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240049 to 240055— Continued 



240053. Dioscorea sp. 

 No. 5. 



240054. Dioscorea sp. 

 No. 6. 



240055. Dioscorea sp. 

 No. 7. 



240056 to 240071. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Spain. Seeds presented bv the United States Operations Mission, Madrid. 

 Received May 22, 1957. 



240056. 81 X 109. 240064. 115 X 130. 



240057. 104 X 107. 240065. 116 X 117. 



240058. 107 X 130. 240066. 121 X 105. 



240059. 109 X 114. 240067. 121 X 109. 



240060. Ill X 103. 240068. 122 X 105. 



240061. Ill X 106. 240069. 123 X 105. 



240062. Ill X 130. 240070. 127 X 109. 



240063. 114 X 63. 240071. 128 X 106. 



240072. Ormosia sp. Fabaceae. 



From Canal Zone. Seeds presented by the Division of Agriculture and Natural 

 Resources, Balboa. Received Ma\ r 23, 1957. 



240073 to 240078. 



From Sicily. Cuttings collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant 

 Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 May 23, 1957. 



From the Botanical Garden, Palermo. May 18, 1957. 



240073. Centaurea verbascifolia Vahl Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 3956. Half- woody subshrub to 4 feet high; leaves to 8 inches long 

 and 4 inches wide, green above, white tomentose beneath; flower heads lav- 

 ender. Probably hardy in frostless regions only. 



240074. Ficus altissima Blume Moraceae. Lofty fig. 



Col. No. 3964. Large evergreen tree to 50 feet high. 



240075. Ficus magnolioides Borzi Fig. 



Col. No. 3960. Large evergreen tree to 60 feet high; stilt-roots; leaves to 

 8 inches long, lustrous, deep green. Ornamental. 



240076. Heteropterys chrysophylla H. B. K. Malpighiaceae. 



Col. No. 3958. Scrambling or half erect evergreen shrub; leaves shiny 

 green above, silvery tomentose below. 



240077. Salmea scandens (L.) DC. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 3959. Scrambling, evergreen, twining vine; flowers all discoid. 



240078. Tarchonanthus camphoratus L. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 3957. Large evergreen shrub; leaves green above, silvery tomen- 

 tose beneath; flower heads purple. 



240079. Glycine max (L.) Merr. Fabaceae. Soybean. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by the National Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Kotoni, Sapporo. Received May 23, 1957. 

 6-3-1. 



