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242545 to 242616— Continued 



242610. Pelargonium sp. 



Col. No. 5527. 'Happy Thought'. Leaves erispate, undulate, middle por- 

 tion white, periphery green. 



242611. Pelargonium sp. 



Col. No. 5512. 'Double Rose-Flowered'. Flowers roselike in appearance, 

 dark-red. 



242612. Peperomia brachytricha Baker Piperaceae. 



Col. No. 5519. Creeping epiphyte to 6 inches high, rooting at the nodes; 

 leaves obovate, succulent, to 1 inch in diameter. 



242613. Peperomia madagascariensis DC. 



Col. No. 5525. Creeping epiphyte, rooting at the nodes; leaves fleshy, uni- 

 formly puberulent, green above, purplish-red below. 



242614. Peperomia rotundifolia Schlecht. & Cham. 



Col. No. 5520. Creeping epiphyte, rooting at the nodes; leaves to 1 inch 

 long. 



242615. Ruellia macrantha Mart. Acanthaceae. 



Col. No. 5526. Perennial to 6 feet high; leaves green above, covered by 

 raphides below; flowers fuchsia-pink. 



242616. Burbidgea schizocheila W. Hackett Zingiberaceae. 



Col. No. 5532. Rhizomatous perennial; leaves dark green, lustrous. 



242617 to 242623. Saccharum (hybrid). Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Australia. Cuttings presented by the Bureau of Sugar Industry, Brisbane, 

 Queensland. Received October 4, 1957. 



242617. I 102. 242621. Q 63. 



242618. K 696. 242622. Q 67. 



242619. Q 61. 242623. Q 70. 



242620. Q 62. 



242624 to 242626. Saccharum (hybrid). Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Fiji. Cuttings presented by the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., Lautoka. 

 Received October 4, 1957. 



242624. 55 R. 8062. 242626. 55 R. 8070. 



242625. 55 R. 8063. 



242627 to 242635. 



From Portugal. Seeds collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant 

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

 October 7, 1957. 



From Portugal, unless otherwise indicated. 



242627. Brunfelsia calycina Benth Solanaceae. 



Col. No. 5164. Quinta da Meio, Entre Quintas, Oporto. Evergreen tree 

 to 20 feet high; flowers opening deep blue- violet, changing to nearly white. 



242628. Cytisus battandieri Marie Fabaceae. Broom. 



Col. No. 5169. Arboretum, Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie, Verrieres-le-Buisson, 

 southwest Paris, France. 



242629 Sarothamnus welwitschii Bois & Reut. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 5161. Open dry rocky granite slopes, Guarda. Much-branched 

 shrub to 8 feet high; flowers yellow, pods villous. 



