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241466 to 241474— Continued 



241469 to 241471. Pinya de Rosa, Jardin de Aclimatacion, Blanes, Province 

 Gerona. 



241469. Peperomia obtusifolia A. Dietr. Piperaceae. 



Col. Xo. 5040. 'Clusiifolia'. Succulent perennial; leaves bronze-green 

 metallic. 



241470. Peperomia marmorata Hook. f. 



Col. Xo. 5042. Perennial; leaves medium green above, light reddish be- 

 neath. 



241471. Peperomia scaxdexs Ruiz & Pav. 



Col. Xo. 5041. Succulent stemmed perennial; leaves broadly ovate, 

 variegated on the margin. 



241472. Rhagodia nutans R. Br. Chenopodiaceae. 



Col. Xo. 5045. Jardin Botanico 'Marimurtra', Province Gerona, Blanes. 

 Prostrate creeping perennial; stems suffrutescent; fruit orange; seed black. 

 (Seeds.) 



241473. Sophora japoxica L. Fabaceae. Chinese scholartree. 



Col. Xo. 5046. 'Dotiana'. Jardin Botanico, Parque de Montjuich, Barce- 

 lona. Tree; branches pendulous, tortuous; leaves cristate. 



241474. Mahonia moranensis (Schult. & Schult. f.) I. M. Johnston Ber- 

 beridaceae. 



Col. Xo. 5038. Jardin des Plantes, University of Montpellier, France. 

 Evergreen shrub; leaves spiny, leaflets relatively thin; fruit blue. (Seeds.) 



241475 to 241481. 



From Israel. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Crops and 

 Fodder Section, Haifa. Received July 26, 1957. 



241475 and 241476. Trifolium alexaxdrixum L. Fabaceae. Berseem. 



241475. Tahlr. 



241476. 'Musgawi'. 



241477. Trifolium campestre Schreb. Clover. 



241478. Trifolium clypeatum L. Clover. 



241479. Trifolium lappaceum L. Lappa clover. 



241480. Trifolium purpureum Loisel. 



241481. Trifolium spumosum L. Clover. 



241482 to 241486. 



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

 Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Aid. Received July 29, 1957. 

 Seeds unless otherwise noted. 



La Mortola, Villa Hanbury, near Ventimiglia. 



241482. Acacia pexdula A. Cunn. Alimosaceae. Wattle. 

 Col. Xo. 4639. Branches pendulous; leaves and branches silvery. 



241483. Chasmaxthe aethiopica (L.) N.E. Br. Iridaceae. 

 Col. Xo. 4648. Cormous perennial; flowers reddish-yellow. 



241484. Chimoxaxthus praecox Lindl. Calycanthaceae. 

 Col. Xo. 4646. Deciduous shrub; flowers yellow, reddish eye. 



241485. Ephedra altissima Desf. Gnetaceae. Climbing jointfir. 

 Col. Xo. 4645. Scrambling woody climber to 20 feet long; fruit red. 



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