JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1957 155 



239582 to 239620— Continued 



239615. Viola sieboldii Maxim. Violet. 



No. 33. Fumoto-sumire. Sunny margin of woods, Tokyo Prefecture. 

 May 3, 1957. Small form; leaves green, often variegated above, pinkish-purple 

 beneath; flowers small, white and odorless. 



239616. Viola verecunda A. Gray Violet. 



No. 25. Nyoi-sumire. Takaozan, Tokyo Prefecture. Apr. 29, 1957. 

 Flowers small, white; flower petal purple and striped. 



239617. Viola yezoensis Maxim. Violet. 



No. 13. Hikage-sumire. Northern side of Tsumazaka-toge, Saitama Pre- 

 fecture. Apr. 21, 1957. Flowers large, white, lower petal purple-striped. 



239618. Wasabia tenuis (Miq.) Matsum. Brassicaceae. 



No. 24. Yuri-wasabi. Wet slopes, Takaozan, Tokyo Prefecture. Apr. 29, 

 1957. Flowers in long racemes, small, white. 



239619. Wasabia wasabi Makino 



No. 34. Wasabi. Between stones with clear running water of constant 

 temperature, valley of the Otaba River, Tokyo Prefecture. May 3, 1957. 

 Perennial; rhizome thick, pungent; leaves nearly orbicular, thin; flowers in long 

 racemes, white. 



239620. Lophanthus sp. Menthaceae. 



No. 38. Rashomon-kadzura. Valley of the Otaba-gawa, Tokyo Prefecture. 

 May 3, 1957, Flowering stem erect, hairy; flowers large, deep blue. 



239621 to 239632. 



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

 agricultural explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, 

 Beltsville, Md. Received May 13, 1957. 



239621. Citrus paradisii Macfad. Rutaceae. Grapefruit. 

 Col. No. 680. Ambuntin on Sepik River. Apr. 7, 1957. 



239622. Citrus sp. 



Col. No. 667. Near Patwi, on Sepik River. Apr. 7, 1957. 



239623 to 239632. Saccharum robustum Brandes & Jesw. Poaceae. 



Sugarcane. 



Collected Apr., 1957. 



239623. Col. No. 690. Upper Sepik River, near Telfomin. 



239624. Col. No. 697. Lumi. 



239625. Col. No. 701. Tadji. Sepik type; yellow, waxy. 



239626. Col. No. 713. Nandugl. Mottled stem. 



239627. Col. No. 723. Giruva River, about 7 miles from Popendetta. 



239628. Col. No. 724. Baiyer River. 



239629. Col. No. 725. Baiyer River. 



239630. Col. No. 733. Tari. 



239631. Col. No. 734. Tari. 



239632. Col. No. 737. Tari. Striped form. 



239633. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Common onion. 



From Iran. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mission, Tehran. 

 Received May 13, 1957. 



'Kashan'. Grown in Varammin, Ministry of Agriculture Station, near Tehran; 

 seeds originally from Kashan. 



