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215570 to 215572— Continued 



215571. Fragaria vesca L. Rosaceae. Alpine strawberry. 

 No. 14001. Altitude 6,000 feet. Pine-oak forest. 



215572. Tulipa stellata Hook. Liliaceae. Tulip. 



No. 14002. Altitude 6,000 feet. Pine-oak forest. Flowers white and 

 pink. 



215573 to 215615. 



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

 Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Apr. 20, 1954. 



215573. Abutilon indicum G. Don. Malvaceae. 



No. 13730. China Jute. Pusa, Bihar, near Delhi. February 1954. 

 Cultivated for fiber. 



215574. Aeschynomene indica L. Fabaceae. 



No. 13725. Government seed farm, Sirsa, Punjab. February 1954. 



215575. Agropyron sp. Poaceae. 



No. 13723. Government seed farm, Sirsa, Punjab. February 1954. 

 Altitude 4,000 feet. 



215576. Arundinella sp. Poaceae. 



No. 13695. Between Kalka and Simla along road, Pepsu. Feb. 25, 1954. 

 Altitude 3,000 feet. Coarse perennial; abundant; cut as wild hay. 



215577. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Beet. 



No. 13676. Market, Ferozepur, Punjab. Feb. 23, 1954. Sandy plain. 

 Grown as a green leafy vegetable. 



215578. Brassica campestris var. sarson Prain. Brassicaceae. 



No. 13729. Pusa, 40 miles from Delhi. Feb. 25, 1954. Cultivated for oil. 

 215579 to 215582. Brassica napus L. Rape. 



215579. No. 13663. Sirsa, Punjab. Feb. 21, 1954. Cultivated for oil. 



215580. No. 13675. Market, Ferozepur, Punjab. Feb. 23, 1954. Sandy 

 plain. Summer grown as oil seed. 



215581. No. 13684. Market, Moga, Punjab. Feb. 24, 1954. Summer 

 grown as an oil seed. 



215582. No. 13710. Government seed farm, Sirsa, Punjab. February 

 1954. Winter annual forming a dense growth 15 inches tall. Culti- 

 vated as a forage plant. 



215583. Ca janus cajan (L.) Druce. Fabaceae. Pigeonpea. 



No. 13736. Department of Agriculture, Bangalore, Mysore. February 

 1954. Local variety used for table pulse and as soil builder. 



215584. Capparis aphylla Roth. Capparidaceae. 



No. 13654. Fourteen miles north of Hissar, Punjab. Feb. 21, 1954. 

 Leafless thorny shrub with green stems. 



215585. Chloris dolichostachya Lag. Poaceae. 



No. 13636. Ten miles west of Dehra Dun, along road to Saharanpur. 

 Feb. 14, 1954. Perennial with small leaf bulk and long culms; palatable. 



