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238867 to 238884— Continued 



238879 and 238880. Narcissus triandrus var. concolor (Haw.) Bak. 



238879. Col. No. 3738. Between Mizarela and Caneiro 6 mi. from Coim- 

 bra. (Seeds.) 



238880. Bulbs of 238879. 



238881. Peperomia verticillata A. Dietr. Piperaceae. 



Col. No. 3743. Greenhouse, Botanical Garden, Coimbra. Succulent plant 

 to 10 inches high; leaves whorled. 



238882. Phaedranthus buccinatorius (Mairet) Miers Bignoniaceae. 



Col. No. 3745. Botanical Garden, Coimbra. Rank, woody climber; flowers 

 to 3 inches long, trumpet-shaped, orange-red. 



238883. Schefflera venulosa (Wight & Arn.) Harms Araliaceae. 



Col. No. 3753. Botanical Garden, Coimbra. Large evergreen shrub; 

 leaves lustrous, handsome. 



238884. Sophora japonica L. Fabaceae. Chinese scholartree. 

 Col. No. 3741. Tendula'. Palace Hotel graden, Bussaco. 



238885 and 238886. Lolium multiflorum Lam. Poaceae. 



Italian ryegrass. 



From France. Seeds presented by the Station Centrale de Genet ique et d' Ameli- 

 oration des Plantes, Versailles. Received Apr. 15, 1957. 



238885. 'Rina'. 



238886. 'Rita'. 



238887 to 238911. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry and E. P. Imle, agricultural 

 explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Apr. 15, 1957. 



238887. Agave sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



Col. No. 16433. By Rio Chiapa, along road to Cupia, Chiapas. 

 Mar. 21, 1957. Yellow-green rosettes. 



238888. Amphilophium paniculatum (L.) H.B.K. Bignoniaceae. 



Col. No. 60. Sierra Sumiders, above Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. Mar. 17, 

 1957. 



238889. Bignonia sp. Bignoniaceae. 



Col. No. 63. Bejuco de Aio, near Ejido Grivalja, Chiapas. Mar. 17, 1957. 

 Vine; flowers pale pink-blue. 



238890. Desmodium distortum (Aubl.) Macbr. Fabaceae. Beggarweed. 

 Col. No. 16410. North of Villa Flores, Arkose. Mar. 20, 1957. 



238891. Desmodium cinerascens Gray Beggarweed. 



Col. No. 16418. Arroyo de San Andres along road to Villa Flores. Mar. 

 20, 1957. Virgate shrub to 6 feet high. 



238892. Desmodium sp. 



Col. No. 61. Sierra Simidera above Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas. Mar. 17, 

 1957. Plant leafless but bearing large tufts of seeds at ends of branches. 



238893 to 238903. Dioscorea spiculiflora Hemsl. Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 



238893. Col. No. 56B. Barbasco, above Tuxtla Gutierrez, road to Canon 

 del Sumidero. 



238894. Col. No. 16399. Barbasco Blanco, Colonio Grijalva near Chiapas. 

 Mar. 16, 1957. Elevation 2,400 feet. 



