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230598 to 230603—Continued 



230600. Berberis sp. Berberidaceae. 



Col. No. 15685. Gach Sar, Alborz Range. Sept. 11, 1955. Elevation 6,800 

 feet. Green, thorny, compact shrub; fruits purple. 



230601. Echinochloa sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15573. Dastana, Chaharmahal. Aug. 24, 1955. Elevation 6,700 feet. 

 Hydrophytic grass growing in a perennial pool; well liked by animals. 



230602. Hypericum sp. Hypericaceae. 



Col. No. 15604. East base of Kuhe Zard Chaharmahal. Aug. 27, 1955. Eleva- 

 tion 8,500 feet. Perennial herb; used in medicine. 



230603. Ixiolirion sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



Col. No. 15192. Near Ghaverokh, along road to Shahr Kord, July 7, 1955. Ele- 

 vation 7,700 feet. Annual spring herb in grain field. 



230604 and 230605. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Cora, 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Alex Smith, Fazenda Ipenima, near Campinas, 

 Sao Paulo. Received Dec. 12, 1955. 



230604. Hd. EE1 3330A. 



230605. Hd. EEl 3331. 



230606 to 230608. 



From Syria. Seeds presented by S. M. Shadeed, Jacksonville, North Carolina. 

 Received Dec. 12, 1955. Grown in Damascus. 



230606. Lathyrus cicera L. Fabaceae. Flatpod peavine. 



230607. Medic ago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa 



230608. Vicia sativa L. Fabaceae. Common vetch. 



'Bee-hia'. 



230609 to 230615. 



From Japan. Presented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Tochigi, 

 Honshu. Received Dec. 12, 1955. 



230609 to 230614. Rhododendron (hybrids). 



(Plants.) 



230609. 'Ban-ka'. 230612. 'Homare-no-hana'. 



230610. 'Getsu-toku'. 230613. •'Tatsumi-no-hikari'. 



230611. 'Hei-wa'. 230614. <Wa-ko\ 

 230615. Clematis sp. Ranunculaceae. 



230616. Callitropsis araucarioides R. H. Compt. Pinaceae. 



From New Caledonia. Plants presented by the South Pacific Commission, Noumea. 

 Received Dec. 12, 1955. 



230617 and 230618. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Intro- 

 duction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Re- 

 ceived Dec. 12, 1955. 



230617. Dioscorea composita Hemsl. Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 



Col. No. 15856. Seven miles south of Tierra Blanca at Rancho Loma del Carmen, 

 Veracruz. 



230618. Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal. Yam. 

 Col. No. 15875. Seven miles west of Veracruz along road to Jalapa, Veracruz. 



