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204953. Scorzonera hispanica L. Asteraceae. 



From Belgium. Seeds presented by the Antwerp Botanic Garden, Antwerp. 

 Received Jan. 26, 1953. 



204954 to 204964. 



From Guatemala. Collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Jan. 26, 1953. 



Collected Jan. 16 to 18, 1953. 



204954. Agave sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 12452. Near El Rancho, Department of El Progreso. (Plants and 

 leaves.) 



204955. Agave sp. 



No. 12443. Along road to Zacapa. (Plants.) 



204956. Agave sp. 



No. 12444. Along road to Zacapa. (Plants.) 



204957. Agave sp. 



No. 12447. Between Zacapa and Chiquimula. (Plants.) 



204958. Agave nivea Trel. 



No. 12451. Near Teculutlan. (Plants.) 



204959. Dioscorea macrostachya Benth. Dioscoreaceae. 



No. 12445. Road from Gautemala to Zacapa. (Seeds and tubers.) 



204960. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 12446. Along road to Zacapa. (Seeds and tubers.) 



204961. Furcraea sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 12453. Along road to Progreso. (Plants.) 

 204962 to 204964. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 



Market, Zacapa. 



204962. No. 12448. 



204963. No. 12449. 



204964. No. 12450. 



204965 to 204968. Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. Amygdalaceae. 



Peach. 



From California. Trees growing at the United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Chico. Numbered Jan. 27, 1953. 



204965. Selection (O-A-51) from PI 116638. 



204966. Selection (J-l-138) from PI 116638. 



204967. Selection (J-4-145) from PI 127323. 



204968. Selection (E-14-13) from PI 119843. 



204969 and 204970. Coffea spp. Rubiaceae. Coffee. 



From the Belgian Congo. Seeds presented by the Station Experimentale de 

 Mulungu-Tshibinda, Kivu. Received Jan. 27, 1953. 



204969. Coffea congensis Froehn. 



204970. Coffea kivuensis Lebrun. 



204971. Quercus gilva Blume. Fagaceae. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by the Shikoku Experiment Station, Zent- 

 suji, Kagawa, Shikoku. Received Jan. 27, 1953. 



