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240513 to 240520. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Division of Botany and Mycology, Indian 

 Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Received June 3, 1957. 



240513 to 240519. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. Garden pea. 



240513. 'Asauji I.C. 3024'. 240517. 'Table'— 19 I.C. 2209. 



240514. < Darantia Kaip I.C. 1444'. 240518. N.P. 29. 



240515. 'Kanawari I.C. 2210'. 240519. T163-I.C. 775. 



240516. 'Lucknow Boniya I.C. 

 1405'. 



240520. Smithia bigemina Dalz. Fabaceae. 



240521 and 240522. 



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

 cultural explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, 

 Beltsville, Md. Received June 7, 1957. 



240521. Saccharum robustum Brandes & Jesw. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 

 Col. No. 787. Tami River, near Hollandia. May 23, 1957. 



240522. Saccharum spontaneum L. Sugarcane. 

 Col. No. 786. Biak. May 19, 1957. 



240523. Rhynchosia phaseoloides (Sw.) DC. Fabaceae. 



From the British West Indies. Seeds collected by E. P. Imle, agricultural ex- 

 plorer, Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received June 4, 1957. 



From Grand Cayman Island. 



240524 to 240531. 



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

 Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received June 4, 1957. 

 Collected May 28, 1957. 



Cuttings unless otherwise indicated. 



240524. Aesculus hippocastanum L. Aesculaceae. 



Common horsechestnut. 



Col. No. 4017. 'Laciniata'. Botanical Garden, University of Florence. 

 Deciduous tree to 40 feet high; foliage fernlike, leaflets narrow, deeply incised. 



240525. Allium nigrum L. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 4013. Giardini di Marignolle, Florence. Ornamental onion; leaves 

 dark green, 6 inches long, 2 inches wide, recurved; flowers umbellate, white, 

 terminal on scapes to 30 inches high. (Bulbs.) 



240526. Myoporum laetum Forst. Myoporaceae. 



Col. No. 4031. Botanical Garden, University of Florence. Small tree; 

 leaves light green, pellucid dots. 



240527. Begonia rex Putz. Begoniaceae. 



Col. No. 4014. Giardini de Marignolle, Florence. Leaves blackish-red, 

 slightly mottled with a metallic sheen. (Plant.) 



240528. Buxus sempervirens L. Buxaceae. Common box. 

 Col. No. 4016. 'Rosmarinifolia'. Botanical Garden, University of Florence. 



Evergreen shrub; leaves rosemarylike, small, narrowly linear. 



240529. Cotoneaster salicifolia Franch. Malaceae. 



Col. No. 4015. 'Prostrata'. Giardini di Marignolle, Florence. Semiever- 

 green prostrate shrub; leaves lanceolate, 1 inch long, lustrous, white-felted 

 below; berries bright red. 



