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217511 to 217547— Continued 



217536. Hordeum sp. 



No. 13939. Field near Lyallpur, Punjab. 



217537. Linum usitatissimum L. Linaceae. Flax. 

 No. 19535. T5. Local variety developed for oil. 



217538. Pennisetum spicatum (L.) Willd. Poaceae. Pearl millet. 



No. 13917. Bajra. - Al/3. Improved variety with unusually long spikes. 

 Summer dry-farmed on sandy soils. 



217539. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. Castorbean. 

 No. 13933. No. 809. 



217540. Sesamum indicum L. Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 

 No. 13934. T5. 



217541. Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. Fabaceae. 



No. 13899. Quick-growing perennial shrub 15-20 feet tall. Used as shade 

 plant in nurseries. 



217542 and 217543. Trifolium alexandrinum L. Fabaceae. Berseem. 



217542. No. 13886. Fodder Research Station, Sargoda, Punjab. Silty 

 loam soil. Annual irrigated forage crop intensely cultivated. 



217543. No. 13887. Frontier variety. Fodder Research Station, Sar- 

 goda, Punjab. Silty loam. 



217544 to 217547. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



217544. No. 13940. Fields near Lyallpur, Punjab. Sandy loam. Irri- 

 gated hard winter wheat. 



217545. No. 13925. C518. Irrigated hard winter wheat; highest yielder. 



217546. No. 13926. C250. An irrigated hard winter wheat; rust-resistant. 



217547. No. 13927. C217. Hard winter wheat; suitable for nonirrigated 

 areas. 



217548. Hibiscus cannabinus L. Malvaceae. Kenaf. 



From Indonesia. Seeds collected by Robert I. Jackson, United States Opera- 

 tions Mission to Indonesia, Djakarta. Received May 12, 1954. From Bogor. 



217549. Vicia graminea J. E. Sm. Fabaceae. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by William Hartley, Division of Plant In- 

 dustry, Canberra. Received May 12, 1954. 



Originally from Dr. B. Rosengurtt, Campo Experimental de Pastos, Estan- 

 cia Ricon de Santa Elena, Uruguay. 



217550. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. Wild raspberry. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds collected by J. Leslie Parkhouse, 

 Wonderhoogte Farm, Utrecht, Natal. Received May 12, 1954. 



Zulu. 



217551 to 217555. 



From England. Seeds presented by the Dunns Farm Seeds Ltd., Salisbury. 

 Received May 12, 1954. 



217551 and 217552. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. Orchard grass. 



217551. S-37. 



217552. S-143. 



