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245344. Thuja plicata D. Don Pinaceae. Giant arborvitae. 



'Rogersii'. 



245345 to 245351. Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. Euphorbiaceae. 



Common poinsettia. 



From Mexico. Cuttings collected by E. P. Imle, Collaborator, New Crops Re- 

 search Branch, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received January 30, 

 1958. 

 245345 to 245348. Tuxpan, Michoacan, Rancho la Catarina. 



245345. Col. No. 68- Plant vigorous ; bracts pinkish, scattered along stem. 

 A variant that appeared in a planting of the red-bracted type. 



245346. Col. No. 69. Plant has red and pink bracts with pink and yellow 

 striations. 



245347. Col. No. 70. Bracts yellow and pink. Possibly a variant from the 

 red-bracted type. 



245348. Col. No. 71. Plant with yellow bracts, pink striation ; outstanding. 



245349 to 245351. Zitacuaro, Michoacan. On highway to Guadalajara near 

 Rancho la Carolina. 



245349. Col. No. 72. Plant vigorous ; heads large ; bracts a beautiful pure 

 yellow. 



245350. Col. No. 73. Single plant collection ; wild. 



245351. Col. No. 74. Plant vigorous; bracts double, deep red, persistent; 

 sets few or no seeds, cultivated. 



245352 to 245354. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by the Lone Star Farms Corporation, Cienfuegos. 

 Received January 31, 1958. 



245352. No. 45B. 



245353. No. 47. 



245354. No. 48. 



245355 to 245365. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by George Althofer, Dripstone, New South 

 Wales. Received January 31, 1958. 



245355. Callistemon pinifolius DC. Myrtaceae. Bottlebrash. 



245356. Calothamnus villisus R. Br. Myrtaceae. 



245357. Melaleuca ceassieolia Benth. Myrtaceae. 



245358. Melaleuca eeicifolia J. E. Em. 



245359. Melaleuca hamulosa Turcz. 



245360. Melaleuca incana R. Br. 



245361. Melaleuca megacephala F. Muell. 



245362. Melaleuca steedmanii C. A. Gardn. 



245363. Melaleuca subteigona Schau. 



245364. Melaleuca teeetieolia Endl. 



245365. Melaleuca wilsonii F. Muell. 



245366. Fagopyrum esculentum Moencli Polygonaceae. 



Buckwheat. 



From Guatemala. Seeds presented by the Division of Agriculture and Food 

 Chemistry, Nutritional Institute of Central America, Guatemala City. Re- 

 ceived, January 31, 1958. 



Originally from El Salvador. 



