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210771 to 210798— Continued 



210796 and 210797. ViciA NARBONENSIS L. 



210796. UMN-482. Turkey. 



210797. UMN-538. Portugal. 



210798. Vicia sativa L. Common vetch. 

 UMN-395. 



210799 to 210801. 



From Chile. Tubers collected by Earl E. Smith, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received Nov. 24, 1953. 



210799. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



No. 38'. Angostura de Paine, Santiago Province. Nov. 11, 1953. 

 210800 and 210801. Dioscorea saxatilis Poepp. 



Bafios de Cauguenes, near Rancagua, O'Higgins Province. Nov. 15, 1953. 



210800. No. 44. 



210801. No. 45. 



210802. Tristania conferta R. Br. Myrtaceae. 



From Florida. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Coconut Grove. Numbered Dec. 9, 1953. 



Presented by D. D. McSwiney, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Grown from seeds 

 obtained from Australia. 



210803. Polygonum orientale L. Polygonaceae. 



From Burma. Seeds collected by Ira K. Landon, Shan State Government, 

 Rangoon. Received Dec. 9, 1953. 



North of the Village Teachers Training School in Taunggyi. 



210804. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From Korea. Seeds presented by Kim Hon Kyu, through N. E. Jodon, Rice 

 Experiment Station, Crowley, La. Received Dec. 9, 1953. 



Morning Glory. 



210805. Lilium nobilissimum Makino. Liliaceae. 



From Japan. Bulbs presented by Yamato-Noen Co., Ltd., Nikaido, Nara-ken. 

 Received Nov. 25, 1953. 



210806 to 210810. 



From Chile. Seeds collected by Earl E. Smith, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received Nov. 27, 1953. 



Collected in 1953 ; from Estacion Experimental-Sociedad Nacional de Agri- 

 cultura, Fundo "La Vega," Paine-Huelquen, Santiago, unless otherwise noted. 



210806. Hordeum sp. Poaceae. Barley. 

 No. 37. Cruzat. Forage barley selected by Erik van Baer. Nov. 6. 



210807. Lupinus arboreus Sims. Fabaceae. 



No. 43. Nov. 17. Yields a high percentage of alkaloids. 



210808. Medicago arborea L. Fabaceae. Tree alfalfa. 



No. 42. Fundo "Las Palmas," near Quilpue, Valparaiso Province. Nov, 

 17. Plant vigorous, 6 to 8 feet tall. 



