166 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 169 
274898 to 274901. 
From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by the Hortus Botanicus Universi- 
tatis, Nijmegen. Received May 24, 1961. 
274898. LACTUCA AUGUSTANA All. Cichoriaceae. 
No. 172. 
274899. LACTUCA SALIGNA L. 
No. 178. 
274900. LACTUCA SATIVA L. 
No. 174. 
274901. LACTUCA VIROSA L. 
No. 175. 
274902. CUCUMIS SATIVUS L. Cucurbitaceae. Cucumber. 
From Great Britain. Seeds presented by Watkins & Simpson, Crawley, Sus- 
sex, England. Received May 24, 1961. 
‘Everyday’. 
274903 and 274904. 
From Germany. Seeds presented by the Botanic Garden, Bremen. Received 
May 24, 1961. 
274903. ALOPECURUS ARUNDINACEUS Poir. Poaceae. 
274904. ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS L. Meadow foxtail. 
274905. COLOCASIA ESCULENTA (L.) Schott Araceae. Dasheen. 
From New Britain. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Low- 
lands Agricultural Experiment Station, Kerevat. Numbered May 25, 
1961. 
274906. TRIFOLIUM REPENS L. Fabaceae. Whiteclover. 
From Ecuador. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mission, 
Quito. Received May 25, 1961. 
Plant prostrate, growing in semidesert conditions, without rain for seven 
consecutive months, with hot dry winds. Elevation 9,000 feet, yet warm 
enough to grow corn. Soil pH 5.0, phosphate deficient. All cultivated crops 
are irrigated. 
274907 to 274914. 
From Turkey. Seeds collected by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of 
Ankara, Ankara. Received May 25, 1961. 
274907. ALLIUM ROTUNDUM L. Liliaceae. 
274908. ATROPIS DISTANS Griseb. Poaceae. 
274909. DAUCUS sp. Apiaceae. 
274910. HORDEUM BULBOSUM L. Poaceae. 
274911. POA NEMORALIS L. Poaceae. Wood bluegrass. 
274912. SECALE MONTANUM Guss. Poaceae. 
274913. ECHINOCHLOA CRUSGALLI (L.) Beauv. Poaceae. 
274914. TRIFOLIUM PURPUREUM Loisel. Fabaceae. 
274915 to 274944. 
From Australia. Seeds presented by the Botanic Garden, Adelaide. Re- 
ceived May 25, 1961. 
274915. ACACIA CALAMIFOLIA Sweet Mimosaceae. 
: pushy shrub to eight feet high, useful as shelter. Annual rainfall 10 
inches. 
