JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1948 37 



162756. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link. Poaceae. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Sydney, 

 New South Wales. Received Mar. 4, 1948. 



MK 99. 



162757 and 162758. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 

 Received Mar. 4, 1948. 



162757. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 

 Ferax. 



162758. Phleum pratense L. Poaceae. Timothy. 

 Swalloiv. 



162759 and 162760. Trifolium spp. Fabaceae. Clover. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the Dominion Experiment Station, Leth- 

 bridge, Alberta. Received Mar. 4, 1948. 



162759. Trifolium alexandrinttm L. Berseem. 

 Egyptian. 



162760. Trifolium medium Huds. Mammoth clover. 

 Zlg-Zag. 



162761. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 

 Received Mar. 4, 1948. 



Altaswede. 



162762. Arachis sp. Fabaceae. 



From Paraguay. Plants collected by J. L. Stephens, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Beltsville, 

 Md., and Dr. William Hartley, Australian Council for Scientific and Indus- 

 trial Research, Canberra, Australia. Received Mar. 15, 1948. 



No. 274. From Botanic Gardens near Asuncion. Feb. 28, 1948. Leaflets 

 small, obtuse ; roots swollen near crown ; flowers a uniform lemon-color. 



162763 and 162764. Solanttm acaule var. sttbexinterruptum Bitter. 

 Solanaceae. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by Robert Lamm, Horticulturist, Alnarp, Akarp. 

 Received Mar. 17, 1948. 



162763. Natural tetraploid. 



162764. Colchicine-induced octoploid. 



162765. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From England. Seeds presented by the American Embassy, London. Received 

 Mar. 11, 1948. 



162766 to 162768. Malus sylvestris Mill. Rosaceae. Apple. 



From France. Scions presented by the F. Delaunay Nurseries, Angers, Maine- 

 et-Loire. Received Mar. 15, 1948. 



162766. Bisquet. 



162767. Maraoot. 



162768. Noel Desohamps. 



162769. Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. Bromeliaceae. Pineapple. 



From Colombia. Offsets presented by the Department of Agriculture, Bogota. 

 Received Mar. 16, 1948. 



