JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1957 325 



243197. Ternstroemia sylvatica Schlecht. & Cham. Theaceae. 



From the United States. Plant growing at the U.S. Plant Introduction Garden, 

 Glenn Dale, Md. Numbered October 29, 1957. 



Originally from Eric Walther, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif. 



243198 and 243199. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link Poaceae. 



Buffelgrass. 



From Southern Rhodesia. Seeds presented by the Grasslands Research Station 

 of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Marandellas. Received October 30, 

 1957. 



243198. Chipinga Strain. 



243199. Grasslands Strain. 



243200 to 243214. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. 



Castorbean. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by the Instituto Agronomico do Leste, Ministerio 

 da Agriculture, Salvador Bahia. Received October 30, 1957. 



243200. No. 1. 243208. No. 9. 



243201. No. 2. 243209. No. 10. 



243202. No. 3 243210. No. 11. 



243203. No. 4. 243211. No. 12. 



243204. No. 5. 243212. .No. 13. 



243205. No. 6. 243213. No. 14. 



243206. No. 7. 243214. No. 15. 



243207. No. 8. 



243215. Quercus hispaxica var. dextata (Wats.) Rehd. Fagaceae. 



Oak. 



From Great Britain. Seeds collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Aid. 

 Received October 30, 1957. 



From the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. 



Col. No. 5828. Deciduous tree to 50 feet high; leaves mostly oblong, regularly 

 serrate-dentate; cupule bristly; acorns deep brown, oblong. 



243216. Poa compressa L. Poaceae. Canada bluegrass. 



From the United States. Seed collected in West Virginia by B. M. Leese, Alex- 

 andria, Virginia. Received October 31, 1957. 



From Fox Hollow, 6 miles west of Romney, West Virginia. 



243217 to 243230. 



From Iran. Seeds collected bv the Agricultural Advisor, Tabriz. Received 

 October 31, 1957. 



243217. Agropyron sp. Poaceae. 



243218. Beta sp. Chenopodiaceae. 



243219. Deschampsia sp. Poaceae. 



243220. Elymus sp. Poaceae. 



243221. Lallemantia sp. Menthaceae. 



243222. Lotus sp. Fabaceae. 



