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228412 to 229258—Continued 



229251. Desmanthus subulatus (Britton & Rose) Wiggins Mimosaceae. 



No. 1283. Thirty-one miles northeast of Hermosillo and twenty miles west of 

 Ures, Sonora, Mexico. Elevation 850 feet. 



229252. Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd. 



No. 1298. Thirty miles southeast of Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. Elevation 

 5,000 feet. Perennial to t.nee feet high. 



229253. Desmanthus sp. 



No. 1326. Forty-two miles southeast of Tucson, Ariz. Elevation 4,750 feet. 



229254. Desmanthus sp. 



No. 1260. Eight miles east of Patagonia, Ariz. Elevation 4,550 feet. 



229255. Erythrina flabelliformis Kearney Fabaceae. Western coralbean. 



No. 1579. Sierra de Alamos, near Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. Elevation 3,000 

 feet. Possible ornamental. 



229256. Sophora secundiflora (Ortega) DC. Fabaceae. Mescal-bean. 

 No. 1578. Near Ranch Experiment Station, Sonora, Tex. Elevation 2,100 feet. 



229257. Tephrosia sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 1332. Sierra de Alamos, Sonora, Mexico. Elevation 2,800 feet. 



229258. (Undetermined.) 



No. 1315. Mountains east of Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico. Elevation 850 feet. 

 An herbaceous legume. 



229259 to 229277. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From India. Seed presented by the Botanist to the Government of the United 



Provinces, Nagi 



na. 



Received Oct. 



11, 



1955. 







229259. 



C. 2-10. 









229269. 



T. 22 A. 





229260. 



N. 12. 









229270. 



T. 23. 





229261. 



N. 10B. 









229271. 



T. 36. 





229262. 



N. 32. 









229272. 



T. 43. 





229263. 



'Santha' 









229273. 



T. 88. 





229264. 



T. 1. 









229274. 



T. 100. 





229265. 



T. 3. 









229275. 



T. 136. 





229266. 



T. 9. 









229276. 



T. 137. 





229267. 



T. 17. 









229277. 



T. 138. 





229268. 



T. 21. 















229278. 



Hevea 



BRA 



SILIEXSI3 (A. 



Juss.) Muell.-Arg. 



Euphorbiaceae. 

 Para rubbertree, 



From Florida. Plant growing at the 'United States Plant Introduction Station, Miami. 

 Numbered Aug. 29, 1955. 



Grown from seeds received from the Firestone Plantations, West Liberia. 



229279 to 229288. Saccharum (hybrids). Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Puerto Rico. Bud wood presented by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Rio 

 Piedras. Received Oct. 12. 1955. 



229279. 'Cana Criolla'. 229284. P.R. 803. 



229280. D. 433. 229285. P.R. 914. 



229281. M.P.R. 42. 229286. P.R. 925. 



229282. M.P.R. 340. 229287. P.R. 999. 



229283. P.O.J. 2806. 229288. 'Rayada Uino'. 



