204 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 163 



227918 to 227926— Continued 



227918. Cardiandra alternifolia Sieb. & Zucc. Hydrangeaceae. 



Col. No. 405. 'Kusa-azisai'. Herbaceous plant; flowers pink with sterile rim 

 florets; appearing from July to September. 



227919. Conandron ramondioides Sieb. & Zucc. Gesneriaceae. 



Col. No. 408. Twa-tabako'. Herbaceous perennial; flowers purple; flowering 

 in May. 



227920. Damnacanthtjs indicus Gaertn. f. Rubiaceae. 



Col. No. 406. 'Aridoshi'. Small evergreen shrub; branches spreading at right 

 angles. From northern limit of natural distribution. 



227921. Euchresta japonica Benth. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 407. 'Miyama tobira'. Small evergreen shrub; leaves round, trifolio- 

 late, shiny; rootstock rhizomatous. 



227922. Hydrangea involucrata Sieb. Hydrangeaceae. 

 Col. No. 404. 'Tama-azisai'. 



227923. Prunus spinulosa Sieb. & Zucc. Amygdalaceae. 



Col. No. 400. 'Rinboku'. Evergreen tree to 15 meters high; leaves coarse; 

 serrations sharp. 



227924. Rhododendron kiyosumense Makino Ericaceae. 

 Col. No. 401. Flowers purple. 



227925. Symplocos prunifolia Sieb. & Zucc. Symplocaceae. Sweetleaf 



Col. No. 402. 'Kurobai'. Evergreen tree, to 7 meters high; flowers white, 

 appearing in May. 



227926. Vaccinium bracteatum Thunb. Vacciniaceae. Oriental blueberry 



Col. No. 403. 'Shashanbo'. Evergreen shrub, to 5 meters high. 



227927. Leptochloa dubia (H. B. K.) Nees Poaceae. 



Green sprangletop. 



From Libva. Seeds presented bv the United States Operations Mission to Libya* 

 Tripoli. Received Sept. 7, 1955. 



227928. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



From Costa Rica. Collected by Bernice G. Schubert, Agricultural Explorer, Plant 

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

 Received Aug. 23, 1955. 



Col. No. 939. Pan American Highway. Aug. 9, 1955. Elevation 9,000 feet. Vine 

 with large horizontal tubers, to 8 inches below ground surface. 



227929 to 227938. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck Rutaceae. 



Sweet orange. 



From Israel. Budwood presented bv the Division of Plant Protection, Tel Aviv. 

 Received Sept. 8, 1955. 



'Shamouti'. Collected by the Rehovot Agricultural Research Station, Rehovot. 



227929. No. 1. T 



227930. No. 2. 1 



227931. No. 1426. 



227932. No. 1437. 

 227937 and 227938. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From the Canary Islands. Seed presented by the Servicio Agricola Seragri, Las 

 Palmas. Received Sept. 8, 1955 



le 22 years old. 



227933. 



No. 



1505. 



ee 22 years old. 



227934. 



No. 



1517. 





227935. 



No. 



1519. 





227936. 



No. 



1520. 



Zea mays L. 



Poaceae. 







