 



238563. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Common pear. 



From Italy. Budwood presented by the University of Pisa, Pisa. Received 

 Apr. 1, 1957. 



'Santa Maria'. ('Bon Chretien Williams' X 'Cascia No. 29'.) Tree vigorous, 

 productive and intermediate between the parents in season of ripening; fruit 

 yellowish with red blush, said to be resistant to bruising; flesh tender, translucent, 

 sweet. 



238564 to 238572. 



From the Union of South Africa. Plants presented by the Department of 

 Agriculture, Pretoria, Transvaal. Received Apr. 1, 1957. 



Locations given are original sources of material. 



238564. Sansevieria deserti N. E. Brown Liliaceae. 



Potgietersrus, Transvaal. 



238565 to 238567. Sansevieria grandis Hook. f. 



238565. Oliphants River, Cape Province. 



238566. No. 24. 



238567. No. 56. Bonza Bay, East London, Cape Province. 

 238568 and 238569. Sansevieria scabrifolia Dinter 



238568. British Bechuanaland. 



238569. 'Codd 5825'. Gobabis, Southwest Africa. 

 238570 to 238572. Sansevieria thyrsiflora Thumb. 



238570. (No data.) 



238571. 'Story 3829'. Cape Province. 



238572. 'Story 3832'. Cape Province. 



238573 to 238575. Saccharum (hybrids). Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From New Guinea. Cuttings collected by C. O. Grassl and John M. Warner, 

 agricultural explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, 

 Beltsville, Md. Received Apr. 2, 1957. 



238573. 57 NGl. 



238574. 57 NG2. 



238575. 57 NG3. 



238576. Euphorbia leucocephala Lotsky Euphorbiaceae. 



From Jamaica. Seeds presented by E. A. Menninger, Stuart, Fla. Received 

 July 16, 1957. 



238577. Calliandra sp. Mimosaceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agriculural explorer, Plant In- 

 troduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received Apr. 

 11, 1957. 



No. 14488. Sonora. 



238578 to 238590. 



From the Netherlands. Plant purchased from the Old Farm Nurseries, Boskoop. 

 Received Mar. 29, 1957. 



238578. Abies balsamea var. hudsonia (Jacques) Sudw. Pinaceae 



Hudson Bay fir. 



