JANUAKY 1, 1959 TO DECEMBER 31, 19 59 



139 



257499 and 257500. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial 

 Research Organization, Canberra. Received May 11, 1959. 



257499. Medtcago platycakpa (L.) Trautv. Fabaceae. 



Formerly from Leningrad, U.S.S.R. Found wild in timber clearing in Cen- 

 tral Siberia. A strong growing perennial of trailing habit; flowers yellow; pod 

 flat and black when ripe. Will endure extreme cold weather. 



257500. Mtjsa banksii F. Muell. Musaceae. 



Coachable Creek. Queensland. An endemic species of moderate height, 

 stoloniferous, with the habit of M. paradisiaca. Leaves to six feet long; petioles 

 to two feet long; flowers to 20 per bract, on short pedicels; perianth (male) 

 conspicuously striate; ovary % in., rudimentary, with style as long as the 

 stamen, slightly clavate at the end; fruit in hands of 12 to 20, each one on a 

 stipe, cylindrical, straight or slightly incurved, to five inches long. Seeds 

 about 4 mm. diameter, irregularly angular from pressure; testa coriaceous 

 marked with a broad concave hilum; albumen very white mealy, almost 

 granular. 



257501 to 257505. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the Farm 

 Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, Washington, D.C. Re- 

 ceived May 11, 1959. 



257501. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 

 'Ardei Gras d Colibasi'. 



257502. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 

 'Turkestan' . 



257503. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 

 'Aurora'. 



257504 and 257505. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



257504. 'Baragan 77'. Winter type. 



257505. C.185. Winter type. 



257506 to 257517. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From France. Seeds presented by the National Institute for Agricultural Re- 

 search, Clermont-Ferrand. Received May 11, 1959. 



Line Earliness of silking Source 



(P.I. 257513 is the standard.) 



257506. 



F2 



-8 



Lacaune. 



257507. 



F7 



-9 



Lacaune. 



257508. 



F10 



-5 



Etiole de Normandie. 



257509. 



F22 



-5 



Bresse. 



257510. 



F47 



-3 



Tarbes. 



257511. 



F49 



-3 



Chalosse sample X American hybrid. 



257512. 



F52 



-3 



Pays Basque. 



257513. 



F115 







la 153 (U.S.A.). 



257514. 



FV181 



-1 



Netherlands. 



257515. 



F431 



+ 4 



Chalosse sample X American hybrid. 



257516. 



F39 



+ 5 



Pays Basque. 



257517. 



FC46 



+ 5 



Bresse. 



