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277456 to 277487—Continued 
277485 to 277487. PERSEA AMERICANA Mill. Lauraceae. Avocado. 
277485. P.I.S. 17459. Seed received August 1959, from the University 
of Florida, Gainesville. May be cold resistant. 
277486. P.I.S. 17468. Seed received September 1959 from Riverside, 
California. Seed from ‘Duke’. 
277487. P.1.S. 17461. ‘Duke’. Budwood received September 1959, from 
Riverside, California. Virus-free. 
277488. AMPELOCISSUS ACAPULCENSIS (HBK.) Planch Vitaceae. 
From Mexico. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction Sta- 
tion, Miami, Florida. Numbered Nov. 29, 1961. 
P.1.S. 17533. Tubers collected in wild 20 miles southeast of Autlan, Jalisco, 
July 1951, by H. S. Gentry (10967), in mixed forest. Elevation 2,500 feet. 
Large, coarse vine; fruits large, in heavy, tight clusters, reddish to purple, 
sweet; skin and pulp tough. 
277489. MEDICAGO SATIVA L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 
From Spain. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mission, 
Madrid. Received Nov. 30, 1961. 
‘Mielga’. 
277490 to 277492. ZEA MAYS L. Poaceae. Corn. 
From Peru. Seeds presented by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 
Received Nov. 30, 1961. 
Collected at elevations of 1,375 to 2,750 meters. 
277490. ‘Blanco San Geronimo’. Kernels large, pale yellow, flowery, 1.7 by 
1.38 em. 
277491. ‘Cabana’. Kernels brownish white, flowery, flat, tapering to base, 
flat top, 1.7 by I.1 cm. 
277492. ‘Morocho Ayacuchano’. Yellow flint. Kernels not deep, rounded 
at top, 1.4 by 1.2 cm. 
277493 and 277494. 
From the Sudan. Seeds presented by the Cotton Breeding Section, Khartoum. 
Received Nov. 30, 1961. 
277493. GOSSYPIUM sp. Malvaceae. 
277494. NOTOXYLINON AUSTRALE (Muell.) Lewton Malvaceae. 
Collected from plants in wild. 
277495. BAUHINIA FASSOGLENSIS Kotschy Caesalpiniaceae. 
From Tanganyika. Seeds presented by the Northern Regional Research 
Centre, Arusha. Received Dec. 1, 1961. 
Collected at Ilonga, Kilosa. 
277496 and 277497. RICINUS COMMUNIS L. Euphorbiaceae. 
Castorbean. 
From Thailand. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Bang- 
kok. Received Dec. 1, 1961. 
277496. No.1. Seeds large, reddish. 
277497. No.2. Seeds large, whitish. 
