JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1962 ihe 
285290 to 285309—Continued 
285291. DIGITARIA sp. Poaceae. 
No. 269. 
285292. MELINIS MINUTIFLORA Beauv. Poaceae. Molasses grass. 
No. 57. 
285293 to 285301. PANICUM MAXIMUM Jacq. Poaceae. Guineagrass. 
285293. No. 1638. 285298. No. 267. 
285294. No..164. 285299. No. 268. 
285295. No. 165. 285300. No. 304. 
285296. No. 169. 285301. No. 309. 
285297. No. 174. 
285302. PASPALUM DILATATUM Poir. Poaceae. Dallisgrass. 
No. 428. 
285303. PENNISETUM PURPUREUM Schum. Poaceae. Napiergrass. 
No. 481. 
285304 to 285309. SETARIA SPHACELATA (Schum.) Stapf & Hubbard Poa- 
ceae. 
285304. No. 04. A-14. 285307. No. 302. 122. 
285305. No. 05. A-11. 285308. No. 308. 127. 
285306. No. 06. A-9. 285309. No. 306. 134. 
285310 to 285478. 
From Nepal. Seeds collected by John L. Creech and Francis deVos, agricul- 
tural explorers, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md., and the Na- 
tional Arboretum, Washington, D.C., respectively. Received Dec. 21, 
1962. 
Collected in the wild during October and November 1962. 
285310. ABIES SPECTABILIS Lambert ex Spach Pinaceae. Himalayan fir. 
Col. No. 1188. Mt. Furkai. Elevation 10,000 feet. Tree has pyramidal 
habitat, to 150 feet high; branches horizontal flat, cones oblong, dark pur- 
ple. 
285311 and 285312. ACER VILLOSUM Wall. Aceraceae. 
285311. Col. No. 1127. Dry sunny area at edge of rhododendron forest, 
Mt. Furkai. Elevation 8,000 feet. Tree to 30 feet high; leaves large, 
with 5 broad lobes; petioles 6 inches long, brownish; samara wings to 
2 inches long, directed forward. 
285312. Col. No. 1129. Dry sunny location on Mt. Furkai. Elevation 
8,700 feet. Tree to 25 feet high; leaves with 5 coarse lobes; petioles 6 
inches long; samara with wings to 2.5 inches long, directed forward 
and overlapping. 
285313 to 285315. ACER CAUDATUM Wall. 
285313. Col. No. 1130. Open, dry area on Mt. Furkai. Elevation 7,000 to 
9,000 feet. Tree to 20 feet high; leaves three lobed; petioles and fruit 
bright red; racemes long, with 10 or more samaras. 
285314. Col. No. 1149. Dry maple-rhododendron forest on Mt. Furkai. 
Elevation 9,500 feet. Tree to 30 feet high; leaves three lobed; petioles 
and winter buds red; fruit small winged, in long-racemed clusters 
containing to 10 samaras. 
285315. Col. No. 1159. Edge of rhododendron forest on Mt. Furkai. 
Elevation 10,900 feet. Tree to 15 feet high; leaves three lobed, turning 
bright yellow; petioles red; fruit brilliant red, in racemes to 8 inches 
long. Tree selected for its desirable fruiting habit and leaf color. 
