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128891 to 128893. TRIFOLIUM REPENS L. Fabaceae. White clover. From NGrasslands Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Plant Research Bureau. Received April 26, 1938. 128891. New Zealand Certified Mother Seed, Ac. 2414. 128892. New Zealand Certified Permanent Pasture, Ac. 2426. 128893. New Zealand Pedigree Seed, Ac. 2419. 128894. GLYCERIA MULTIFLORA Steud. Poaceae. Grass. iTrom Chile. Seeds presented by Father Atanasio Hollenmeyer, Mision Quin- chilca, through Prof. T. H. Goodspeed, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Received May 6, 1938. A perennial grass with stems 3 feet or higher; grows in swamps and on banks near stagnant water; a good grazing grass. 128895 to 128897. TRIFOLIUM spp. Fabaceae. From Denmark. Seeds presented by the Danske Landboforeningers Fr0forsyning, ; Taastrup. Received May 6, 1938. 128895 and 128896. TBIFOLTUM PRATENSE L. Red clover. 128895. Early 0tofte El 406. 12S$%. Late 0iofte El 454. 128897. TRIFOLIUM REPENS L. White clover. Morse 0tofte El 407. 128898. BEGONIA SUTHERLANDI Hook, f. Begoniaceae. From Pennsylvania. Plants presented by Mrs. J. Norman Henry, Gladwyne. Received May 9, 1938. A tuberous begonia with slender, bright red-purple stems 1 to 2 feet high, translucent ovate-lanceolate leaves, the blades about 5 inches long, and axillary and terminal cymes of many orange to rose-red flowers, each about 1 inch in diameter. Native to damp, shady places in Natal at altitudes of 3,500 to 5,000 feet. 128899 to 128908. CUCUMIS MELO L. Cucurbitaceae, Muskmelon. From France. Seeds purchased from Tezier Freres, Valence-sur-Rhone. Received May 22, 1938. 128899. Ananas d'Am&rique d Chair Rouge, 128900. Cantaloup d'Alger. 128901. Cantaloup de Bellegarde. 128902. Charentais (choix courant). 128903. de Cavaillon a Chair Rouge. 128904. de Cavaillon a Chair Verte. 128905. Devices de la Table. 128906. Noir des Carmes. 128907. Prescott Fond Blanc Gros. 128908. Sucrin de Tours. 128909 to 128917. From India. Seeds collected by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Received April 26,1938. 128909. CICEB ARiETiNtiM L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. Sabour Type 4. From the Botanical Section, Sabour, District Bhagalpur, Bihar.