JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 3 1, 195' 



199 



240658 and 240659. 



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

 culture Organization, Rome. Received June 4, 1957. 



Locations given are F.A.O. sources. 



240658. Hedysarum flexuosum L. Fabaceae. 



No. 2591. Morocco. 

 240659. Hedysarum coronarium L. 

 No. 2645. Sgaravatti, Italy. 

 240660. Helianthus annuus L. 



Sweetvetch. 



Sulla sweetvetch. 



Asteraceae. Common sunflower. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by Bodie Seeds, Ltd., Winnipeg, Manitoba. 

 Received June 7, 1957. 



'Spanners Allzweck'. Developed by Hermann Spanner, Straubling, Germany. 



240661 to 240672. Glycine max (L.) Merr. Fabaceae. Soybean. 



From the Philippines. Seeds presented by the Bureau of Plant Industry, Manila. 

 Received June 11, 1957. 



Grown at the Economic Gardens, Los Banos, Laguna. 



240661. 



'Acadian'. 



240667. 



'Hybrid 2217'. 



240662. 



'Bilofield'. 



240668. 



'Improved Pelican' 



240663. 



'Bilomi #1'. 



240669. 



'Mis 28 E.B.'. 



240664. 



'Bilomi#3\ 



240670. 



'Mis 33 D 1X1'. 



240665. 



'Black Manchurian'. 



240671. 



'Yellow Biloxi 37'. 



240666. 



'E. G. 1\ 



240672. 



'Yellow Biloxi 12'. 



240673 to 240676. 



From Uruguay. Seeds presented by the Food and Agriculture Organization, 

 United Nations Technical Adviser, Montevideo. Received June 11, 1957. 



240673 and 240674. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. Castorbean. 



240673. 'Bravianna'. Melo, Cerro Largo. 



240674. Common type. Cerro Largo. 



240675 and 240676. Secale cereale L. Poaceae. Rye. 



240675. Centeno de "La Estanzuela." Colonia. 



240676. Pico M.A.C. Originally from Argentina. 



240677 to 240684. 



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

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

 June 11, 1957. 



Collected at the Botanical Garden, University of Padna. June 7, 1957. 



240677. Acanthopanax henryi (Oliver) Harms Araliaceae. 



Col. No. 4064. Deciduous shrub to 10 feet high; leaflets to 5 inches long; 

 fruits black, juicy, in spherical clusters. 



240678. Bernardia grandifolia Muel.-Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 

 Col. No. 4068. Spiny evergreen shrub. 



240679. Celastrus pyracantha L. Celastraceae. 

 Col. No. 4069. Spiny evergreen shrub; flowers white. 



240680. Hydrangea heteromalla D. Don Hydrangeaceae. 



Col. No. 4063. Deciduous shrub to 10 feet high; leaves to 6 inches long; 

 serrate; flowers white. 



