JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 195 7 205 



240752 to 240768— Continued 



240764. Notelaea excelsa Webb & Berth. Oleaceae. 



Col. No. 4089. Much-branched evergreen shrub or tree to 25 feet high; leaves 

 hollylike, leathery, deep green, lustrous; fruit olivelike, black. 



240765. Saurauja serrata DC. Dilleniaceae. 



Col. No. 4080. Small evergreen tree; leaves to 10 inches long, serrate, green 

 above, tomentose beneath. 



240766. Strobilanthes lactatus Hook. Acanthaceae. 



Col. No. 4079. Herb with ovate mottled leaves, green above, whitish below. 



240767. Trichocladus crinitus Pers. Hamamelidaceae. 



Col. No. 4078. Rusty-tomentose, evergreen shrub; leaves dark green above;, 

 flowers whitish; witch hazel relative. Native to South Africa. 



240768. (Undetermined). 



Col. No. 4087. Evergreen subshrub; leaves elliptic, shiny green above. 



240769 to 240784. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial 

 Research Organization, Canberra. Received June 17, 1957. 



Grown at Adelaide, South Australia. 



240769. 187.1 X 191.1. 240777. 



240770. 311.39 X 311.38. 240778. 



240771. 32.18 0. 240779. 



240772. 330.2 X 316.6. 240780. 



240773. 331.1 X 313.17. 240781. 



240774. 331.2 X 331.6. 240782. 



240775. 358.2 0. 240783. 



240776. 359.20. 240784. 



240785 to 240794. 



From New Guinea. Cuttings collected by C. O. Grassl and John M. Warner, 

 agricultural explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, 

 Beltsville, Md. Received June 18, 1957. 



240785. Saccharum edule Hassk. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



Col. No. 211. 'Ken'. Dumpu, Ramu River. June 3, 1957. Elevation 



397.3 0. 





409.34 X 410.3 



438.6 X 



438.4. 



439.2 X 



439.1. 



440.5 0. 





441.1 0. 





518.9 0. 





392.5 0. 





800 feet. 







240786 to 240792. Saccharum officinarum L. 





Sugarcane. 



240786 to 240790. Dumpu, Ramu River. June 

 feet. 



3, 1957. 



Elevation 800 



240786. Col. No. 209. 'Om'. 240789. 



Col. No. 



213. 'Be'. 



240787. Col. No. 210. 'Kwis'. 240790. 



Col. No. 



214. 'Mom'. 



240788. Col. No. 212. 'Ogoro'. 







240791 and 240792. Aiome, Ramu River. June 



4, 1957. 



Elevation 350 



feet. 



240791. Col. No. 215. 'Indupin'. 



240792. Col. No. 216. 'Comus'. 



240793 and 240794. Saccharum robustum Brandes & Jesw. Sugarcane. 



240793. Col. No. 208. Dumpu, Ramu River bank. June 3, 1957. El- 

 evation 800 feet. 



240794. Col. No. 21 7B. Atemble, Ramu River. June 5, 1957. 

 (57 NG217 B.) 



