278 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 161 



211841 and 211842. 



From India. Collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Belts ville, Md. 

 Received Dec. 23, 1953. 



211841. Fragaria. Rosaceae. Strawberry. 

 No. 13295. (Plants.) 



211842. Cissus quadrangularis L. Vitaceae. 



No. 13151. Poona, Bombay. Dec. 8, 1953. Perennial. Stems boiled 

 and extract used as a potion in curing tuberculosis. (Cuttings.) 



211843 to 211847. 



From England. Plants presented by Hillier & Sons, Winchester. Received 

 Dec. 23, 1953. 



211843 to 211846. Camellia japonica L. Theaceae. 



211843. Alba Simplex. 211845. Jupiter. 



211844. Donation. 211846. J. C. Williams. 



211847. Viburnum opulus L. Caprifoliaceae. European cranberrybush. 



Compactum. 



211848. Begonia sp. Begoniaceae. 



From Missouri. Seeds presented by the Missouri Botanic Gardens, St, Louis. 

 Received Dec. 28, 1953. 



Originally from Venezuela. 



B7-53-21. 



211849 to 211855. Watermelon. 



From Iran. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Attache, American Em- 

 bassy, Tehran. Received Dec. 28, 1953. 



211849 to 211852. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. 



211849. No. 1. 211851. No. 3. 



211850. No. 2. 211852. No. 4. 



211853 to 211855. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



211853. No. 5. Cream-colored flesh. 



211854. No. 6. Green flesh. 



211855. No. 7. 



211856. Bromus valdivianus R. A. Phil. Poaceae. 



From Chile. Seeds presented by the Ministerio de Agricultura, Santiago. 

 Received Dec. 28, 1953. 



211857 to 211863. 



From Chile. Collected by Earl E. Smith, Agricultural Explorer, Bureau of 

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

 Received Dec. 29, 1953. 



211857. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



No. 89. Vegas Blancas, Sierra del Nahuelbuta, Angol, Malleco Prov- 

 ince. Dec. 7, 1953. (Roots.) 



211858. Epipetrum humile (Bert.) Phil. Dioscoreaceae. 



No. 91. Coronel, Concepcion, Concepci6n Province. Dec. 10, 1953. 

 (Tubers.) 



