JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1955 161 



227115. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Sydney, New 

 South Wales. Received July 15, 1955. 



'Westralia'. 



227116. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. Carrot. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by the Department of Scientific and Industria 1 

 Research, Lincoln. Received July 15, 1955. 



'Sweetcrop ' . 

 227117 and 227118. Lathyrus sylvestris L. Fabaceae. Flat pea vine. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by the Institute voor de Veredeling van 

 Truinbouwgewassen, Wageningen. Received July 18, 1955. 



227117. Originally from the Botanic Garden, Munich, Germany. 



227118. Originally from the Botanic Garden, Cologne, Germany. 



227119 to 227133. 



From Japan. Plants and tubers collected by J. L. Creech, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Belts ville, Md. 

 Received July 18, 1955. 



Collected July 11 and 12, 1955. 



227119. Pieris nana (Maxim.) Makino Ericaceae. Kamchatka pieris. 



Col. No. 212. Mount Asama, Karuizawa. Elevation 1,400 meters. Prostrate 

 shrub; flowers white, in short terminal racemes. 



227120. Cassiope lycopodioides (Pall.) D. Don Ericaceae. Alaska cassiope. 



Col. No. 217. Mount Asama, Karuizawa. Prostrate shrub growing in deep cleft 

 in rocks. 



227121 and 227122. Dioscorea nipponica Makino Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 



227121. Col. No. 206. 'Uchiwa Dokoro'. Hoshino Karuizawa, Nagan Prefecture. 

 Tuber horizontal, snakelike, up to 30 cm. long. 



227122. Col. No. 209. 'Uchiwa Dokoro'. Hoshino, Karuizawa. Growing in 

 semishade. 



227123. Dioscorea tokoro Makino Yam. 

 Col. No. 220. Hochino, Karuizawa. Mountain trail in semishade. 



227124. Empetrum nigrum var. japonicum K. Koch Empetraceae. 



Col. No. 214. Mount Asama, Karuizawa. Elevation 1,400 meters; among 

 lava-flow rocks. 



227125. Gaultheria miqueliana Takeda Ericaceae. Miquel wintergreen. 



Col. No. 215. Mount Asama, Karuizawa. Elevation 1,400 meters; among 

 lava-flow rocks. Shrub low; flowers and fruits white. 



227126. Lathyrus davidii Hance Fabaceae. Peavine. 



Col. No. 208. Scandent perennial vine; racemes orange- vellow; flowers in early 

 July. 



227127. Loiseleuria procumbens (L.) Desv. Ericaceae. Alpine-azalea. 



Col. No. 213. Mount Asama, Karuizawa. Elevation 1,400 meters. Flowers 

 deep pink. 



227128. Menziesia ciliicalyx Maxim. Ericaceae. 



Col. No. 221. Mount Asama, Karuizawa. Elevation 1,400 meters. Small 

 deciduous shrub; flowers vellowish. 



