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255193. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal. 

 Received Jan. 23, 1959. 



A selection from P.I. 231227, a yellow flint corn. The selection is a yellow 

 sweet corn, and was separated from Gaspe dwarf corn obtained through the 

 Montreal Botanical Garden. 



255194. Lolium persicum Boiss. & Hohen. Poaceae. 



From Afghanistan. A selection made from a shipment of Lolium temulentum 

 received in 1954 from Afghanistan. Numbered Jan. 23, 1959. 



Erect, slender annual to 23 inches high; clumps to six inches wide; seeds oblong 

 with long, slender awn. 



255195. Citrus hystrix dc. Rutaceae. 



From the Philippines. Seeds presented by the Director of Plant Industry, Manila. 

 Received Jan. 26, 1959. 



Slender, spiny tree to 6 meters high; leaves simple, aromatic with broad leaf like 

 petiole; fruit greenish-yellow, becoming yellowish-orange after harvest, oblate, 

 5.6 cm. long, 6.0 cm. wide, base necked; skin rough; seeds many; juice very sour 

 and slightly bitter. 



255196 to 255217. 



From Guatemala and Mexico. Tubers collected by J. G. Hawkes, J. P. Hjerting, 

 and R. N. Lester, Birmingham University Plant Collection Expedition to 

 Mexico and Central America, Birmingham, England. Received Jan. 27, 

 1959. 



Collected in Guatemala except where otherwise noted. 



255196 and 255197. Solanum agrimonifolium Rydb. Solanaceae. 



255196. Col. No. 1851. San Andres Chapil, San Marcos. Elevation 2,750 

 meters. Plant to 2 meters high; tubers produced intermittently along 

 stolons. 



255197. Col. No. 1889. Cerro El Quiche, road to Los Encuentros, Depart- 

 ment Totonicapan. Elevation 3,300 meters. Tubers hairy. 



255198 to 255202. Solanum bulbocastanum Dun. 



255198. Col. No. 1717. Puebla-Oaxaca road, Mexico 500 km. from 

 Mexico City. Elevation 2,050 meters. In dry bean field. 



255199. Col. No. 1719. Near Siete Cabrillas, Mexico, Oaxaca road 475 

 km. from Mexico City. 



255200. Col. No. 1789. Rich clay and humus, junction of Huehuetenango 

 and Pan American Highways, Huehuetenango. Elevation 1,850 meters. 



255201. Col. No. 1796. Damp gulley, Huehuetenango-Quezaltenango 

 road, five km. south of Malacatancito, Huehuetenango. Elevation 1,800 

 meters. Plant to 80 cm. high. 



255202. Col. No. 1938. Salama-Copan road, 16 miles from Salama, 

 Baja Verapaz. Elevation 1,700 meters. Plants small. 



255203. Solanum cardiophyllum var. endoiodandrum Bitt. 



Col. No. 1729. Pan American Highway between Oaxaca and Mitla, Mexico. 

 Elevation 1,600 meters. Plants small; mother and daughter tubers. 



255204 to 255214. Solanum clarum Correll 



255204. Col. No. 1776. Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, 45 km. from Hue- 

 huetenango, Huehuetenango. Elevation 3,300 meters. Plants small; 

 tubers deep violet. 



255205. Col. No. 1777. Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, 45 km. from Hue- 

 huetenango, Huehuetenango. Elevation 3,300 meters. Plants small; 

 berries globular, 7 mm. in diameter; tubers deep violet, to 3 cm. long. 



