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246387. Urena lobata L. Malvaceae. 



Col. No. 21041. Soil sanely. Abundant shrub or herb to 3 feet high ; flowers 

 purple ; bark and stems with strong fiber ; no pests apparent. 



Elevation 1,500 feet. 



246388 to 246391. Arachis hypogaea L. Fabaceae. 



Common peanut. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Oilseed Control Board, 

 Pretoria, Transvaal. Received March 7, 1958. 



246388. 'Kaboka Tjina'. 246390. Type 24. Testa white. 



246389. 'Natal common'. 246391. No. 52 G 1206. 



246392. Beta sp. Chenopodiaeeae. 



From the Azores. Seeds presented by the Delegacao de Ponta Delgada, St. 

 Michael. Received March 7, 1958. 



246393. Hierochloe redolens (Vahl.) Roem. & Schult. Poaceae. 



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

 trial Research Organization, Canberra. Received March 7, 1958. 



Originally from Snowy Flat, Australian Commonwealth Territory. Perennial 

 to 3 feet high ; stems tufted, erect ; leaves flat, rigid ; panicle dense. Elevation 

 5.000 feet. Has comumarin odor and is native to the Australian Alps, New 

 Zealand and America. 



246394 and 246395. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Bernice G. Schubert, agricultural explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, New Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received March 7, 1958. 



246394. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



Col. No. 1684. Roadside rocky bank, Ixtun, Merida-Campeche road, Vine 

 in fruit; capsules grayish, slender, acuminate at apex and base. 



246395. Dioscorea sp. 



Col. No. 1685. Rocky roadside bank, Ixtun, Merida-Campeche road. Vine 

 in fruit ; capsules grayish, slender, acuminate at apex and base. 



246396. Cicer arietinuae L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Division of Mycology, Indian Agricultural 

 Research Institute, New Delhi. Received March 7, 1958. 



G. 24. Grown at Ferozepore, Punjab. 



246397. Zizania aquatica L. Poaceae. Northern wildrice. 



From China. Plants presented by C. C. Hsu, Taipei, Taiwan. 

 Received March 7, 1958. 



246398 to 246401. 



From Great Britain. Plants presented by F. A. McClure, Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, Washington, D.C. Received March 10, 1958. 



246398. Arundinaria anceps Mitf. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



Castlemargaret, Claremorris, County Mayo, Scotland. 



246399 to 246401. Royal Botanical Garden, Kew, England. 



246399. Chimonobambusa marmorea (Mitf.) Makino Poaceae. 



Marble bamboo. 



246400. Sinarundinaria MURiELAE (Gamble) Nakai Poaceae. Bamboo. 



246401. Sinarundinaria nitida (Mitf.) Nakai Bamboo. 



Plant exceptionally cold-resistant ; clump-forming type to 20 feet high ; 

 culm exceeding 0.75 inch diameter ; leaves small, to three inches long and 

 0.5 inch wide. Used in the making of baskets, sieves, light fencing and 

 house construction. Elevation to 10,000 feet on northern slopes. 



