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230619. Conocarpus erecta L. Combretaceae. 



From Florida. Seeds collected by William Cowgill, Coconut Grove. Received Dec. 

 13, 1955. 



230620 and 230621. 



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

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

 ceived Dec. 13, 1955. 



230620. Genista sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 15826. La Mortola Gardens, Ventimiglia. Sept, 24, 1955. Small, 

 slender, leafless, thorny shrub. Said to be ornamental; native to the Mediter- 

 ranean coast, 



230621. Oryzopsis milliacea (L.) Benth. & Hook. Poaceae. Smilograss. 



Col. No. 15825. La Mortola Gardens, Ventimiglia Sept. 24, 1955. Caney 

 perennial to 3 feet high; has little leaf growth. 



230622. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck Rutaceae. Sweet orange. 



From Italy. Seeds obtained by J. R. Furr from a market at Gioia Tauro. Received 

 Dec. 13, 1955. 



Variety unknown; fruits flattened, with navel; early, quality good. 



230623. Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck Rutaceae. Sweet orange. 



From Sicily. Seeds obtained by J. R. Furr in Paterno. Received Dec. 13, 1955. 

 'Sanguinello'. Fruits round, medium size, seedless, quality good. 



230624. Prunus (hybrid). Amygdalaceae. 



From France. Rooted cuttings presented by the Centre Recherches Agronomique, 

 Port de la Maye. Received Dec. 13, 1955. 



(Fl(RlxS557)l). 



230625 to 230628. 



From Morocco. Seeds presented by H. Chapot, Institut des Fruits et Agrumes 

 Coloniaux, Rabat. Received Dec. 13, 1955. 



230625 to 230627. Citrus (hybrids). Rutaceae. 



230625. 'MHAC NAO'. Fruit size between lemon and lime; probably lemon 

 hybrid . 



230626. 'MHAC VO\ Probably the Moroccan 'Citron de Borneo' or the 

 'Djeroek Citroen' from Java. Fruits large. 



230627. 'MHAC VO'. Fruits small. 



230628. Citrus reticulata Blanco Mandarin orange. 



Unnamed variety. Sometimes called 'Mandarine a Teteons' (Mandarin with 

 long-necked fruit). 



230629. Rauvolfia semperflorens (Muell.-Arg.) Schlech. 

 Apocynaceae. Devilpepper. 



From New Caledonia. Roots presented by J. Barrow, Contouta Valley, Noumea. 

 Received Dec. 13, 1955. 



No. 3561. 



230630. Galanthus nivalis L. Amaryllidaceae. 



From New York. Bulbs presented by Van Bourgondien Sons, Inc., Babylon, Long 

 Island. Received Dec. 13, 1955. 



230631 to 230633. 



From California. Bulbs and seeds presented by the Oakhurst Gardens, Arcadia. 

 Received Dec. 13, 1955. 



