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241279 to 241292. Secale cereale L. Poaceae. Rye. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by the Secretaria da Agricultura, Institute- Agro- 

 nomico de Sao Paulo, Campinas, Sao Paulo. 



241279. No. 38. 241286. No. 45. 



241280. No. 39. 241287. No. 46. 



241281. No. 40. 241288. No. 47. 



241282. No. 41. 241289. No. 48. 



241283. No. 42. 241290. No. 49. 



241284. No. 43. 241291. No. 50. 



241285. No. 44. 241292. No. 51. 



241293 to 241304. 



From France. Collected by F. G. Myer, agricultural explorer, Plant Introduction 

 Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received July 11, 1957. 



Jardin Botanique, Les Cedres, St. Jean, Cap Ferrat, Alpes Maritimes. 



241293. Begonia manicata Cels Begoniaceae. 



Col. No. 4867. 'Variegata'. Petioles 6 inches long; leaves spotted white. 

 (Leaf.) 



241294. Cyperus alternifolius L. Cyperaceae. 



Col. No. 4872. 'Gracilis'. Plant to 12 inches high. (Cuttings.) 



241295. Eugenia guabiju Berg Myrtaceae. 



Col. No. 4938. Small evergreen tree, round-headed; leaves shiny ovate. 

 (Cuttings.) 



241296 and 241297. Gazania (hybrids). Asteraceae. 



241296. Col. No. 4871. Much-branched perennial; leaves white tomentose 

 below; flowers yellow with a black eye. (Cuttings.) 



241297. Col. No. 4871. (Seeds.) 



241298 and 241299. Gazania x splendens Henderson Asteraceae. 



241298. Col. No. 4873. Essentially acaulescent perennial; leaves green 

 above, silvery beneath; flowers clear yellow to base. (Cuttings.) 



241299. Col. No. 4873. (Seeds.) 



241300. Maurandia erubescens (D. Don) A. Gray Scrophulariaceae. 



Col. No. 4937. Scrambling perennial; leaves pubescent; flowers tubular rose- 

 pink. (Seeds.) 



241301. Neptunia prostrata (Lam.) Baill. Mimosaceae. 



Col. No. 4868. Annual; stems spongy white; leaves sensitive to the touch. 

 Grown in shallow water. (Cuttings.) 



241302. Pelargonium caylae Humbert Geraniaceae. 

 Col. No. 4869. Perennial to 24 inches high. (Cuttings.) 



241303. Pelargonium salmoneum R. A. Dyer 



Col. No. 4860. Leaves green; flowers delicate pink, single. (Cuttings.) 



241304. Ligustrum sempervirens (Franch.) Lingels. Oleaceae. 



Col. No. 4870. Evergreen shrub to 6 inches high, spreading; flowers white, 

 short, tubular, and fragrant. (Cuttings.) 



241305. Prunus persica var. nectarina (Ait.) Maxim. 

 Amygdalaceae. Nectarine. 



From Tunisia. Budsticks presented by the Director of Botany Service, Ariana. 

 Received July 11, 1957. 

 'Birzgane'. 



