1957 121 



238852 to 238866— Continued 



238864 to 238865— Continued 



238865. Col. No. 587. Between Erap River and Rumu River. Mar. 24, 

 1957. 



238866. Thysanolaena maxima (Roxb.) Kuntze Poaceae. 

 Col. No. 614. Bulolo. Mar. 26, 1957. Elevation 2,350 feet. 



238867 to 238884. 



From Portugal. Collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant Intro- 

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

 15, 1957. Collected Apr. 1 to 5 ,1957. 



238867. Anthurium digitatum G. Don Araceae. 



Col. No. 3744. Greenhouse, Botanical Garden, Coimbra. A handsome 

 foliage species; leaves deep green, lustrous, leathery, digitately divided, to 8 

 inches wide; petioles to 3 feet long. 



238868. Apollonias canariensis Nees Lauraceae. 



Col. No. 3750. Botanical Garden, Coimbra. Handsome evergreen tree to 

 20 feet high, much-branched and forming a round crown; leaves to 5 inches 

 long, aromatic. 



238869. Bencomia caudata Webb & Berth. Rosaceae. 

 Col. No. 3749. Botanical Garden, Coimbra. Small shrub. 



238870. Camellia japonica L. Theaceae. Common camellia. 



Col. No. 3740. Palace Hotel garden, Bussaco, northeast of Coimbra. 

 Leaves very dark green, unusually thick; flowers formal, pure white; very 

 floriferous. 



238871. Dryandra sp. Proteaceae. 



Col. No. 3735. Moreira da Silva Nursery, Porto. Small evergreen tree; 

 leaves green above, white below. 



238872. Grewia populifolia Vahl Tiliaceae. 



Col. No. 3752. Botanical Garden, Coimbra. Evergreen tree to 20 feet 

 high. 



238873. Halleria lucida L. Scrophulariaceae. 



Col. No. 3748. Botanical Garden, Coimbra. Shrub to 10 feet high; flowers 

 tubular, reddish-yellow. 



238874. Hebanthe paniculata (Moq.) Benth. & Hook. Amaranthaceae. 



Col. No. 3746. Botanical Garden, Coimbra. Vigorous climber; flowers 

 whitish. 



238875. Kohleria amabelis (Planch. & Lind.) Fritsch Gesneriaceae. 



Col. No. 3742. Botanical Garden, Coimbra. Perennial; leaves hairy, large, 

 red-speckled; flowers pouchlike. 'Longwood'. 



238876. Adhatoda vasica Nees Acanthaceae. 



Col. No. 3751. Botanical Garden, Coimbra. Shrub to 8 feet high; flowers 

 white. 



238877 and 238878. Narcissus bulbocodium L. Amaryllidaceae. 



Petticoat daffodil. 



238877. Col. No. 3739. Grassy meadows along Penacova-Liso road, 12 

 miles from Coimbra. A hexaploid form, nearly 1 foot high. (Bulbs.) 



238878. Col. No. 3739. (Seeds of 238877.) 



