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217973. Bothriochloa pertusa (L.) A. Camus. Poaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds collected by N. R. Dias, King Ranch, Kingsville, Tex. 

 Received May 25, 1954. 



From near Manati. 



217974. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



From the Dominican Republic. Seeds presented by Dr. W. F. Bradley, In- 

 stitute of Inter- American Affairs, Ciudad Trujillo. Received May 25, 1954. 



Santo Domingo. 



217975 and 217976. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



From Wales. Seeds presented by the Welsh Plant Breeding Station, Plas 

 Gogerddan, near Aberystwyth. Received May 25, 1954. 



217975. SU7. 



217976. S172. 



217977 to 217983. 



From Egypt. Plants presented by Kenneth Pearse, United States Opera- 

 tions Mission to Egypt, Cairo. Received May 26, 1954. 



217977. Sansevieria grandis Hook. f. Liliaceae. 



217978. Sansevieria metallica Ger. & Labr. 



217979. Sansevieria sp. 



Tackh et Drar. Received as Sansevieria schweinfurthii, an apparently 

 unpublished name. 



217980. Sansevieria trifasciata Prain. 



217981. Sansavieria trifasciata var. laurentii (De Wildem.) N.E. Br. 



217982. Sansevieria sp. 

 Abbasia Barracks. Lot. 1. 



217983. Sansevieria sp. 

 Abbasia Barracks. Lot. 2. 



217984. Solanum. Solanaceae. 



From Germany. Tubers presented by Dr. E. Koehler, Braunschweig. Re- 

 ceived May 26, 1954. 



S. demissum X tuberosum. A6. 



217985 to 217989. GOSSYPIUM. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From India. Seeds presented by Ram Mohan Arora. Received May 28, 1954. 



217985. Deshi. 217988. 35/1 Kapan. 



217986. Deshi Kapan. 217989. 216F. 



217987. 35/1. 



217990. Tephrosia vogelii Hook. f. Fabaceae. 



From Nigeria. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Moor 

 Plantation, Ibadan. Received May 28, 1954. 



Grows throughout Bamenda Province from 1,200-7,000 feet altitude, aver- 

 age annual rainfall 92 inches, with dry season from November to February. 



217991. Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze. Theaceae. Tea. 



From Japan. Seeds collected by K. Matsuoka, Skikoku Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, Zentsuji, Kagawa. Received May 28, 1954. 

 Yasei-chia. From Kochi Prefecture. 



