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228333 to 228373— Continued 



228368. Trifolium hybridum L. Alsike clover. 



Col. No. 15426. Southeast of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Elevation 9,000 feet. 

 Low-growing, cespitose; heads pink. 



228369. Trifolium spadiceum L. Clover. 



Col. No. 15438. Northeast of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Elevation 10,000 

 feet. Erect perennial, to 4 feet high; stems leafy; flowers white. 



228370. Trifolium ambiguum M. Bieb. Kura clover. 



Col. No. 15441. Northeast of Kuhe Sahand. Elevation 10,000 feet. Low 

 spreading annual. 



228371. Trifolium pratense L. Red clover. 



Col. No. 15448. Northeast of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Elevation 10,000 feet. 

 Large, erect, pink-headed type. 



228372. Trifolium ambiguum M. Bieb. Kura clover. 



Col. No. 15509. Northeast slope of Kuhe Savalan, Azerbaijan. Elevation 

 9,500 feet. Erect, slender annual, to 1 foot high. 



228373. Corontlla varia L. Fabaceae. Crownvetch. 



Col. No. 15351. Twenty-two miles north of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. Elevation 

 6,700 feet. Erect to spreading annual; stems to 2 feet high; excellent forage. 



228374 to 228380. Theobroma cacao L. Sterculiaceae. Cacao. 



From Costa Rica. Budwood presented by the Instituto Inter-Americano de Ciencias 

 Agricolas, Turrialba. Received Oct. 10, 1955. 



228374. U.F. 221. 228378. U.F. 668. 



228375. U.F. 613. 228379. U.F. 676. 



228376. U.F. 650. 228380. U.F. 677. 



228377. U.F. 667. 

 228381 and 228382. 



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

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

 Oct. 7, 1955. 



228381. Dioscorea tokoro Makino Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 

 'Hi-Kai\ From K. Kato, Ministry of Agriculture, Tokyo. 



228382. Lycoris radiata (L'Her.) Herb. Amaryllidaceae. Shorttube lycoris. 

 'Alba'. From Mr. Skurai, Tokyo. 



228383 to 228411. 



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

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

 Sept. 10, 1955. 



Collected July to Sept., 1955. 



228383. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. Orchardgrass. 

 Col. No. 15316. East of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. Elevation 8,500 feet. 



228384. Agropyron sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15161. Kuhe Bavanat, Fars. Elevation 8,000 feet. Bushy perennial; 

 browsed by sheep and goats. 



228385. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15183. West of Esfahan, along road to Shahr-Kord. Elevation 8,000 

 feet. Perennial; browsed by livestock; used as hay. 



