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260807 to 260809. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by George Spalding, Los Angeles State and 

 County Arboretum, Arcadia, California. Received Oct. 19, 1959. 



260807 and 260808. Bendigo, Victoria. 



260807. Acacia hakeoides A. Cunn. ex Benth. Mimosaceae. 

 'Angustifolia'. 



260808. Olearia teretifolia (Sond.) F.Muell. Asteraceae. Daisytree. 



260809. Telopea speciossissima (J.E.Smith) R.Br. Proteaceae. 



Crimson waratah. 

 St. Ives, New South Wales. 



260810. Bromus commutatus Schrad. Poaceae. 



From Iran. Seed collected by H.S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New Crops 

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

 Oct. 19, 1959. 



Collected on southern plain of Lake Rezaieh, Azerbaijan. Separated from 

 P.I. No. 229527. Good soil conservation grass as it reseeds readily. 



260811 to 260815. Saccharum (hybrids). Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Hawaii. Cuttings presented by the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association, 

 Honolulu. Received Oct. 19, 1959. 



260811. 'Hemja'. 260814. 'Saipan 17'. 



260812. H.Q. 409. 260815. 'Yellow Tip.' 



260813. 'Rose Bamboo'. 



260816 to 260819. Musa sp. Musaceae. 



From the Philippines. Rhizomes presented by the University of Philippines, 

 College of Agriculture, Los Banos, Laguna, Luzon. Received Oct. 19, 1959. 



260816. Col. No. 2-7343. 260818. Col. No. 2-7347. 



260817. Col. No. 2-7344. 260819. Col. No. 2-7348. 



260820. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. Sweetpotato. 



From Puerto Rico. Tubers presented by the Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Rio Piedras. Received Oct. 20, 1959. 



'Cobre'. 



260821 to 260880. 



From Indonesia. Plants and cuttings collected by W. H. Hodge, collaborator, 

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

 Received Oct. 20, 1959. 



Botanical Garden, Bogor. 



260821. Aerva sanguinolenta Blume. Amaranthaceae. 

 Col. No. LW-126. 



260822. Aglaonema costatum N.E.Br. Araceae. 

 Col. No. LW-101. 



260823. Aglaonema novoguineense Engl. 

 Col. No. LW-119. 



260824 and 260825. Aglaonema simplex Blume 



260824. Col. No. LW-100. Shade plant. 



260825. Col. No. LW-118. 



' - 260826. Alpinia sanderae Sand. Zingiberaceae. 

 Col. No. LW-108. 



