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226446 to 226490— Continued 



226485. Stipa sp. Poaceae. 



Col. Xo. 14819. Fifty miles south of Sirjan along road to Bandar-Abbas. Ele- 

 vation 600 feet. Slender xerophytic perennial; browsed by wild animals. 



226486. Tripolium resupinatum L. Fabaceae. Persian clover. 



Col. Xo. 14746. 'Shabdar'. Market, Shiraz. Elevation 5,200 feet. 

 226487 and 226488. Vicia sativa L. Fabaceae. Common vetch. 



226487. Col. Xo. 14730. Two miles east of Kazerun. Elevation 3,000 feet. 



226488. Col. Xo. 14807. Three miles northwest of Bam. Elevation 4,000 feet. 

 226489 and 226490. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi Common cowpea. 



226489. Col. Xo. 14772. 'Lubia cheshm'. 'Bolbsly'. Market, Shiraz. Ele- 

 vation 5,200 feet. Local white variety. 



226490. Col. Xo. 14790. Market, Kerman. White variety. 



226491 and 226492. 



From India. Seeds presented bv the Sealtek Forest Office, Assam. Received June 15 

 1955. 



226491. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Xess & Arn. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



226492. Pseudostachytjm polymorphism Munro Poaceae. Bamboo. 



226493 to 226498. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Ed. Pollock, Molong Road, Parkes, Xew South 

 Wales. Received June 15, 1955. 



226493. Acacia riceana Henslow Mimosaceae. Rice acacia. 



Leaves short, dark green, spikelike; flowers in drooping cluster. 



226494. Cyathodes glacua Labill. Epacridaceae. 



'Peach berry'. A shrub to 20 feet high; leaves short, stiff; flowers in small 

 clusters with a strong honeylike odor; berries pink to purple. 



226495. Helichrysum antennarium F. Muell. Asteraceae. 

 Shrub to 12 feet high; flowers numerous, whitish to cream. 



226496. Xothofagus cunninghamii Oerst. Fagaceae. Tasmanian falsebeech. 

 'Tasmanian beech'. Tree lofty; foliage beautiful 



226497. Olearia ramulosa Benth. Asteraceae. Twiggy daisybush. 

 An attractive shrub to 3 feet high; flowers mauve and white. 



226498. Telopea speciosissima (J. E. Sm.) R. Br. Proteaceae. 



Crimson waratah. 



Shrub to 10 feet high; flowers beautiful, large, scarlet, odorless. 

 226499 to 226537. 



From Iran. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Introduc- 

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

 June 16, 1955. 



Collected April and May, 1955. 



226499. Aegilops triuncialis L. Poaceae. Barb goatgrass. 



Col. Xo. 14605. Abe-e Gonji, halfway between Ahwaz and Shustar. Annual; 

 about 15 inches high. 



226500. Aegilops ovata L. Goatgrass. 



Col. Xo. 14635. Twenty miles north of Dexful along road to Khorramabad. 

 Elevation 1,200 feet. Stooling, shortheaded annual. 



