JANUARY 1, 1959 TO DECEMBER 31, 1959 211 



259897 to 259954— Continued 



259951. Pilea globosa Wedl. Urticaceae. 

 Col. No. 6218. Leaves underside translucent. 



259952. Aeonium arboreum (L.) Webb. Q Berth. Crassulaceae. 



Houseleek. 



Col. No. 6225. 'Moorkop'. Leaves dark purple. 



259953. Senecio iosensis Rowley Asteraceae. 

 Col. No. 6210. From species type material. 



259954. Senecio radicans (L.f.) Schultz. Bip. 

 Col. No. 6231. 



259955. Hibiscus heterophyllus Vent. Malvaceae. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Commonwealth Scientific and Indus- 

 trial Research Organization, Canberra. Received August 27, 1959. 



Collected in the Benarkin Forest Reserve in southern Queensland. 



259956. Taxus baccata L. Taxaceae. 



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

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

 Received August 17, 1959. 



Col. No. 6538. 'Amersfoort'. Grounds of the Psychiatric Hospital, Zon en 

 Schild, Amersfoort. Small dark green tree; branches gently ascending. 



259957 to 259962. 



From French Polynesia. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Service, Papeete, 

 Tahiti. Received August 17, 1959. 



2559957. Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck Rutaceae. Pummelo. 



'Pamplemousse Doux de Sarawak'. 



259958 and 259959. Citrus reticulata Blanco Mandarin orange. 



259958. Unnamed. Introduced by Capt. Cook. 



259959. Unnamed. Introduced from New Caledonia. 



259960 to 259961. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck Sweet orange. 



259960. Agricultural Station, Pirae. Seeds from naturalized trees from 

 the mountains of Tahiti. 



259961. Seed from naturalized orange trees from the mountains of Tahiti. 



259962. Citrus sp. 



'Combaya'. Probably a form of C. hystrix. 



259963 to 259984. Nerine (hybrids) Amaryllidaceae. 



From Great Britian. Bulbs collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, 

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

 Received August 18, 1959. 



Collected at the Exbury Estate, Exbury, Southampton, England. 



259963. Col. No. 6452. 'Blenheim'. Flowers pale mauve; vein red, tipped 



'Bagdad'. Flowers scarlet. 



'Ben Hills'. Flowers vivid pink. 



'Caryatid'. Flowers orange-scarlet. 



'Carita'. Flowers pale pink. 



'Carmenita'. Flowers pale pink-flushed blue. 



pink. 









259964. 



Col. 



No. 



6453. 



259965. 



Col. 



No. 



6454. 



259966. 



Col. 



No. 



6455. 



259967. 



Col. 



No. 



6456. 



259968. 



Col. 



No. 



6457. 



