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228022. Coffea arabica L. Rubiaceae. Arabian coffee. 



From Nyasaland. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Bvumbwe 

 Tung Agricultural Experiment Station, Limbe. 

 Received Sept. 20, 1955. 



Local selection. 

 228023 to 228043. 



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

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

 Sept. 20, 1955. 



Collected in Sept. 1955. 



228023. Aesculus turbinata Blume Aesculaceae. Japanese horsechestnut. 



Col. No. 419. 'Tochi\ Foot of Mount Ishidzuchi. Elevation 2,600 feet. 

 Tree to 4 feet high; flower panicles upright; color whitish; prefers damp situation. 



228024. Camellia japonica L. Theaceae. Common camellia. 



Col. No. 447. 'Tsubake'. Korakuen Garden, Okayama :shi. 

 228025 and 228028. Camellia sasanqua Thunb. Sasanqua camellia. 



228025. Col. No. 438. 'Sazanka'. Kotohira-cho, Kagawa Prefecture. 



228026. Col. No. 448. 'Sazanka'. Korakuen Garden, Okayama-shi. 



228027. Catalpa ovata Don Bignoniaceae. Chinese catalpa. 



Col. No. 410. 'Kisasage'. Matsuyama Castle, Maksuyama. Tree to 25 feet 

 high; leaves cordate; pods slender. 



228028. Dioscorea tokoro Makino Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 

 Col. No. 413. Igahi, near Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku. 



228029. Eurya japonica Thunb. Theaceae. 



Col. No. 443. 'Hisakaki'. Foot of Mount Ishidzuchi. Elevation 2,600 feet. 

 Small evergreen tree; leaves ovate; flowers pale yellow, small; fruits black. 



228030. Fagus crenata Blume Fagaceae. Beech. 



Col. No. 424. 'Buna'. Foot of Mount Ishidzuchi. Elevation 2,600 feet, Tree 

 to 65 feet high; trunk smooth, bark gray; leaves ovate; fruits edible. 



228031. Ilex geniculata Maxim. Aquifoliaceae. Droophead holly. 



Col. No. 426. 'Furin-umenodoki'. Foot of Mount Ishidzuchi. Elevation 

 2,600 feet. Deciduous tree; branches pendant; fruits red. 



228032. Ilex rotunda Thunb. Holly. 



Col. No. 445. 'Kuroganemochi'. Korakuen Garden, Okayama-shi. Ever- 

 green tree to 8 feet high; leaves ovate, thick, entire; fruits red. 



228033. Nandina domestica Thunb. Berberidaceae. 



Col. No. 439. 'Nanten'. Kotochira-cho, Kagana Prefecture. 



228034. Pieris japonica (Thunb.) G. Don Ericaceae. Japanese pieris. 

 Col. No. 446. 'Asebi'. Korakuen Garden, Okayama-shi. 



228035. Quercus glandulifera Blume Fagaceae. Glandbearing oak. 



Col. No. 437. 'Konara'. Foot of Mount Ishidzuchi. Elevation 2,600 feet. 

 Tree to 65 feet high. 



228038. Quercus glauca Thunb. Blue Japanese oak. 



Col. No. 449. 'Arakashi'. Korakuen Garden, Okayama-shi. Evergreen tree 

 to 48 feet high; leaves coarsely serrate; acorns small. 



228037. Rhododendron obtusum var. kaempferi (Planch.) Wilson Ericaceae. 



Torch azalea. 



Col. No. 442. 'Yama-tsutsuji'. Foot of Mount Ishidzuchi. 



