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256747 to 256799— Continued 



256790. PlMELEA LIXIFOLIA J. E. Sm. 



Col. No. S-719. Mount Franklin road, A.C.T. Shrubby plant to 10 inches 

 high; flowers white, showy. 



256791. Phebalium phtlicifolium F. Muell. Rutaceae. 



Col. No. S-736. Between Munyang and Gutheca, N.S.W. Elevation 5,000 

 feet. Dense, low, spreading shrub; flowers creamy-yellow. 



256792. Podolepis jaceoides (Sims) Voss. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. S-739. Mount Franklin road, A.C.T. Herb; flowers yellow. 



256793. Prostaxthera behriaxa Schlecht. Menthaceae. 



Col. No. S-494. F. C. Payne's garden, Athelstone, South Australia. Shrub 

 to six feet high; foliage grayish; flowers pale mauve. 



256794. Rulixgia peocoibexs Maid. & Betche Sterculiaceae. 



Col. No. S-697. Goonoo Forest, 16 miles from Dubbo, N.S.W. Procumbent 

 creeper; flowers and fruits inconspicuous. 



256795. Stylidium graxiixlfolium Sw. Candolleaceae. 



Col. No. S-727. Road to Mount Kosciusko, near Sawpit Creek. Perennial 

 herb to 18 inches high; flowers pink. 



256796. Thysaxotus tuberosus R. Br. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. S-731. Kambah, A.C.T. Perennial herb to 18 inches high; 

 flowers purple. 



256797. Wahlexbergia gloriosa Lothian Campanulaceae. 



Col. No. S-729. Along road near Island Bend, N.S.W. Perennial herb 

 to 12 inches high; flowers campanulate, large, blue-violet. 



256798. Wahlexbergia gracilis (Forst.) A. DC. 



Col. No. S-732. Kambah, A.C.T. Perennial herb to one inch high; flowers 

 bright blue, campanulate. 



256799. Xaxthorrhoea media R. Br. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. S-708. Goonoo Forest, about 16 miles from Dubbo, N.S.W. 

 Plants to six feet high. 



256800 and 256801. 



From Panama. Plants presented by the Community Services Division, Panama 

 Canal Company, Balboa Heights. Received Apr. 14, 1959. 



256800. Cyrtostachys rexda Blume Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



256801. Noraxtea guiaxensis Aubl. Marcgraviaceae. 



256802. Eruca sativa Mill. Brassicaceae. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds presented bv A. W. Krochmal, Herat. Received Apr. 

 14, 1959. 



An oilseed used to rub camels when the hair begins to shed. 



256803. Solaxum tuberosum L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Korea. Tubers presented by the Seoul Branch, Horticultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Dongdaemoon-Ku, Seoul. Received Apr. 14, 1959. 



256804 to 256913. Phaseolus luxatus L. Fabaceae. 



Lima bean. 



From Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Seeds collected and presented by R. W. 

 Allard and Carl Tucker, University of California, Davis, California . Re- 

 ceived Apr. 14, 1959. 



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