JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 19 58 297 



251790. Lactuca sativa L. Cichoriaceae. Garden lettuce. 



From Yugoslavia. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New 

 Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 Oct. 9, 1958. 



Macedonia. (No field note.) 



251791. Cucurbita pepo L. Cucurbitaceae. Pumpkin. 



Source unknown. 'Seeds collected toy P. F. Knowles, collaborator, New Crops 

 Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received Oct. 

 10, 1958. 



251792 to 251794. 



From Brazil. Collected by E. P. Imle, collaborator, New Crops Research 

 Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received Oct. 9, 1958. 



251792. Theobroma cacao L. Sterculiaceae. Cacao. 



Col. No. 103. Fazenda Catango, near Urucuca, Bahia. Typical 'Comun' or 

 'Amelonado' cacao but without red pigment in new leaves. Cotyledons are 

 pure white if self -pollinated ; may be purple if crossed. Seeds from five trees. 



251793. Hevea brasiliensis (A. Juss.) Muell.-Arg. Euphorbiaceae. 



Para rubber tree. 

 Col. No. 104. 'Seringa'. Near Santarem. (Budsticks.) 



251794. Theobroma sp. 



Col. No. 105. Near Santarem. Wild species. (Budsticks.) 



251795 to 251798. 



From Italy and Yugoslavia. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural ex- 

 plorer, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Oct. 9, 1958. 



251795. Allium sp. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 17586. Pietramala, Italy. Elevation 3,000 feet. 



251796. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



Col. No. 17524. Market, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Fruit sweet, red-fleshed, 

 small. 



251797. Fragaria vesca L. Rosaceae. European strawberry. 



Col. No. 17550. Terminillo, Italy. Elevation 5,200 feet. Plants small, 

 growing with wild raspberries. 



251798. Lactuca salegna L. Cichoriaceae. 



Col. No. 17564. Consuma, east of Firenzi, Italy. Elevation 2,700 feet. 



251799. Trifolium ligusticum Balb. Fabaceae. 



From Portugal. Seeds presented by the Institute de Botanica, Porto. Re- 

 ceived March 4, 1959. 

 Annual. 



251800. Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. Schneid. Buxaceae. 



Jojoba. 



From the United States. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, 

 New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Re- 

 ceived October 15, 1958. 

 Col. No. 16668. Huntington Botanical Garden, Los Angeles, California. 

 Two mature shrubs 20 to 24 years old, leafy, dense, well-pruned, growing to- 

 gether; cultivated from seeds collected by Fritz Berger near Superior, Arizona 

 about 1932 ; capsules at every other node, 1-seeded ; seeds rounder than typical. 

 Shrubs died in 1956. 



251801 to 251870. 



From Austria and Italy. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, 

 New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division,. Beltsville, Md. Re- 

 ceived October 10, 1958. From Italy unless otherwise noted. 



