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240977 to 240984— Continued 



240981. Lolium remotum Schrank Ryegrass. 

 Bar 6301. 



240982. Lolium rigidum Gaud. Wimmera ryegrass. 

 Ba 6154. 



240983. Lolium temulentum L. Darnel. 

 Bat 6304. 



240984. Lolium strictum Presl Ryegrass. 

 Bal 6298. 



240985 to 240991. 



From New Guinea. Collected by C. O. Grassl and John Warner, agricultural 

 explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received June 27, 1957. 



240985 to 240989. Saccharum officinarum L. Poaceae. Sugarcane* 



From Keravat, New Britain Island. June 14, 1957. (Cuttings.) 



240985. Col. No. 234. 



240986. Col. No. 235. 



240987. Col. No. 236. 



240988. Col. No. 237. 



240989. Col. No. 239. 



240990 and 240991. Saccharum robustum Brandes & Jesw. Sugarcane. 



240990. Col. No. 238. Keravat, New Britain Island, June 14, 1957. 



(Cuttings.) 



240991. Col. No. 809. Bank of Sepik River, below Pagwi. June 9, 1957. 

 Red form. (Seeds.) 



240992 to 240994. Narcissus tazetta L. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Italy. Bulbs collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant Intro- 

 duction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received June 

 28, 1957. 



Botanical Garden, University of Pisa, Pisa. June 1, 1957. 



240992. Col. No. 4060. 'Aureus'. 



240993. Col. No. 4056. 'Italicus'. 



240994. Col. No. 4059. 'Papyraceus'. 



240995. Cassia sp. Caesalpinaceae. 



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



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



June 28, 1957. 



Col. No. 16627. Oak woodland, limestone soil, Sierra Murrieta near Toribusn 



west of Bacanora, Sonora. Elevation 4,500 feet. May 17, 1957. Perennial 



herb with several divergent stems, silky new leaves and fetid odor. 



240996. Sorghum almum Parodi Poaceae. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Attache, United States 

 Embassy, Buenos Aires. Received June 28, 1957. 



240997 to 241000. Corchortts capsularis L. Tiliaceae. Jute. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by the Institute* Agronomico do Norte, Belem, 

 Para. Received July 1, 1957. 



240997. 'Branca'. 240999. 'Roxa'. 



240998. 'Lisa'. 241000. 'Solimoes'. 



