96 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 167 



256495 to 256501— Continued 



256501. Robinia pseudoacacia L. Fabaceae. Common locust. 



Formerly from Vilmorin-Andrieux Nursery, Paris, France. 

 A columnar form with the habit of the Lombardy poplar. 



256502 and 256503. Zephyranthes Candida (Lindl.) Herb. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



From Chile and Argentina. Bulbs collected and presented by Messrs. 

 Blood and Tremelling. Numbered Apr. 6, 1959. 



256502. Mountain side west of Tucuman, Argentina. Collected April, 1938. 



256503. "El Vergel", Angol, Chile. 



256504. Acer capillipes Maxim. Aceraceae. 



From the United States. Seeds presented by the Missouri Botanical Garden, 

 St. Louis, Missouri. Received Jan., 1958. Numbered Apr. 6, 1959. 



Formerly from Rochester, New York. 



256505. Cornus Florida var. urbiniana Waug. Cornaceae. 



From Mexico. Seed collected by F. G. Meyer, Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon. 

 Numbered Apr. 6, 1959. 



Collected at 5,000 feet elevation. 



256506. Fagus orientalis Lipsky Fagaceae. 



From Turkey. Seeds collected by Baki Kasapligil, near Ankara. 

 Numbered Apr. 6, 1959. 



256507. Hamamelis japonica Sieb. & Zucc. Hamamelidaceae. 



Japanese witch-hazel. 



From Japan. Seeds collected by S. Kirino, Toyama Prefecture. 

 Received in 1954. Numbered Apr. 6, 1959. 



Deciduous shrub to 15 feet high; flowers vary from clear yellow through 

 reddish-yellow. Spring flowering. 



256508. Pinus bungeana Zucc. Pinaceae. Lacebark pine. 



From Korea. Donor unknown. Received in 1955. Numbered Apr. 6, 1959. 

 Evergreen tree; exfoliating bark white, green beneath. 



256509. Platanus orientalis L. Platanaceae. 



Oriental planetree. 



From Turkey. Presented by an unknown donor, Ankara. Received in 1954. 

 Numbered Apr. 6, 1959. 



256510. Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bimge Sapindaceae. 



From the United States. Seeds presented by the Missouri Botanical Garden, 

 St. Louis, Missouri. Numbered Apr. 6, 1959. 



Deciduous shrub to eight feet high; leaves pinnately divided; flowers in terminal 

 racemes, white with a yellow eye. Propagated from root cuttings. 



256511. Pinus halepensis var. brutia (Ten.) Henry Pinaceae. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal. Re- 

 ceived in 1956. Numbered Apr. 6, 1959. 



Formerly from the U.S.S.R. 



256512 to 256520. 



From Australia. Seeds collected by G. H. Spalding, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 Apr. 6, 1959. 



From the Botanical Garden, Adelaide. 



