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227621 to 227655— Continued 



227645 to 227646 — Continued 



227646. Col. No. 124. 'Nan ten ', Ikeda Nursery, Osaka Prefecture. Fruits 

 unusually dark red. (Plants.) 



227647. Osmanthtjs sp. Oleacene. 



Col. No. 121. Ikeda Nursery, Osaka Prefecture. Leaves obovate, entire 

 (Plants.) 



227648. Pittosporfm tobira (Willd.) Ait. Pittosporaceae. 



Col. No. 132. Yamamoto Nursery, Yamamoto City. H}^ogo Prefecture. 



227649. Ponctrus trifoliata var. mons'trosa (T. Ito) Swingle Rutaceae. 



Trifoliate-orange. 



Col. No. 390. Shizuoka Citrus Experiment Station, Komagoe, Shimizu, Sbi- 

 zuoka. (Budwood.) 

 , 227650. Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. Trifoliate-orange. 



Col. No. 397. Ehime Experiment Station, Hyashino, Matsuyama City, Ehime 

 Prefecture. (Bud wood.) 



227651. Pieris japonic a (Thunb.) G. Don Ericaceae. Japanese pieris. 



Col. No. 128. 'Beni-bana-asebi'. Yamamoto Nursery, Yamamoto City, 

 Hyogo Prefecture. Flowers red. (Plants.) 



227652. Raphiolepis umbellata (Thunb.) C. Schneid. Malaceae. 



Yeddo-hawthorn. 



Col. No. 106. Botanic Garden, Kisaichi, Kono-machi, Kitakochi, Osaka. 

 Handsome, dwarf shrub; leaves obovate; flowers white. (Plants.) 



227653. Sinomenium diversifolium Diels Menispermaceae. 



Col. No. 90. On wooded slopes, Kanikamo Forest, Kyoto. Scandent vine. 



227654. Vaccinium japonicum Miq. Yacciniaceae. Japanese blueberry. 



Col. No. 118. Osaka City Botanical Garden, Kisaichi, Kono-machi, Kitakochi, 

 Osaka. Dwarf; branches angular; leaves small. (Plants.) 



227655. Vitex rotundifolia L. f. Verbenaceae. 



Col. No. 67. On seawall, Okitsu, Ihara District, Shizuoka Prefecture. Vine 

 succulent; stems squarish; leaves round. 



227656. Prtjnus domestica L. Amygdalaceae. Common plum. 



From New Zealand. Budwood presented bv A. H. Swarbrick, Hamilton. Received 

 Aug. 23, 1955. 



'Sage McVerna'. 

 227657 to 227679. 



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

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

 Aug. 26, 1955. 



Collected June and July, 1955. 



227657. Agrostis semiverticillata (Forsk.) C. Chr. Poicexe. Bentgrass. 

 Col. No. 15135. Near Homaijan, Fars. Elevation 6,590 feet. 



227658. Avena sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15115. Kowkun Valley, Fars. Elevation 7,590 feet. On stony land. 

 Perennial to 1 foot high. 



