JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 195 7 259 



241894 to 241911. 



From Portugal. Collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant Intro- 

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

 August 20, 1957. 



Material received as cuttings unless otherwise noted. 



241894 to 241896. Botanical Garden, University of Coimbra, Coimbra. 



241894. Achimenes coccinea (Scop.) Pers. Gesneriaceae. 



Col. No. 5117. Tuberous-rooted perennial; leaves green above, red- 

 veined below; flowers orange-red. (Plants.) 



241895. Arundinaria sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 5127. Rhizomatous perennial to 8 feet high; foliage yellowish 

 variegated. (Plant.) 



241896. Bougainville a glabra Choisy. Nyctaginaceae. 



Col. No. 5126. 'Maud Chettlebourg'. Woody climber; flowers magenta. 



241897. Drosophyllum lusitanicum (L.) Link. Droseraceae. 



Col. No. 5130. Three miles west of Coimbra. Perennial to 12 inches 

 high; leaves tufted, narrowly linear, covered with stalked glutinous glands 

 for catching insects; flowers yellow. (Seeds.) 



241898. Erica australis L. Ericaceae. Heath. 



Col. No. 5131. Along the Rio Mondego, east of Coimbra. Evergreen 

 shrub to 6 feet high; flowers lavender to pink. 



241899. Erica umbellata L. Heath. 



Col. No. 5133. West of Coimbra. Evergreen shrub to 20 inches high; 

 flowers lavender-purple. (Seeds.) 



241900 to 241910. Botanical Garden, University of Coimbra. 



241900. Ficus glabella Blume. Moraceae. Fig. 



Col. No. 5128. Evergreen tree to 20 feet high; leaves long, coriaseous, 

 lustrous. 



241901. Gnidia polystachya Berg. Thymelaeaceae. 



Col. No. 5128. Evergreen shrub to 10 feet high; leaves acicular; flowers 

 yellow-green, fragrant. 



241902. Hebanthe paxiculata (Moq.) Benth. & Hook. Amaranthaceae. 

 Col. No. 5123. Evergreen climber; flowers white. 



241903. Hibiscus liliflorus Cav. Malvaceae. 



Col. No. 5121. Shrub to 6 feet high; flowers scarlet, single. 

 241904 and 241905. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. Chinese hibiscus. 



241904. Col. No. 5122. 'Vivicans'. Shrub; flowers double, scarlet. 



241905. Col. No. 5125. 'Kermesinus'. Shrub to 10 feet high; flowers 

 single, deep red. 



241906. Iochroma coccinea Scheid. Solanaceae. 



Col. No. 5119. Branches pendulous; flowers tubular, scarlet. 



241907. Iochroma warscewiczii Regel 



Col. No. 5124. Shrub; leaves long, pubescent; flowers tubular, blue. 



241908. Jasminum odoratissimum L. Oleaceae. 



Col. No. 5118. Evergreen shrub; branches somewhat arching; flowers 

 yellow, fragrant. 



