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245086. Mahoxia X wagneki (Jouin) Eelider Berberidaceae. 



From Great Britain. Plants presented by Hillier & Sons, Winchester, England. 

 Received January 17, 1958. 



245087. Solanum maglia Schlecht. Solanaceae. 



From Chile. Tubers collected by D. S. Correll, agricultural explorer, Plant- 

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

 January 17, 1958. 



Col. No. C— 1. 'Papa Sylvestre'. On steep slopes just above the ocean. Plants 

 branched, spreading; flowers white. Tubers orbicular to 4 inches in diameter, 

 purplish-red. 



245088 to 245090. 



From Chile. Seeds collected by Donovan S. Correll, agricultural explorer, Plant 

 Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received January 20, 1958. 



245088 and 245089. Grounds of Ministeria of Agriculture, Santiago. 



245088. Brachychiton acerifolium F. Muell. Sterculiaceae. 



Col. No. C-4. Tall, slender tree ; flowers small, tubular, reddish. 



245089. Pterocarya fraxinfolia (Lam.) Spach. Juglandaceae. 



Caucasian wingnut. 

 Col. No. C-3. Small spreading tree. 



245090. Lavatera assurgentiflora Kellogg Malvaceae. 



California treemallow. 



Col. No. C-2. Along ocean drive between Vina del Mar and Concon. 

 Globular shrub to 12 feet high ; flowers pink-red with darker strips. 



245091 to 245104. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Commonwealth Scientific and Indus- 

 trial Research Organization, Canberra City. Received January 20, 1958. 



Place of origin as indicated. 



245091 to 245100. Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf Poaceae. 



245091. No. 1. 



245092. No. 5. 



Ermello, Transvaal, South Africa. 



245093. No. 14. Amerspoort, South Africa. 



245094. No. 23. Witbank, South Africa. 

 Sterkfontein, South Africa. 

 Dekvrou, South Africa. 

 Athole, South Africa. 

 Between Chania and Kalami, Crete. Hard red soil. 



Beyond Goernes, Crete. White friable clay. 



Kakkinos Pirgos, Crete. Red soil. 



Bothriochloa iscHAEMUM (L.) Keng Poaceae. 



King's Ranch bluestem. 



Phillipi, Greece. Undulating terrain at edge of plain. 



Gazoros, Greece. Replanted eroded land. 



North East Skopje, Yugoslavia. Upland hills. Elevation 



245104. No. 59. Near Titograd, Yugoslavia. Flat valley; soil heavy, red. 

 Elevation 90 feet. 



245095. 



No. 24. 



245096. 



No. 26. 



245097. 



No. 28. 



245098. 



No. 44. 



245099. 



No. 46. 



245100. 



No. 47. 



L5101 to 245104. 



245101. 



No. 54. 



245102. 



No. 55. 



245103. 



No. 58. 



750 feet. 



