270 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 167 



261238 to 261264— Continued 



261253 to 261264— Continued 



261257. 'King George V. 261261. 'Madam Grange'. 



261258. 'Lady Londesborough'. 261262. 'Marcel Moser'. 



261259. 'Lincoln Star'. 261263. 'Miss Crawshay'. 



261260. 'Lucy Lemoine'. 261264. 'Mrs. Oud\ 



261265. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by the Cooperative Program of Corn Investigation, 

 Escuela Nacional de Agricultural, Lima. Received Nov. 18, 1959. 

 *Cuzco 58'. 'Blanco de Urubamba'. 



261266. Stylosanthes gracilis H.B.K. Fabaceae. 



From the Belgian Congo. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Officer, Leopold- 

 ville. Received Nov. 18, 1959. 

 A selection made at the Kaniama Experiment Station. 



261267 and 261268. 



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

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

 Nov. 30, 1959. 

 From the Arboretum des Barres Ecole Forestiere, Nationale de Francaise, 



N ogent-sur- Ver nisson. 



261267. Aesculus turbinata Blume Aesculaceae. Japanese horsechestnut. 

 Col. No. 7239. Wide-spreading tree to 40 feet high. 



261268. Cornus walteri Wangerin Cornaceae. 



Col. No. 7208. Tree to 30 feet high; trunk 14 inches in diameter at base; 

 bark fissured; fruit gray, nearly black. 



261269 and 261270. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Pear. 



From Yugoslavia. Seeds collected by L. F. Hough, Tara Mountain, West Central 

 Serbia. Received Dec. 3, 1959. 



261269. No. 8. Six-tenths mile north of Tara Kafana and east of Turistic. 

 Elevation 4,000 feet. Tree strong, old, upright; fruit to one inch diameter. 



261270. No. 9. Six-tenths mile west from Tara hotel. Elevation 4,000 feet. 

 Tree large, old; fruits yellow, to one inch diameter. 



261271 and 261272. Glycine max (L.) Merr. Fabaceae. Soybean. 



From Thailand. Seeds presented by Garland Bare, Missionary, Pua, Nan 

 Province. Received Dec. 8, 1959. 



261271. 'Tua Luang' or "Yellow Bean". Grown in hot lowlands, elevation to 

 1,000 feet in northern Thailand. 



261272. 'Tua Nao' or "Stinking Bean". Grown by primitive hill tribes, 

 elevation to 5,000 feet in northern Thailand and Laos. 



261273 to 261286. 



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

 Banana Expedition. Received Nov. 12, 1959. 



From Hollandia. 



261273 to 261275. Mu'sa acuminata Colla Musaceae. 



261273. 0-18. 'Drum'. Plants to 2.5 meters high; fruit skin yellow when 

 ripe; seeds many. 



261274. 0-26. 'Drum Maskawai'. Plants to six meters high. 



261275. 0-28. 'Onduarku'. Fruit in large bunches; nine hands each with 

 16 fingers; bracts red. 



