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214222 to 214241— Continued 



214240 and 214241. Prunus cerasus L. Sour cherry. 



214240. Griotte Commune. 



214241. Grosse Griotte. 



214242. Dioscorea lagoa-santa Uline. Dioscoreaceae. 



From Japan. Tuber obtained through the Plant Quarantine Branch, United 

 States Department of Agriculture. Received Mar. 22, 1954. 



Intercepted at Houston, Tex., Feb. 25, 1954, on Japanese S.S. Shinsei Maru 

 No. 3. 



214243. Prunus cerasia Bl. Amygdalaceae. 



From Israel. Seeds presented by R. M. Samish, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Rehovoth. Received Mar. 22, 1954. 



214244. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



From Cuba. Tubers collected by Bernice Schubert, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Mar. 22, 1954. 



No. 234. Soroa, Pifiar del Rio Province. Mar. 11, 1954. 



214245. Randia sp. Rubiaceae. 



From India. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Horti- 

 cultural Crops Research Branch, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Mar. 22, 1954. 



No. 13499. Balmane Estate, 20 miles east of Virajpet, Coorg. Altitude 

 2,900 feet. Rainfall 45 inches. Low spreading small tree with long branches, 

 and ovoid green fruits used for poisoning fish. 



214246 to 214252. Pyrus betulaefolia Bunge. Malaceae. Pear. 



From Germany. Cuttings presented by the Institut fur Gartenbau, Dresden- 

 Pillnitz. Received Mar. 22, 1954. 



214246. P6-18. 214250. P6-299. 



214247. P6-25. 214251. P6-443. 



214248. P6-40. 214252. P6-246. 



214249. P6-227. 



214253 and 214254. 



From India. Rhizomes collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Mar. 23, 1954. 



From Balbag Botanic Garden, Bangalore, Mysore. Mar. 11, 1954. 



214253. Canna edulis Ker. Cannaceae. 



No. 13771. Tubers edible, boiled like potatoes, with 20-22 percent starch. 



214254. Canna indica L. 



No. 13772. A mixture of several ornamental forms, with flowers of 

 various colors. 



214255. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Egypt. Seeds collected by O. S. Aamodt, Technical Cooperation Spe- 

 cialist, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received Mar. 16, 1954. 



From Desert Range Project, Fuka, April 1953. 



