342 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 166 



253696 and 253697. Gossypium (hybrids). Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From the Republic of the Sudan. Seeds presented by Dr. T. Dark, Shambat, 

 Khartoum. Received Oct. 14, 1958. 



253696. BAR 7/6. 



253697. BAR 15/1. 



253698. Theobroma cacao L. Sterculiaceae. Cacao. 



From Ghana. Budsticks presented by the West African Cocoa Research Insti- 

 tute, Taf o. Received Nov. 12, 1958. 



Reported resistant to Phytophthora spp. 



253699 to 253702. Khododendron (hybrids). Ericaceae. 



From Great Britain. Plants presented by Waterer Sons & Crisp, Ltd., Bagshot, 

 Surrey, England. Received Nov. 13, 1958. 



253699. 'Golden Hind'. 



253700. 'Quaker Maid'. 



253701. 'Royal Ruby'. 



253702. 'Twlight Sky'. 



253703 to 253710. 



From Mexico. Tubers collected by J. G. Hawkes, Birmingham University, Eng- 

 land, Plant Collection Expedition to Mexico. Received Nov. 17, 1958. 



253703. Solanum bulbocastanum Dun. Solanaceae. 

 Col. No. 1590. Near Oaxaca, Cerro San Felipe, Oaxaca. 



253704 to 253710. Solanum tuberosum L. Potato. 



253704. Col. No. 1303. 'Vallera'. Bought at Vergel, Chihuahua. Reported- 

 ly grown in Vergel for years. 



253705. Col. No. 1304. 'Chirulera'. Flowers white. 



253706. Col. No. 1305. 'Chata'. Flowers purple. 



253707. Col. No. 1534. Uruspan, Michoacan. 



253708. Col. No. 1550. North slope of Nevado de Colima Sayulapa, Jalisco. 



253709. Col. No. 1600. Market, Toluca, Mexico. Elevation 2,800 meters. 

 Reportedly grown in San Juan de las Huertas. 



253710. Col. No. 1670. Near Presa Pinta about three km. from Venta, 

 Queretaro. Elevation 1,950 meters. 



253711 and 253712. Solanum muricatum Ait. Solanaceae. 



Pepino. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mission, Lima. 

 Received Nov. 17, 1958. 



253711. 'Pepino Dulce'. Tubers large, white. 



253712. 'Pepino Dulce'. Tubers round, white. Usually propagated from cut- 

 tings. 



253713. Solanum muricatum Ait, Solanaceae. Pepino. 



From Chile. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mission, Santiago. 

 Received Nov. 17, 1958. 



'Pepino Dulce'. Collected near La Serena, Ooquimbo. 



253714. Crataegus azarolus L. Malaceae. Hawthorn. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by the Orto Botanico Dell'Universita, Naples. 

 Received Nov. 17, 1958. 



