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Plant Inventory No. 161 ^S 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE \ , , 

 Washington, D. C, April 1958 



PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1953 

 (NOS. 204341 TO 212042) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Inventory 3 



Index of common and scientific names 283 



This inventory, No. 161, lists the plant material (Nos. 204341 

 to 212042) received by the Plant Introduction Section, New Crops 

 Research Branch, Agricultural Research Service, during the 

 period from January 1 to December 31, 1953. It is a histc ical 

 record of plant material introduced for Department and other 

 specialists, and is not to be considered as a list of plant material 

 for distribution. This unit prior to 1954 was known as the Divi- 

 sion of Plant Exploration and Introduction, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Re- 

 search Administration, United States Department of Agriculture. 



Paul G. Russell, 



Botanist. 

 Plant Industry Station, 

 Beltsville, Md. 



