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227937 and 227938— Continued 



227937. 'Lanzarote'. 



227938. 'Sur de Gran Canaria'. 



227939 to 227944. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From India. Seed presented by the Rice Specialist, Bihar, Sabour. Received Sept. 

 9, 1955. 



227939. 16 BK (BR 5). 'Motisal'. Local variety, Shahabad District. 



227940. 36 BK (BR 7). 'Kessore'. Local variety, Bhagalpur District. 



227941. 88 BK (BR 6). 'Dahia'. Resembles 16 BK except the awns show slight 

 development. 



227942. 115 BK (BR 3). 'Dahia'. An early-ripening type. Aman paddy. 



227943. 141 BK (BR 4). Mhulansar'. Local variety, Mohghyr District. 



227944. 498-2A (BR 8). 'Kessore'. Bhagalpur District. 



227945 and 227946. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Israel. Seeds presented to the Agricultural Experiment Station, Neve-Yaar. 

 Received Sept. 9, 1955. 



227945. No. 51.J. 



227946. No. 150.J. 



227947 to 227963. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Egypt. Seed presented bv the Ministry of Agriculture, Giza. Received Sept 

 12, 1955. 



227947. Line 1289-2196. 



227948. Line 1290-2256. 



227949. Line 1290-2258. 



227950. Line 1290-2268. 



227951. Line 1291-2321. 



227952. Line 1291-2341 . 



227953. Line 1291-2343. 



227954. Line 1293-2391. 



227955. Line 1293-2403. 



227964. (Undetermined.) 



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

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

 Sept, 12, 1955. 



Col. No. 15629. Five miles south of Khonsu, Ostan. Aug. 28, 1955. Elevation 

 9,000 feet. Ornamental perennial; flowers beautiful, red, spring; leaves black tipped. 



227965. Mussaenda philippica A. Rich. Rubiaceae. 



From the Philippines. Plants presented by the Bureau of Plant Industry, Manila. 

 Received Sept, 14, 1955. 



227966. Beta lomatogona Fisch. & Mey. Chenopodiaceae. Beet. 



From Iran. Seed presented by K. G. Khadivi, Sugar Beet Seeds Institute, Tehran. 

 Received Sept. 14, 1955. 



Growing in the province of Azerbaijan. 



227956. 



Line 1303-2483. 



227957. 



Line 1304-2536. 



22795S. 



Line 1304-2581. 



227959. 



Line 1323-2618. 



227960. 



lane 1323-2621. 



227961. 



Line 1331-2636. 



227962. 



Line 1331-2638. 



227963. 



Line 1342-2651. 



