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227657 to 227679— Continued 



227676. Stipa sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 14966. Fifteen miles east of Dehbid, Fars. Elevation 8,000 feet. 

 Perennial, forming low clumps; eaten by gazelles and sheep. 



227677. Trigonella monantha C. A. Mey. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 14957. Fields of Takht-e Jamshid. Elevation 5,500 feet. Spreading 

 annual, along ditch. 



227678. Triticum aestivtjm L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



Col. No. 15242. 'Gandum kakuli'. Dastana, south of Shahr-Kord. Elevation 

 6,800 feet. Irrigated spring type. 



227679. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 

 Col. No. 15142. 'Durat'. Market, Shiraz. Elevation 5,200 feet. 



227680. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Australia. Tubers presented by N. S. Shirlow, Department of Agriculture, 

 Sydney, New South Wales. Received Aug. 26, 1955. 



Selection 11-79 (Walanga). 

 227681 to 227683. 



From Japan. Seeds collected by J. L. Creech, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Introduc- 

 tion Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Belts ville, Md. Received 

 Aug. 26, 1955. 



227681. Abies sachalinensis (Schmidt) Masters Pinaceae. Sakhalin fir. 

 Col. No. 383. Kushiro, Teshikaga Forestry Station, Hokkaido. Aug. 17, 1955. 



227682. Pice a jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr. Pinaceae. Yeddo spruce. 

 Col. No. 384. Kushiro, Teshikaga Forestry Station, Hokkaido. Aug. 17, 1955. 



227683. Zoysia japonica Steud. Poaceae. Japanese lawngrass. 



Col. No. 348. Mount Hokkaido, near Jigokunuma, Aomori Prefecture. Aug. 

 13, 1955. 



227684 to 227689. 



From Okinawa. Seeds collected by J. L. Creech, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Intro- 

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

 Aug. 26, 1955. 



From the Agricultural Experiment Station, Naha. Aug. 17, 1955. 



227684 to 227686. Glycine max (L.) Merr. Fabaceae. Soybean. 



227684. Col. No. 377. 'Aiohigu'. 



227685. Col. No. 378. 'Shiko-anola'. Vegetable type. 



227686. Col. No. 379. 



227687 to 227689. Glycine tomentosa Benth. 



227687. Col. No. 380. No. 1. 'Miyako white'. 



227688. Col. No. 381. No. 2. 



227689. Col. No. 382. No. 30. White. 



227690. Callistemon shiressii Blakely Myrtaceae. Bottlebrush. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by Hazlewood Bros., Proprietary Limited, Epping, 

 New South Wales. Received Aug. 29, 1955. 



227691 Malus sp. Malaceae. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Division of Mycology, Indian Agricultural 

 Research Institute, New Delhi. Received Aug. 29, 1955. 



Collected in Kashmir. 



