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278167 to 278169. 
From India. Plants purchased from the Imperial Nursery, Calcutta. Received 
Jan. 11, 1962. 
278167. LAGERSTROEMIA SPECIOSA (Muench.) Pers. lLythraceae. 
Queen crapemyrtle. 
278168. LAGERSTROEMIA THORELLII Gagnep. 
278169. LAGERSTROEMIA sp. 
278170. LIMNANTHES DOUGLASII R. Br. Limnanthaceae. 
Meadowfoam. 
From Europe. Seeds purchased from Harry Saier, Dimondale, Michigan. 
Received Jan. 11, 1962. 
Collected summer 1961. 
278171. TRIFOLIUM REPENS L. Fabaceae. Whiteclover. 
From Nigeria. Seeds presented by the Federal Department of Agricultural 
Research, Ibadan. Received Jan. 11, 1962. 
278172. OXYTENANTHERA ABYSSINICA (A. Rich.) Munro 
Poaceae. Bamboo. 
From the Sudan. Seeds presented by the Food and Agricultural Organiza- 
tion, United Nations, Khartoum. Received Jan. 11, 1962. 
Collected approximately 4°2’ N., 30°38’ E., near Kagelu, Yei District, 
Equatoria Province. 
278173 to 278175. 
From Turkey. Seeds presented by the University of Nebraska Faculty in 
Turkey, United States Operations Mission, Ankara. Received Jan. 11, 
1962. 
278173. CoRNUS MAS L. Cornaceae. Cornelian-cherry. 
‘Kizilcik’, Small tree in wild, northwest Turkey. Fruits edible, excellent 
for jelly and jam. 
278174. CRATAEGUS sp. Malaceae. 
‘Mus Mula’. Tree in Tortum Lake area, to 25 feet high; leaves 3 inches 
long, 1.5 inches wide; fruit large, edible. 
278175. PRUNUS MAHALEB L. Amygdalaceae. Mahaleb cherry. 
A drought-resistant, smali tree from Elazig. 
278176 to 278179. | 
From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry and A. S. Barclay, agricul- 
tural explorers, Crops Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Belts- 
ville, Md. Received Jan. 15, 1962. 
278176. BUNCHOSIA SONORENSIS Rose Malpighiaceae. 
Col. No. 19440. Sierra de Alamos, Sonora. Elevation 1,000 feet. Small 
tree or shrub; leaves green; flowers yellow; fruit bright orange. Ornamen- 
tal. 
278177. IPOMOEA sp. Convolvulaceae. 
Col. No. 19456. Street planting Culiacan, Sinaloa. Very large vine; 
trunk woody; leaves large, cordate; flowers large, bell shaped, pink. 
278178. RANDIA LAEVIGATA Standley Rubiaceae. 
Col. No. 19459. Eighteen miles east of Alamos, Sonora. Tree small, un- 
armed, spreading; leaves large. Ornamental. 
278179. ZINNIA LINEARIS Benth. Asteraceae. 
Col. No. 19503, Along highway to Guadalajara, 23 miles southeast of 
Tepic. Annual with white and orange flowers; wild. 
