JANUARY 1, 1961 TO DECEMBER 31, 1961 107 
273585 to 273590—Continued 
273589 and 273590. LACTUCA SERRIOLA L. 
273589. No.1. ‘Angustana’. 
273590. No. 2. 
273591 and 273592. 
From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by the Hortus Botanicus Academicus, 
Lugduno-Batavus, Leiden. Received April 3, 1961. 
273591. LACTUCA BOURGAEI (Boiss.) Irish & Taylor Cichoriaceae. 
273592. LACTUCA PLUMIERI (L.) Gren. & Godr. 
273593 to 273597. 
From Germany. Seeds presented by the Botanischer Garten, der Universitat 
Tubingen, Tubingen. Received April 3, 1961. 
273593. LACTUCA MURALIS (L.) Fresen. Cichoriaceae. 
273594. LACTUCA PERENNIS L. 
273595. LACTUCA SATIVA L. 
273596. LACTUCA SERRIOLA L. 
273597. LACTUCA VIROSA L. 
273598 to 273602. 
From Belgium. Seeds presented by the Jardin Botanique de la Ville de 
Louvain, Louvain. Received April 3, 1961. 
273598. LACTUCA MURALIS (L.) Fresen. Cichoriaceae. 
273599. LACTUCA PERENNIS L. 
273600. LACTUCA SATIVA L. 
273601. LACTUCA SERRIOLA L. 
273602. LACTUCA VIROSA L. 
273603. LACTUCA PLUMIERI (L.) Gren. & Godr. Cichoriaceae. 
From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by the Hortus Botanicus, Groningen. 
Received April 3, 1961. 
273604. GINORIA GINORIOIDES (Griseb.) Britton Lythraceae. 
From Cuba. Seeds presented by the Atkins Garden and Research Labora- 
tory, Cienfuegos. Received April 3, 1961. 
273605. PISUM SATIVUM L. Fabaceae. 
From Ecuador. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mission, 
Quito. Received April 3, 1961. 
Plants growing in the dry season in a sandy, acid, arid soil badly depleted 
for several hundred years with an eight-months dry season. Elevation above 
8,000 feet. Roots large; yield light. Peas are sweet if picked just before 
maturity; some turn black when cooked. 
273606 to 273608. 
From Germany. Seeds presented by the Botanischer Garten, Leipzig. Re- 
ceived April 3, 1961. 
273606. LACTUCA SATIVA L. Cichoriaceae. 
‘Treibsalat Presto’. 
273607. LACTUCA VIROSA L. 
273608. LACTUCA PERENNIS L. 
