JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1954 209 



217414 and 217415. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From New York. Seeds planted at the Regional Introduction Station, 

 Geneva. Numbered May 4, 1954. 



The following types and varieties are considered endemic and are main- 

 tained as germplasm for breeding work. 



Open-pollinated. 



217414. Drought Proof Yellow Dent. 



From Julian Hovermale, Berkeley Springs, W. Va. 



217415. Drought Proof Yellow Dent. 

 From Boyd Keseeker, Cherry Run, W. Va. 



217416 to 217419. 



From Denmark. Seeds presented by L. Doehnfeldt, Odense. Received May 

 4, 1954. 



217416. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. Orchard grass. 

 Daeno II. 



217417. Festuca elatior L. Poaceae. Meadow fescue. 

 Hinderupgaard II. 



217418. Festuca rubra L. Red fescue. 

 Doehnfeldt. 



217419. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 

 Lucerne Doehnfeldt. 



217420 to 217422. 



From Pakistan. Collected by H. S. Gentry and E. E. Smith, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorers, Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, 

 Beltsville, Md. Received May 4, 1954. 



217420. Poa bulbosa L. Poaceae. 



No. 14090. Near Parichinar, northwest frontier province. Altitude 

 5,000 feet. Small perennial growing on rocky slopes. (Roots.) 



217421. (Undetermined.) 



No. 14078. Chaunga; Panakai. Market, Thai, northwest frontier prov- 

 ince. Apr. 22, 1954. Succulent herb gathered from hills and sold in 

 market, boiled as a pot herb after crushing and washing in salt water to 

 eliminate bitter taste. (Plants.) 



217422. (Undetermined.) 



No. 14093. Parichinar, Kurram Valley, northwest frontier province. 

 Apr. 22, 1954. Altitude 5,700 feet. Low herb with white-margined leaves 

 ■ and tuberous roots below bulbs. (Bulbs.) 



217423 and 217424. 



From England. Seeds presented by Dunns Farm Seeds Ltd., Salisbury. Re- 

 ceived May 4, 1954. 



217423. Festuca elatior L. Poaceae. Meadow fescue. 



217424. Festuca rubra L. Red fescue. 



217425. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodiaceae. Spinach. 



From Korea. Seeds presented by Lowell A. Mullen, Regional Plant Introduc- 

 tion Station, Pullman, Wash. Received May 5, 1954. 



Collected by Lt. Col. J. B. Morehead, United States Army. 



