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243231 to 243287— Continued 



243283. Vaccinium nummularia Hook. f. & Thorns, ex Clarke Blueberry. 



Col. No. 5994. Spreading evergreen shrub to 3 feet high; flowers white; 

 berries black. 



243284 and 243285. Viburnum foetidum Wall. 



243284. Col. No. 5985. Evergreen shrub to 6 feet high; fruits red, globose. 



243285. Col. No. 5986. (Seed.) 



243286. Machtlus viridus Hand.-Mazz. Lauraceae. 



Col. No. 5947. Garden of G. H. Johnstone, Cornwall. Evergreen shrub 

 to 15 feet high; leaves mildly aromatic when crushed. 



243287. Eurya japonica Thunb. Theaceae. 

 Col. No. 5970. Evergreen shrub to 10 feet high. 



243288. Bromus arvensis L. Poaceae. Brome. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by the Director of the Swedish Seed Association, 

 Svalov. Received October 31, 1957. 



243289 and 243290. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Common oats. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Division of Plant Exploration and 

 Introduction, Buenos Aires. Received November 1, 1957. 



243289. 'Magnif 28'. 



243290. 'Magnif 29'. 



243291. Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Duchesne Rosaceae. 



Chiloe strawberry. 



From Alaska. Seeds collected by Arvo Kallio, Gustavus. Received November 6, 

 1957. 



243292 to 243296. 



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

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

 Received November 4, 1957. 



From the Cambridge Botanic Garden, Cambridge, England. 



243292. Ephedra Americana var. andina (Poepp.) Stapf Gnetaceae. 

 Col. No. 6045. 



243293. Ephedra monostachya L. 

 Col. No. 6044. 



243294. Ephedra gerardiana Wall, ex Stapf. 

 Col. No. 6047. 



243295. Ephedra major Host. 

 Col. No. 6046. 



243296. Ephedra distachya L. 

 Col. No. 6043. 



243297 to 243307. 



From Great Britain. Collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant 

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

 November 4, 1957. 



From the Royal Horticultural Society Gardens, Kew, England. Received as 

 plants unless otherwise noted. 



