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225799. Coffea sp. Rubiaceae. Coffee. 



From Portugal. Seeds presented bv Dr. d'Oliveira, Sacavem. Received May 16, 

 1955. 



Originally from Posto Administrativo de Lumbo, Circunscricao de Mossuril, Xiassa, 

 Mozambique. 



Xo. 301. Resembles C. race mosa . 



225800 to 225815. 



From Kenya. Stolons collected by J. L. Stephens, Agricultural Explorer, Plant 

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

 Received May 16, 1955. 



Collected in Kitale, Apr. 27 to 29, 1955. 



225800. Acroceras macrtjm Stapf Poaceae. 

 Col. No. 237. 



225801. Brachiaria humidicola (Rendle) Schweick. Poaceae. 

 Col. No. 246. K 50181. Originally from Southern Rhodesia. 



225802 to 225807. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae. Bermudagrass. 



225802. Col. Xo. 238. K 51426. 225805. Col. Xo. 244. K 51418. 



225803. Col. No. 239. K 51424 225806. Col. Xo. 250. K 53672. 



225804. Col. Xo. 242. K 53655. 225807. Col. Xo. 251. K 5028. 



225808. Cynodon plectostachyus (Schum.) Pilger 

 Col. Xo. 240. K 53647. 



225809. Cynodon sp. 



Col. Xo. 236. Originally from Eldoret. 



225810. Digitaria macroblephara (Hack.) Paoli Poaceae. Crabgrass. 

 Col. Xo. 247. 



225811. Eleusine floccifolia (Forsk. ) Spreng. Poaceae. 

 Col. Xo. 249. Perennial tufted grass. 



225812. Eulalia geniculata Stapf Poaceae. 

 Col. Xo. 241. Tufted grass. 



225813. Eustachys paspaloides (Vahl) Lanza & Mattel. Poaceae. 

 Col. Xo. 248. 



225814. Sporobolus helvolus (TrinJ Dur. & Schinz Poaceae. Dropseed. 

 Col. Xo. 243 



225815. Sporobolus margin atus Hochst. Dropseed. 

 Col. Xo. 245. 



225816 and 225817. 



From Iran. Cuttings collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Intro- 

 duction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 May 17, 1955. 



225816. Rosa sp. Rosaceae. Rose. 



Col. Xo. 14774. Shiraz. Elevation 5,200 feet. May 6, 1955. Bush large; on 

 trellis; petals few, used locally to make a sweet rose-water drink. 



225817. Rosa sp. 



Col. Xo. 14775. Shiraz. Elevation 5,200 feet. May 6, 1955. Vine large; 

 flowers small, pale yellow. 



