224694. 



Col. 



Xo. 173. 



Fort Jamison. 



224695. 



Col. 



No. 174. 



Fort Jamison. 



for hi 



y. 







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224691 to 224690— Continued 



224691 to 224696. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae. Bermudagrass. 



224691. Col. No. 167. Growing on grounds of Victoria Falls Hotel. Lawn 

 type; sod dense; prolific seeder. 



224692. Col. No. 168. Near Victoria Falls Hotel. Hay and grazing type; 

 tall growing, with long stolons and vigorous rootstock. 



224693. Col. No. 170. Mount Makula Experiment Station. Tall-growing with 

 long stolons and rhizomes; very vigorous. Wild among other grasses in wet 

 soil area. 



Hardy lawn grass; sod dense. 



Tall-growing; used for pasture or cut 



224696. Col. No. 175. Mount Makula Experiment Station. Hay and grazing 

 type. Vigorous growing, tall. 



224697. Digitaria milanjiana (Rendle) Stapf Poaceae. 



Col. No. 172. Mount Makula Experiment Station. Plant large, stoioniferous; 

 well adapted to poor sandy soil. 



224698. Eragrostis sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 169. Mount Makula Experiment Station, Lusaka. 



224699. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 176. Wild, stoioniferous grass. On low wet ground at Mount Makula 

 Experiment Station. 



224700 to 224746. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Donovan S. Correll, Agricultural Explorer, Plant 

 Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Apr. 12, 1955. 



224700 to 224705. Gossypitjm (hybrid). Malvaceae. Cotton. 



Ribera de El Amatal, Cupia, Chiapas. Mar. 5, 1955. 



Acala, Chiapas. Mar. 5. 1955. 



Acala, Chiapas. Mar. 5, 1955. Cultivated near Puerto, 



Market Acala, Chiapas. Mar. 5, 1955. Purchased in 



Acala, Chiapas. Mar. 5, 1955. Fibers exceptionally 



Comitan, Chiapas. Mar. 7, 1955. Grown at San 



224706. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 

 Col. No. 37. 'Chili Blanco'. Market, Comitan, Chiapas. Mar. 7, 1955. 



224707. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



Col. No. 1. Rancho de Esperanza, two miles northeast of Chiapas, on Camino 

 Nacional, Tuxtla Gutierrez San Cristobal, Chiapas. Mar. 3, 1955. Plant growing 

 in spiny thickets; soil sandy. 



224708. Dioscorea spiculiflora Hemsl. Yam. 



Col. No. 3. Eight miles from Textla Gutierrez on road to Villa Flores, near Su- 

 chiapa, Chiapas. Mar. 3, 1955. Growing in spiny shrub thickets on rock}- slope. 



224709. Lycopersicon (hybrid). Solanaceae. Tomato. 



Col. No. 4. L. pi m pi nelh folium Xesculentum. Market, San Cristobal, Chiapas' 

 Mar. 4, 1955. Wild type; growing along river bank. Very disease resistant; fruits 

 about one-half inch in diameter. 



224700. Col. 



No. 



22. 



224701. Col. 



No. 



23. 



224702. Col. 



No. 



24. 



Mexico. 







224703. Col. 



No. 



25. 



shop. 







224704. Col. 



No 



26. 



long. 







224705. Col. 



No 



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Bartolome. 







