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260739 to 260742. 



From India. Seeds presented by G. Ghose & Company, Townend, Darjeeling. 

 Received Oct. 13, 1959. 



260739. Betula utilis D. Don Betulaceae. Birch. 



260740. Callistemon citrinus (Curtis) Skeels Myrtaceae. 



Lemon bottlebrush. 



260741. Eucalyptus citriodora Hook. Myrtaceae. 



260742. Sarcococca saligna (D. Don). Muell. Buxaceae. 



260743 to 260746. 



From France. Seeds collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, New Crops 

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

 13, 1959. 



260743 to 260745. Arboretum des Barres, Ecole Forestiere National Francaise, 

 Nogent-sur-Vernisson. 



260743. Acer grosseri Pax Aceraceae. Maple. 



Col. No. 7227. 'Hersi'. Tree to 20 feet high; branches spreading to 

 arching, bark smooth, green, striped white. 



260744. Platycarya strobilacea Sieb. & Zucc. Juglandaceae. 



Col. No. 7199. Tree to 30 feet high; single trunk to 14 inches in diameter, 

 bark gray, fissured; fruiting cones erect. 



260745. Quercus dentata Thunb. Fagaceae. Daimyo oak. 

 Col. No. 7202. Wide, spreading, deciduous tree 50 feet high. 



260746. Quercus petraea (Mattuschka) L. ex Lieblien. 



Col. No. 7185. Near Toul, road west of Nancy. Tree to 40 feet high ; 

 leaves larger than Q. rubra; acorns sessile. 



260747 and 260748. 



From Indonesia. Seeds presented by the Hortus Botanicus, Bogonensis, Bogor. 

 Received Oct. 13, 1959. 



260747. Ficus mysorensis var. pubescens (Roth) Hooker Moraceae. 



260748. Ficus garciniaepolia Miq. 



260749. Ilex cornuta Lindl. & Paxt. Aquifoliaceae. 



Chinese holly. 



From the United States. Obtained from residence of Clyve Jackson, College 

 Park, Maryland. Numbered Oct. 13, 1959. 



Tree compact, hardier than usual for the species; berries numerous, bright 

 red, large. 



260750. Musa acuminata Colla Musaceae. 



From the Philippine Islands. Rhizome collected by the University of Philippines, 

 College of Agriculture, Laguna, Luzon. Received Oct. 13, 1959. 



Col. No. 2-7340. 'Saguing Machin'. Northern slopes, Mount Makiling, 

 Laguna, Luzon. Elevation 1,050 feet. Pseudostem with dark brown blotches, 

 none waxy, 18 feet long and 10 inches thick at base; peduncle pubescent; inflores- 

 cent subhorizontal with 22 hands and about 450 fingers. 



260751 and 260752. 



From the Island of Reunion. Seeds presented by the Services Agricoles de la 

 Reunion. Received Oct. 13, 1959. 



260751. Coffea mauritiana Lam. Rubiaceae. Coffee. 



260752. Mussaenda landia Poir. Rubiaceae. 



