JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 3 1, 1957 169 



239986. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



From Costa Rica. Tuber collected by Jose J. Cordoba and H. B. MacPhiiliams, 

 San Isidro del General. Received May 21, 1957. 



No. 366. 



239987 and 239988. 



From Ecuador. Plants presented by Jose Strobel, Cuenca. 

 Received May 31, 1957. 



239987. Oncidium sp. Orchidaceae. 

 No. 24. 



239988. Telepogon sp. Orchidaceae. 



No. 20. 



239989 and 239990. Cytisus nigricans L. Fabaceae. 



Spike broom. 



From Great Britain. Plants presented by the Keeper's Hill Nursery, Stapehill, 

 Wimborne, England. Received May 21, 1957. 



239989. 'Albo-carneus'. 



239990. 'Elongatus'. 



239991 to 240009. 



From Sicily. Collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant Introduction 

 Section, Corps Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received May 21, 1957. 



Collected at the Botanical Garden, University of Palermo, Palermo, May, 1957. 

 Cuttings unless otherwise indicated. 



239991. Acanthopanax trifoliatus (L.) Voss Araliaceae. 



Col. No. 3924. Sprawling shrub; leaves lustrous, trifoliate; stems spiny. 



239992 and 239993. Antirrhinum tortuosum Bosc. ex Lam. 



Scrophulariaceae. Snapdragon. 



239992. Col. No. 3922. Plant shrublike to 4 feet high; leaves linear; flowers 

 large, lavender-pink. 



239993. Col. No. 3922A. Seeds of P.I. 239992. 



239994. Oreopanax xalopense (H.B.K.) Decne. & Planch. Araliaceae. 



Col. No. 3972. Large evergreen bush; leaves digitately compound; flowers 

 inconspicuous, greenish- white. 



239995. Cheiranthodendron pentadactylon Larr. Sterculiaceae. 



Col. No. 3926. Small tree; leaves platanus-like, rusty below; flowers red 

 inside. 



239996. Clerodendrum tomentosum R. Br. Verbenaceae. 



Col. No. 3921. Large shrub; leaves ovate-lanceolate, soft pubescent; flowers 

 white, scented. 



239997. Clusia flava Jacq. Clusiaceae. 



Col. No. 3919. Evergreen tree; leaves thick, lustrous, leathery. 



239998. Dracaena reflexa Lam. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 3923. Large, evergreen, much-branched, dense-headed shrub; 

 leaves lanceolate, shiny. Ornamental. 



239999. Cassine papillosa (Eck. & Zeyh.) O. Kuntze Celastraceae. 



Col. No. 3928. Large evergreen bush, resembling holly; flowers small, 

 white. 



240000. Ficus gigantea H.B.K. Moraceae. Fig. 

 Col. No. 3917. Large deciduous tree. 



