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215617 to 215623. SOLANUM TUBEROSUM L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Scotland. Tubers presented by the Scottish Plant Breeding Station, 

 Edinburgh. Received Apr. 20, 1954. 



215617. 1661b (7). Ri R 3 . 215620. 2070 (50) R 2 R 3 R 4 . 



215618. 2070 (SO). Rx R 2 R 3 R 4 . 215621. 2070 (51) Rt R 3 R*. 



215619. 2070 (31) R 2 R 4 . 215622. 2070 (64) Ri R 2 R 3 . 



215623. 2070 (69) Rx R 2 R 4 . 



215624 to 215628. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Finland. Seeds presented by Vilho A. Pesola, Department of Plant 

 Breeding, Jokioinen. Received Apr. 20, 1954. 



215624. Apu. 215627. Tera. 



215625. Kiuru. 215628. Vakka. 



215626. Olympia. 



215629 to 215661. 



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

 Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Apr. 21, 1954. 



215629. Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus. Poaceae. 



No. 13726. Government seed farm, Sirsa, Punjab. February 1954. 

 Altitude 4,000 feet. 



215630. Andropogon sp. 



No. 13697. Sixteen miles north of Kalka along road to Simla, Pepsu. 

 Feb. 25, 1954. Altitude 4,500 feet. Low perennial with few sagging culms. 



215631 and 215632. Apluda aristata Torner. Poaceae. 



215631. No. 13601. Ten miles west of Dehra Dun along road to Sa- 

 harampur. Feb. 14, 1954. Perennial with light foliage and slender 

 culms 12-17 inches high. 



215632. No. 13692. Himalayan foothills along road from Kalka to 

 Simla. Feb. 25, 1954. Altitude 2,500 feet. Leafy perennial with long 



culms. 



215633. Asparagus sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 13655. Fourteen miles north of Hissar, Punjab. Feb. 21, 1954. 

 Sandy shrub grassland. Woody trailer on shrubs in desert. 



215634. Asparagus sp. 



No. 13698. Sixteen miles north of Kalka along road to Simla, Pepsu. 

 Feb. 25, 1954. Tall slender graceful, monopodial shrub. 



215635. Brassica sp. Brassicaceae. 



No. 13639. Var. L. 18. Government farm, Hansi, Punjab. February 

 1954. Sandy plain. Fifteen inches high, grown with wheat in rows. Used 

 as cattle fodder when pods form. 



215636. Brassica sp. 



No. 13651. Rai. Market, Hissar, Punjab. Feb. 20, 1954. Sandy plain. 

 Seeds used as a pickling mustard. 



215637. Cenchrus biflorus Roxb. Poaceae. 



No. 13656. Fourteen miles north of Hissar, Punjab. Feb. 21, 1954. 

 Sparse annual of poor forage value. 



