JANUARY 1, 1961 TO DECEMBER 31, 1961 249 
276543 to 276553—Continued 
276545. DIMORPHOTHECA SINUATA DC. Blue-eyed cape-marigold. 
No. 40028. 
276546. DIMORPHOTHECA sp. 
No. 40490. 
276547. DIMORPHOTHECA sp. 
No. 40491. 
276548. OSTEOSPERMUM CLANDESTINUM (Less.) T. Norl. Asteraceae. 
No. 40486. 
276549. OSTEOSPERMUM ECKLONIS (DC.) T. Norl. 
No. 40498. 
276550 and 276551. OSTEOSPERMUM SINUATUM (DC.) T. Norl. 
276550. No. 40488. 
276551. No. 40489. 
276552. OSTEOSPERMUM MURICATUM E. Mey. 
No. 40487. 
276553. OSTEOSPERMUM PACHYPTERIS DC. 
No. 40498. 
276554 to 276560. 
From Japan. Seeds collected by J. L. Creech, agricultural explorer, Crops 
Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. For a co- 
operative program of U.S.D.A. and Longwood Foundation, Ine. Re- 
ceived Sept. 1, 1961. 
276554. ARDISIA CRENATA Sims Myrsinaceae. 
Col. No. 1111. Nyta Osamu Garden, Izura, Ibaraki Prefecture. Small 
evergreen shrub; fruit red. About farthest northern locality as a garden 
plant. 
276555 and 276556. AUCUBA JAPONICA Thunb. Cornaceae. 
Japanese aucuba. 
276555. Col. No. 818. Subshrub in dense evergreen forest Kaimon-dake, 
Kagoshima, Kyushu. Elevation 500 meters. Broadleaved evergreen; 
fruit red, in terminal clusters. Southernmost locality in Kyushu for 
this species. 
276556. Col. No. 1109. Nyta Osamu Garden, Izura, Ibaraki Prefecture. 
Garden form, leaves variegated. 
276557. DAMNACANTHUS INDICUS Gaertn. f. Rubiaceae. 
Col. No. 1108. Nyta Osamu Garden, Izura, Ibaraki Prefecture. Spiny 
evergreen shrub; fruit red. Probably northern limit of cultivation. 
276558. ILEX CRENATA ssp. RADICANS (Nakai) Tatewaki Aquifoliaceae. 
Col. No. 1112. Swampy, shaded, ravine, foot of Mount Hayachine, Iwate 
Prefecture. Plant prostrate or procumbent; fruit black. Probably south- 
ern limit for this variety at low elevation. 
276559. JUNIPERUS CONFERTA Parlatore Pinaceae. Shore juniper. 
Col. No. 907. Along Ashiarai, beach, Kita-Ibaraki City, Ibaraki Pre- 
fecture. Plant in wild, prostrate, used as ground cover and for beach 
erosion control. 
276560. PIERIS JAPONICA (Thunb.) G. Don Ericaceae. Japanese pieris. 
Col. No. 1110. Growing around small pond near Taira, Ibaraki Prefec- 
ture. Ericaceous shrub in wild; flowers terminal, in pendant racemes. 
