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259466. Sasa ktjrilensis (Kupr.) Makino & Shibata. Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



From Japan. Plants collected by R. E. Perdue, Jr., New Crops Research Branch, 

 Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received August 3, 1959. 



Col. No. 9608. One mile east of Shikotsu Lake near road to Chitose. Plants 

 to 6 feet high. 



259467 and 259468. 



From Spain. Tubers collected by Elmo W. Davis, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 August 3, 1959. 



Estacion de Mejora de la Patata, Vitoria. 



259467. Solanum pinnatisectum Dun. Solanaceae. 

 No. D-30. 2N = 48 (Artificial tetraploid.) 



259468. Solanum (hybrid). 



(S. jamesii X S. pinnatisectum) . 



No. D-31. 2N = 48 (Artificial amphidiploid) . 



259469. Saccharum (hybrid). Poaceae. Sugarcane* 



From Mexico. Cuttings presented by the Institute for the Improvement and 

 Propagation of Sugarcane, Mexico, D.F. Received August 3, 1959. 



No. 52-29. 



259470 and 259471. 



From the Netherlands. Plant material collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural 

 explorer, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received August 5, 1959. 



259470. Rosa sericea Lindl. Rosaceae. Rose. 



Col. No. 6434. Zuider Park, The Hague. Shrub to 5 feet high; flowers white; 

 hips red. (Seeds) . 



259471. Salix purpurea var. amplexicaulis (Bory & Chaub.) Boiss Sali- 

 caceae. Willow. 



Col. No. 6450. 'Amplexicaulis'. L. J. J. Van Dijk nursery. Deciduous tree; 

 leaves glaucous beneath, stems red to purplish. A source of salicylic acid. 



(Plants). 



259472. Lilium candidum L. Liliaceae. Madonna lily. 



From Great Britain. Bulbs presented by E. B. Anderson, Cortosi, England. 

 Received August 5, 1959. 

 'Purpureum Striatum'. 

 259473 to 259476. 



From the Netherlands. Cuttings collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, 

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

 Received August 5, 1959. 

 259473. Crassula X andegavensis Boom. Crassulaceae. 

 (C. falcata X C. schmidtii) 



Col. No. 6451. Firm of K. Edelman, Reeuwijk. July 31, 1959. Succulent 

 perennial to 12 feet high, tufted; flowers dark red, very showy. 

 259474 to 259476. Hibiscus syriacus L. Malvaceae. Shrub-althea. 



259474. Col. No. 6466. 'Due de Brabant'. Old Farm Nurseries, Boskoop. 

 Flowers double, lavender-pink. 



259475. Col. No. 6474. 'Souvenir de Charles Breton'. Old Farm Nurseries, 

 Boskoop. Flowers double, magenta, red spot at base. 



259476. Col. No. 6475. 'Luteus Plenus'. Old Farm Nurseries, Boskoop. 



