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239226 and 239227. Carthamus tinctorius L. Asteraceae. 



Safflower. 



From Spain. Seeds presented by the Estacion Experimental de Aula Dei, 

 Zaragoza. Received Apr. 29, 1957. 



239226. ' Granja de Bitem' (Tarragona) . 



239227. 'Tarragona'. 



239228 to 239233. 



From Great Britain. Seeds presented by the Roval Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

 England. Received Apr. 29, 1957. 



239228. Abelia spathulata Sieb. & Zucc. Caprifoliaceae. Japanese abelia. 



239229. Abelia triflora R. Br. Himalaya abelia. 



239230. Abelia umbellata (Graeb. & Buchw.) Rehder 



239231. Callicarpa dichotoma (Lour.) K. Koch Verbenaceae. 



Purple beautyberry. 



239232. Callicarpa japonica var. angustata Rehder 



Japanese beautyberry. 



239233. Callicarpa japonica var. leucocarpa (Sieb.) Rehder 



Japanese beautyberry. 



239234. Stipa tenacissima L. Poaceae. Esparto needlegrass. 



From Tunisia. Seeds presented by the Ecole Superieure d' Agriculture, Enfida- 

 ville. Received Apr. 30, 1957. 



239235 to 239237. Glycine max (L.) Merr. Fabaceae. Soybean. 



From Thailand. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Bangkok. 

 Received Apr. 30, 1957. 



239235. 'USA-ARD-A'. Yellow-purple mottling. 



239236. 'Otootan No. 6'. 



239237. 'Otootan No. 27'. 



239238 to 239244. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by the Botanic Garden, Nonnensteeg, 

 Leiden. Received Apr. 30, 1957. 



239238. Angelica archangelica L. Apiaceae. 

 Hypericum hircinum L. Hypericaceae. 

 Hypericum hirsutum L. 

 Hypericum hookerianum Wight & Arn. 

 Hypericum maculatum Walt. 

 Hypericum perforatum L. 

 Hypericum tetrapterum Fries 



Caricaceae. 



239239. 

 239240. 

 239241. 

 239242. 

 239243. 

 239244. 



239245. 



CARICA PAPAYA L. 



St. -Johns-wort. 

 Goat St. -Johns-wort. 

 St.-Johns-wort. 

 St.-Johns-wort. 

 Common St.-Johns-wort. 

 St.-Johns-wort. 



Papaya. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented bv J. Robert Hunter, San Jose. Received 

 May 1, 1957. 



239246 to 239253. 



From France. Collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant Introduc- 

 tion Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received May 1, 

 1957. 

 From the garden of Major Lawrence Johnston, Serre de la Madone, Val de 

 Gorbio above Menton, Alpes-Maritimes. Apr. 24, 1957. Cuttings unless other- 

 wise noted. 



239246. Decumaria sinensis Oliver Hydrangeaceae. 



Col. No. 3821. Scrambling climber, 15 feet high, semi-evergreen; leaves to 

 3.5 inches long, lustrous green; flowers white, in dense corymbs, fragrant. 



