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261112 to 261117— Continued 



261113. Erica mammosa L. Ericaceae. 

 Col. No. 6576. 



261114. Limnocharis flava (L.) Buch. Butomaceae. 

 Col. No. 6577. 



261115. Marcgravia sp. Marcgraviaceae. 

 Col. No. 6578. 



261116. Neptunia prostrata (Lam.) Baill. Mimosaceae. 

 Col. No. 6570. 



261117. Pothos scandens L. Araceae. 

 Col. No. 6579. 



261118 to 261123. 



From Indonesia. Seeds collected by W. H. Hodge, collaborator, New Crops 

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

 Nov. 4, 1959. 



From Botanical Garden, Bogor. 



261118. Hydriastele rostrata Burret Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



261119. Normanbya normanbyi (W. Hill) Bailey Phoenicaceae. Palm 



261120. Orania artjensis Becc. Phoenicaceae. 



261121. Ptychococcus paradoxus (Scheff.) Becc. Phoenicaceae. 



261122. Raphia hookeri Mann & Wendl. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



261123. Raphia laurentii De Wild. Palm. 



261124. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Common beet. 



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

 Seed Reserve, Shevchenko. Received Nov. 4, 1-959. 



'Mayday 028'. 



261125 and 261126. Crataegus azarolus L. Malaceae. 



Hawthorn. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by the Orto Botanico Delia Universita. Received 

 Nov. 4, 1959. 



261125. Fruit red. 



261126. Fruit yellow. 



261127. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds collected by D. W. Thorne, 

 Middle-Asian Scientific Research Institute of Plant Breeding, Tashkent, 

 Uzbek Republic. Received Nov. 4, 1959. 



Fruit small, sweet; flesh white; said to ripen 40 days after emergence. 



261128 to 261133. 



From New Guinea. Rhizomes collected by J. J. Ochse, United Fruit Company 

 Banana Expedition, Hollandia. Received Nov. 4, 1959. 



261128. Musa sp. Musaceae. 



Col. No. 0-11. 'Urn'. Stem 10 meters high, 55 cm. thick, very waxy; juice 

 pink. 



261129 to 261133. Musa X paradisiaca L. Plantain. 



261129. Col. No. 0-12. 'Ulom'. Stem four meters high; seedless cooking 

 banana. 



