JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1962 Dili 
278740 to 278744. TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. Poaceae. 
From China. Seeds presented by the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, 
Taipei, Taiwan. Received January 17, 1962. 
278740. “Taichung 2’. 278743. “Taichung 31’. 
278741. ‘Taichung 23’. — 278744. ‘Taichung 32’. 
278742. ‘Taichung 29’. 
278745 to 278747. 
From Spain. Seeds presented by Jardin Botanico de Madrid. Received Jan- 
uary 17, 1962. 
278745. HORDEUM BULBOSUM L. Poaceae. Bulbous barley. 
278746. HORDEUM SECALINUM Schreb. 
278747. HORDEUM VULGARE L. 
278748. GOSSYPIUM sp. Malvaceae. 
From British Guiana. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mis- 
sion, Georgetown. Received January 17, 1962. 
Collected from plants in the wild. Plants 14 feet high; stems 4 inches in 
diameter; leaves red; blossoms yellow; boll has 3 locks; fiber white. 
278749 and 278750. 
From Mexico. Bulbs collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, Crops 
Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received Jan- 
uary 17, 1962. 
278749. MANFREDA sp. Amaryllidaceae. 
No. 19610. Three to four miles northeast of Tejupilco. Dec. 7, 1961. 
Elevation 6,000 feet. Plants small, few-leaved rosettes; some of he leaves 
spotted, broad, pubescent. 
278750. MANFREDA Sp. 
No. 19611. Three to four miles northeast of Tejupilco. Dec. 7, 1961. 
Elevation 6,000 feet. Small, narrow- -leaved rosettes with leaves on one side 
below peduncle. 
278751 to 278757. HIBISCUS SYRIACUS L. Malvaceae. 
Shrub-althea. 
From France. Plants purchased from Pepinieres Charles Detriche, Angers 
(Main-St. Loire). Received January 19, 1962. 
278751. ‘Amplissima’. 278755. ‘Rubra Grandiflora’. 
278752. ‘Boule de Feu’. 278756. ‘Rubra Plena’. 
278753. ‘Monstruosus Simple’. 278757. ‘Snowdrift’. 
278754. ‘Roseus Plenus’. 
278758 to 278764. ARACHIS HYPOGAEA L. Fabaceae. Peanut. 
From the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Seeds held in storage at 
the North Carolina State College, Raleigh. Numbered January 19, 1962. 
Seeds received from Nyasaland, May 1960. 
278758. ‘ARS. Spanish’. Plant bunch type, to 35.25 cm. high, medium 
size; branches 14, sequential; leaflets 273, 61.4 by 27.2 mm., 5th between 
lower pair; matures in 103 days; shelling 66.4 percent; testa red; ker- 
nels 3 per pod, 71 per oz.; oil content 48.9 percent. Very susceptible to 
Cercospora. 
