JANUARY 1, 1961 TO DECEMBER 31, 1961 163 
274832. AMOREUXIA PALMATIFIDA Moc. & Sesse. 
Cochlospermaceae. 
From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, Crops 
Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Collected in 
1959. Numbered May 19, 1961. 
Col. No. 17882. ‘Saya’. Three miles south of Navajoa, Sonora. Peren- 
nial herb; roots, tuberous, edible; fruits edible. 
274833. PRUNUS TEXANA Dietr. Amygdalaceae. 
From the United States. Plants collected by J. B. Storey, Texas Agricultural 
and Mechanical College, College Station, Texas. Received May 19, 1961. 
‘Tex. 6’. Hog plum. Rocky soil, three miles east of Llano, State Highway 
29. Low-growing, many-branched shrub; internodes short; leaves serrate, 
grayish green; flowers white; fruit 0.75 inch in diameter, yellow; seed small; 
endocarp slightly pubescent. 
274834 to 274839. 
From Japan. Seeds collected by J. L. Creech, agricultural explorer, Crops 
Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. For U.S.D.A.- 
Longwood Cooperative Program. Received May 19, 1961. 
274834. AUCUBA JAPONICA Thunb. Cornaceae. Japanese aucuba. 
Col. No. 877. Taradake, Nagasaki-ken, Kyushu. Elevation 700 meters. 
Evergreen shrub to 3.8 meters high; fruit bright red, oblong. 
274835. DAMNACANTHUS MACROPHYLLUS Sieb. ex. Mig. Rubiaceae. 
Col. No. 879. Iwaya Mountain, Nagasaki-ken, Kyushu. Elevation 200 
to 400 meters. Spiny shrub to 1.2 meters high; fruits bright red. 
274836. ELAEAGNUS sp. Elaeagnaceae. 
Col. No. 880. Iwaya Mountain, Nagasaki-ken, Kyushu. Elevation 350 
meters. Scandent evergreen shrub; fruit orange colored, oblong. 
274837. ILEX X KUISIANA Hatusima Aquifoliaceae. 
Col. No. 876. Taradake, Nagasaki-ken, Kyushu. Elevation 500 meters. 
Rare evergreen; fruit red, somewhat smaller than I. integra. 
274838. ILEX LATIFOLIA Thunb. 
Col. No. 865. Taradake, Nagasaki-ken, Kyushu. Elevation 650 meters. 
Evergreen tree to 7.6 meters high; leaves to 25 cm. long; fruit red, in 
large clusters. 
274839. RHODODENDRON WEYRICHII Maxim. Ericaceae. 
Col. No. 869. Seaside, Kushima-zaki, Nagasaki-ken, Kyushu. Decidu- 
ous shrub; flowers orange red. 
274840 to 274842. MALUS SYLVESTRIS Mill. Malaceae. 
From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Trees presented by the All- 
Union Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received May 11, 1961. 
Numbered May 19, 1961. 
Developed by Professor B. I. Budagowsky, Michurinsk. 
274840. No.MK14. Plants semidwarf. 
274841. No.118. Plants semidwarf. 
274842. No.9. Plants dwarf, red leaved. 
