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255218 to 255229— Continued 



255225. Fragaria sp. 



No. 285. 

 255226 to 255229. Fragaria (hybrids). Strawberry. 



255226. No. 258. 'Early Queen'. 



255227. No. 287. 'Eszterhazai Export'. 



255228. No. 288. 'Eszterhazai Korai'. 



255229. No. 345. 'Huxley'. 



255230 to 255240. 



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

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

 Jan. 8, 1959. 



255230. Andropogon sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 17627. Arroyo ways six miles north of Matape, Sonora, Savanilla. 

 Aromatic, thriving perennial to three feet high. 



255231. Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. Poaceae. 



Sideoats grama 



Col. No. 16702. Matape, Sonora. Culms tall. 



255232. Bouteloua hirsuta Lag. Hairy grama. 



Col. No. 17659. Cedros Range, Sonora. Elevation 3,500 feet. Perennial 

 to 1.5 feet high. 



255233 and 255234. Bouteloua filiformis (Fourn.) Griffiths 



Slender grama. 



255233. Col. No. 17602. Near Matape, Sonora. Tufted perennial; culms 

 to 1.5 feet high 



255234. Col. No. 17626. Six miles north of Matape, Sonora, Savanilla. 

 Fine-leaved perennial. 



255235. Indigofera sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 17658. Rocky slope, Cedros Range, Sonora. Bushy perennial. 



255236. Panicum sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 17603. Matape, Sonora. Tufted perennial to one foot high. 



255237. Cenchrus ciliaris L. Poaceae. Buffelgrass. 



Col. No. 17625. Mountain pass eight miles northeast of Matape, Sonora. 

 Elevation 3,000 feet. 



255238. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. Castorbean. 



Col. No. 59. 'Aiguerilla'. Spontaneous along arroyos, San Bernardo, 

 Sonora. 



255239. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench Poaceae. 



Col. No. 17663. 'Caxa'. San Bernardo, Sonora. Used like sugarcane. 



255240. Vicia sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 17669. Volcanic rocks, Sierra de Yesora, Sonora. Elevation 5,000 

 feet. Small spreading bush. 



255241 and 255242. Trifolium alexandrinum L. Fabaceae. 



Berseem. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 

 New Delhi. Received Jan. 28, 1959.' 



255241. C-10. Diploid. 



255242. T-578. Tetraploid. 

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