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240128 to 240287— Continued 



240285. Secale anatolicum Boiss. Poaceae. Rye. 

 No. 3618. Eskisehir, Turkey. 



240286. Secale montanum Guss. Mountain rye. 

 No. 3619. Eskisehir, Turkey. 



240287. Plantago albicans L. Plantaginaceae. Plantain. 

 No. 3383. Ain Tiarit, Morocco. 



240288. Mercurialis annua L. Euphorbiaceae. 



From France. Seeds presented by the Botanic Garden, Rennes. Received 

 May 27, 1957. 



240289 to 240303. Kumex hymen osepalus Torr. Polygonaceae. 



Canaigre. 



From Mexico. Tubers collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, Plant 

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

 May 27, 1957. 

 .240289 to 240296. 'Cana Aigre'. Bacadehuachi, Sonora. May 21, 1957. 



Elevation 2,500 feet. Plants small, scattered; roots tuberous, shallow, 

 small ; the older dark reddish. 



240289. Col. No. 16645. 240293. Col. No. 16649. 



240290. Col. No. 16646. 240294. Col. No. 16650. 



240291. Col. No. 16647. 240295. Col. No. 16651. 



240292. Col. No. 16648. 240296. Col. No. 16652. 



240297 to 240303. 'Yerba Colorada'. Moctezuma, Sonora. May 22, 1957. 

 Silty alluvium along the Rio Moctezuma. Plants in small colonies; roots 

 small, shallow; color reddish-brown. 



240297. Col. No. 16657. 240301. Col. No. 16661. 



240298. Col. No. 16658. 240302. Col. No. 16662. 



240299. Col. No. 16659. 240303. Col. No. 16663. 



240300. Col. No. 16660. 

 240304 to 240309. 



From Italy. Plant material collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Re- 

 ceived May 27, 1957. 

 From Botanical Garden, University of Rome. May, 1957. 



240304. Azara tjruguaiensis (Speg.) Sleumer Flacourtiaceae. 



Col. No. 4000. Evergreen shrub to 6 feet high; leaves 2 inches long, 1 inch 

 wide; elliptic. (Cuttings.) 



240305. Cordia franciscii Tenore Boraginaceae. 



Col. No. 4003. Evergreen tree to 60 feet high, somewhat buttressed, round- 

 headed; flowers white. (Cuttings.) 



240306. Cussonia spicata Thunb. Araliaceae. 



Col. No. 3982. Evergreen tree to 20 feet high; leaves digitately then pin 

 nately divided. (Cuttings.) 



240307. Heptaplettrtjm stellatum Gaertn. Araliaceae. 



Col. No. 4001. Small evergreen tree; leaves digitately compound, deep 

 green, lustrous. (Cuttings.) 



240308. Narcissus tazetta var. italicus Sims Amaryllidaceae. 

 Col. No. 3985. (Bulbs.) 



240309. Solanum bonariense L. Solanaceae. 



Col. No. 4002. Shrub to 6 feet high; flowers white to violet; floriferous. 

 (Cuttings.) 



