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227967. Rauvolfia heterophylla Wiild. Apocynaceae 



Devilpepper, 



From Costa Rica. Seeds collected by Bernice G. Schubert, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Sept. 15, 1955. 



Col. No. 903. Experiment farm near Barranca. July 22, 1955. 



227968 to 227971. Theobroma cacao L. Sterculiaceae. Cacao. 



From Ecuador. Budwood presented by the Servicio Cooperativo Inter-Americano 

 de Agricultura, Guayaquil. Received Sept. 15, 1955. 



227968. 'Cacao National'. 227970. EET-ll-SIA-6. 



227969. EET Clon 274-ICS-l. 227971. S.C.A.-12 EET 110. 



227972. Gossypium (hybrid). Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From England. Seed presented bv Deltapine, Limited, Liverpool. Received Sept. 

 16, 1955. 



Grown in Rarotonga and the Cook Islands. 



227973. Philadelphtjs sp. Hydrangeaceae. 



From France. Plants and cuttings presented by S. L. Emsweller, Ornamental Crops 

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

 16, 1955. 



227974 to 228008. 



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

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Sept. 16, 1955. 



227974. Abies sikokiana Nakai Pinaceae. Fir. 



Col. No. 431. 'Shikoku-shirabe'. Foot of Mount Ishidzuchi. Elevation about 

 800 meters. Tree to 15 meters high; leaves glaucous, white underneath; cones 

 short, purple. 



227975. Betula shikokiana Nakai Betulaceae. Birch. 



Col. No. 435. 'Shikoku-shirabe'. Foot of Mount Ishidzuchi. Elevation 800 

 meters. Tree to 8 meters high; bark exfoliating. 



227976. Dendropanax sp. Araliaceae. 



Col. No. 412. 'Kakure-miro'. Igahi, near Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, 

 Shikoku. Evergreen tree, to 6 meters high; leaves trifid on sterile branches, entire 

 on fertile branches. 



227977. Dioscoria quinqueloba Thunb. Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 



Col. No. 411. 'Mimiji Tokoro'. Igahi, near Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, 

 Shikoku. Leaves with 7 lobes; flowers bright orange; tubers large, horizontal. 



227978. Hydrangea paniculata Siebold Hydrangeaceae. Panicle hydrangea. 



Col. No. 428. 'Nori-utrugi'. Foot of Mount Ishidzuchi. Elevation about 800 

 meters. Shrubby tree, to 3 meters high; sterile bracts, white to rose-colored. 



227979. Ilex crenata Thunb. Aquifoliaceae. Japanese holly. 



Col. No. 420. 'Inu-tsugi'. Foot of Mount Ishidzuchi. Elevation 800 meters, 

 small narrow leaves. 



227980. Ilex pedunculosa Miq. Longstack holly. 



Col. No. 421. 'Soyogo'. Foot of Mount Ishidzuchi. Elevation 800 meters. 

 Shrubby tree; leaves large, wavy margins; fruit red, on long stalks. 



22798 1 to 227994. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. Sweetpotato. 



227981. 'Korushirazu'. 



227982. 'Norin No. 1'. Chiba Farm, National Kanto-Tosan Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, Medium-maturing variety; for human consumption. 



