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242429 to 242489— Continued 



242483. Rhododendron valentinianum Forr. 



Col. No. 5495. Evergreen shrub to 3 feet high; leaves obovate, slightly 

 serrate-ciliate; flowers white, borne in great profusion, fragrant. 



242484. Rhododendron veitchianum Hook. 



Col. No. 5486. Shrub or small tree; flowers pink. 



242485. Rhododendron (hybrid). 



Col. Xo. 5478. (R. dalhousiae X R- nuttallii). Shrub to 10 feet high; 

 flowers white, fragrant. 



242486. Rhododendron zeylanicum Loud. 



Col. No. 5459. Shrub to 20 feet high; flowers blood red. 



242487. Salix caprea L. Salicaceae. 



Col. No. 5489. 'Pendula'. Large deciduous shrub; branches pendant; 

 leaves elliptic, undulate. 



242488. Salix fargesii Burkill. 



Col. No. 5493. Deciduous shrub to 5 feet high; twigs and buds reddish, 

 lustrous; leaves to 6 inches long, 3 inches wide, thickish, serrate, veins 

 prominent. 



242489. Verbena tridens Lagasca Verbenaceae. 



Col. No. 5491. Evergreen shrub to 3 feet high; branches wiry, whitish; 

 leaves very abbreviated. 



242490 and 242491. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, 

 Taipei, Taiwan. Received September 30, 1957. 



242490. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck Rutaceae. Pummelo. 

 'Mato'. 



242491. Raphanus sativus L. Brassicaceae. Radish. 

 ' Mei-noon'. 



242492 to 242494. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by the Servico de Experimentacao Zootecnica, 

 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Received October 1, 1957. 



242492. Stizolobium aterrimum Piper & Tracy Fabaceae. Velvetbean. 

 ' Mucuna Preta'. 



242493. Stizolobium sp. 

 'Mucuna Ana'. 



242494. Stizolobium sp. 

 'Mucuna Jaspeada'. 



242495 to 242497. Sanguisorba officinalis L. Rosaceae. 



From Belgium. Seeds presented by the Centre de Cartographic Pliytosocio- 

 logique, Brussels. Received October 2, 1957. 



Localities given are original sources. 



242495. 'Champignolle'. France. 



242496. 'Lahr-In-Brisgau'. Rhine Valley, Germany. 



242497. ' Jalhay'. Province de Liege, Ardennes, Belgium. 



