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218195. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Iowa. Seeds planted at the Regional Plant Introduction Station, Ames. 

 Numbered June 9, 1954. 



Endemic strains collected as germ plasm for plant breeding work. 



Rector; Bloody Butcher, yellow dent. 



From the Agricultural Experiment Station, Morgantown, W. Va. Originally 

 developed by C. R. Rector in Wood Co., W. Va., on a farm onee owned by 



George Washington. 



218196. Persea Americana Mill. Lauraceae. Avocado. 



From Israel. Budwood presented by J. Lahav, Ministry of Agriculture, 

 Hakirya, Tel-Aviv. Received June 9, 1954. 



Ettinger. 



218197. Linum usitatissimum L. Linaceae. Flax. 



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

 Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received June 9, 1954. 



No. 13883. Pusa Institute, New Delhi. March 1954. Rust-resistant va- 

 riety developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute. 



218198. Persea Americana Mill. Lauraceae. Avocado. 



From Peru. Seed purchased by A. F. Swanson, Agricultural Advisor, office 

 of Foreign Agricultural Services, United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D.C. 



Market, Piura. Skin dark green with the surface slightly pitted. Flesh 

 firm, yet mellow and pleasant to the taste. 



218199. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitaceae. Cucumber. 



From Lebanon. Seeds presented by Mr. Joy United States Operations Mis- 

 sion, Beirut. Received June 10, 1954. 



Chebab. 



218200. Chloris myriostachya Hochst. Poaceae. 



From Southern Rhodesia. Seeds presented by L. C. C. Liebenberg, Nunets. 

 Received June 10, 1954. 



218201 to 218206. 



From India. Seeds presented by Dorothy Harper, Lai Bagh Girls School, 

 Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Received June 10, 1954. 



218201. Andropogon annulatus Forsk. Poaceae. 



218202. Chloris gayana Kunth. Poaceae. Rhodes grass. 



218203. Paspalum dilatatum Poir. Poaceae. Dallis grass. 



218204. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link. Poaceae. 



218205. Urochloa mosambicensis (Hack.) Dandy. Poaceae. 



218206. Urochloa sp. 



218207. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. Red clover 



From France. Seeds presented by the Station for Selection of Important 

 Cultivated Plants, Tourneur Freres, Coulommiers (Seine and Marne). 

 Received June 10, 1954. 



Sepia. 



