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211827. (Undetermined.) 



From Afghanistan. Rhizomes collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural 

 Explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineer- 

 ing, Beltsville, Md. Received Dec. 21, 1953. 



No. 13113. 



211828. LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM (Lam.) Italian ryegrass. 



From Uruguay. Seeds presented by the Seccion Fomento Y Defensa Agri- 

 cola, Montevideo. Received Dec. 21, 1953. 



211829 to 211835. 



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

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

 ville, Md. Received Dec. 21, 1953. 



211829. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



No. 51. Road to Bafios de San Fernando, 19 miles beyond Puente 

 Negro. Nov. 25, 1953. 



211830. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 65. Thirty-two miles toward Leguna Maule from Talca, Talca 

 Province. Nov. 28, 1953. 



211831. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 68. Mouth of Rio Bio-Bio, Concepcion Province. Nov. 30, 1953. 



211832. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 74. Between Lota and Laraguete, Concepcion Province. Dec. 1, 

 1953. 



211833. Dioscorea auriculata Poepp. 



No. 75. Rio de las Cruces, Laraguete, Concepcion Province. Dec. 1, 

 1953. 



211834. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 77. Nonguen, near Concepcion, Concepcion Province. Dec. 3, 1953. 



211835. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 78. Nonguen, near Concepcion, Concepcion Province. Dec. 3, 1953. 



211836. Prunus amygdalus Batsch. Amygdalaceae. Almond. 



From Portugal. Budsticks presented by Carlos R. Marques De Almeida, 

 Cadeira de Ampelografia e Viticulture, Lisbon. Received Dec. 21, 1953. 



Domo Italiano. 



211837. Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



From Maryland. Tree growing at the United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Glenn Dale. Received in August 1949; numbered Dec. 21, 1953. 



Vainqueur. Originally from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 



211838 to 211840. Lycopersicon pimpinellifolium (Jusl.) Mil- 

 ler. Solanaceae. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by A. F. Swanson, Agricultural Advisor, For- 

 eign Agricultural Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D.C. Received Dec. 22, 1953. 



Collected in the Province of Trujillo. Said to be highly resistant to 

 nematodes and wilt. Fruits very small. 



211838. No. 1. 



211839. No. 2. 



211840. No. 3. 



