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255912 to 255919. Linum usitatissimum L. Linaceae. 



Common flax. 



From Czechoslovakia. Seeds presented by the Research Institute for Fiber 

 Plants, Sumperk. Received Mar. 12, 1959. 



255912. 'Bernburger Oel Faserlein'. From East Germany. Oil-spin flax; 

 fiber production average; seed production good. 



255913. 'Dachnfelt'. Ex-Netherlands. Oil seed flax; seed production good; 

 fiber coarse. 



255914. 'Flachskopf . From East Germany. Oil-spin flax; fiber production 

 average; seed production good. 



255915. 'Horal'. Early, fine spin flax; fiber production good; seed production 

 low. 



255916. 'Modran'. Fine spin flax; fiber and seed production good, but fiber 

 content low. 



255917. 'Rekord'. Coarse spin flax; fiber and seed production average. 



255918. 'Textilak'. Fine spin flax; fiber production good; seed production 

 low. 



255919. 'Zdar'. Oil-spin flax; fiber coarse, production average; seed produc- 

 tion good. 



255920 to 255924. 



From Brazil. Plants collected by W. C. Gregory, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 Mar. 12, 1959. 



255920. Aristolochia sp. Aristolochiaceae. 

 Col. No. 9746. Bata Guacu, Mato Grosso. 



255921. Aristolochia sp. 



Col. No. 9777. Twenty km. west of Bata Guacu, road to Campo Grande, 

 Mato Grosso. 



255922. Aristolochia sp. 



Col. No. 9796. Ten km. east of Bata Guacu-Campo Grande and Campo 

 Grande- Rio Brilliant e road intersection, Mato Grosso. Low tuberous-rooted 

 perennial. 



255923. Aristolochia sp. 



(No field number) . Three km. from Bata Guacu on Xavatina road, Mato 

 Grosso. 



255924. Aristolochia sp. 



(No field number) . Between Fazenda Pozo Alto and Xavatina 'on Bata 

 Guacu road, Mato Grosso. Climbing woody vine. 



255925. Theobroma cacao L. Sterculiaceae. Cacao. 



From Costa Rica. Seedlings presented by the Instituto Inter-Americano de 

 Ciencias Agricolas, San Jose. Numbered Mar. 12, 1959. 



255926. Hibiscus mutabilis L. Malvaceae. Cotton rosemallow. 



From Panama. Seeds collected by E. Griffith, Fort Clayton, Canal Zone. 

 Numbered Mar. 12, 1959. 



Flowers open pure white in the morning changing to a deep red by evening. 



255927 and 255928. 



From India. Seeds presented by R. D. Asana, Division of Botany, Indian 

 Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Received Mar. 12, 1959. 



255927. Brachiaria ramosa (L.) Stapf Poaceae. 



