JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1953 181 



209088 and 209089. GOSSYPIUM. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Haiti. Seeds presented by an unknown donor. Received June 2, 1953. 



209088. No. 1. 



209089. No. 2. 



209090 and 209091. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Peru. Seeds collected by A. F. Swanson, Agricultural Advisor, For* 

 eign Agricultural Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D.C. Received June 2, 1953. 



209090. Huaylas. From the upper Alto-Sierra, Ancash District. Alti« 

 tude 8,400 feet. 



209091. Quebrada Pomay. Lower level of the higher Andes, Ancash Di» 

 trict. 



209092 to 209099. Rhododendron spp. Ericaceae. 



From England. Seeds presented by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Sur« 

 rey. Received June 2, 1953. 



209092. Rhododendron albrechtii Maxim. 



209093. Rhododendron charitostreptum Balf. & Ward. 



209094. Rhododendron crinigerum Franch. 



209095. Rhododendron decorum Franch. 



209096. Rhododendron exquisitum Hutch. 



209097. Rhododendron nipponicum Matsum. 



209098. Rhododendron roseum (Loisel.) Rehd. 



209099. Rhododendron timeteum Balf. f. & Fori*. 



209100 to 209102. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by F. B. Gibbons, Cockatoo Creek, South 

 Porongorups, West Australia. Received June 3, 1953. 



209100. Bromus catharticts Vahl. Poaceae. 



209101. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link. Poaceae. 



209102. Poa sp. Poaceae. 



209103. Sesamum indicum L. Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 



From the Dominican Republic. Seeds presented by J. D. Aughtry, Ingenio 

 Barahona, Barahona. Received June 3, 1953. 



209104 to 209135. 



From Puerto Rico. Seeds collected by D. S. Correll and J. C. Miller, Agri- 

 cultural Explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural 

 Engineering, Beltsville, Md. Received June 3, 1953. 



Collected in 1953. 



209104. Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench. Malvaceae. Okra. 



No. 480. Puerto Rico Evergreen. Rio Piedras Experiment Station. May 

 18. 



209105. Abutilon sp. Malvaceae. 



No. 399. Luchillo farm, road to Fajardo. May 13. Tree small; 

 flowers large, yellow. 



