JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1957 159 



239689 to 239692. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by the Crops Research Division, Vegetable 

 Station, Auckland. Received May 15, 1957. 



239689. 'Houhere'. 239691. 'Rekamaroa'. 



238690. 'Hutihuti'. 239692. 'Taputini'. 



239693 to 239701. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 



From Switzerland. Seeds presented by the Swiss Experimental Station for 

 Agriculture, Zurich. Received May 15, 1957. 



239693. No. 130. Biglen/Kt. Bern Mattenklee. 



239694. No. 144. Dudingen/Kt. Freiburg Mattenklee. 



239695. No. 145. Hessighofen/Kt. Solothurn Mattenklee. 



239696. No. 150. Ringwil/Kt. Zurich Mattenklee. 



239697. No. 153. Lenzburg/Kt. Aargau Mattenklee. 



239698. No. 155. Leisi-Wagenburg/Kt. Zurich Mattenklee. 



239699. 206/15 IV. Alt. St. Johann/Kt. St. Gallen. 



239700. 207/3 III. Riggisberg/Kt. Bern. 



239701. 207/7 III. Stilli/Kt. Aargau. 



239702. SYMPLOcosLuciDASieb. &Zucc. Symplocaceae. Sweetleaf. 



From Japan. Seeds collected by J. L. Creech, agricultural explorer, Plant Intro- 

 duction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received Dec. 18, 

 1956. Numbered May 16, 1957. 

 Col. No. 747. Furuta National Forest, Tanegashima. Dec. 3, 1956. 



239703. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 



From Portugal. Seeds presented by Morris Mandelowitz, Brooklyn, New York. 

 Received May 16, 1957. 



239704 and 239705. 



From Thailand. Seeds presented by the International Cooperation Administra- 

 tion, Bangkok. Received May 17, 1957. 



239704. Stizolobium sp. Fabaceae. 



239705. Vigna cylindrica (L.) Skeels Fabaceae. Catjang cowpea. 

 239706 to 239708. 



From Turkey. Seeds presented by Professor Vamik Taysi, Ziraat Fakultesi 

 Dekanlig, Izmir. Received May, 1957. 



239706. Carthamus sp. Asteraceae. 

 No. 2487. 



239707. Carthamus sp. 

 No. 2488. 



239708. Carthamus sp. 

 No. 2489. 



239709 to 239855. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by the Plant Production Branch, Food and Agri- 

 culture Organization of the United Nations, Rome. Received May 17, 1957. 

 Localities given are F.A.O. sources. 



239709 and 239710. Agropyron buonapartis (Spreng.) Dur. & Schinz. 



Poaceae. Wheatgrass. 



239709. No. 3756. Cuckhan, Iran. 



239710. No. 3760. Teheran, Iran. 



