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405064 to 405070. From United States. Seed originally received September 1952 unless otherwise noted from Forage and Range Research Branch and reproduced by Regional Intro- duction Station, Ames, Iowa. Received September 30,1975. 405064. MEDICAGO FALCATA L. Fabaceae. Yellow alfalfa. F. C. 24280. U.S. Legume Seed Research Laboratory, Logan, Utah. 1951. 405065. MEDICAGO GLUTINOSA Bieb. F. C. 34511. Original seed presented by Lincoln College, Christchurch, New Zea- land, 1959. Received at Ames, Iowa December 1960. 405066 to 405070. MEDICAGO SATIVA L. Alfalfa. 405066. F.C. 23904. 'Nomad'. Creeping alfalfa. Original seed purchased 1950 from E. F. Burlingham, Forest Grove, Oregon. 405067. F.C. 23982. 'Uruguay Clone 10'. Original seed presented by N. L. Mc- Farlane, Extension Service, University of California, Davis, California 1950. 405068. F.C. 24337. 'Mandan 1271'. Selection from 'Semipalatinsk' made 1950 at Northern Great Plains Field Station, Mandan, North Dakota. 405069. F.C. 24355. 'Northern Synthetic A-225'. No source data. 405070. F.C. 24364. 'Sevelra'. Original seed purchased 1952 from Albert Dickin- son Seed Company, Nampa, Idaho. Seed from alfalfa grown on a ranch of this name, purchased by a seed company. 405071. L. . . From People's Republic of China. Seed collected by William Thomas, Jr., United States Liaison Office, Peking and presented to S. S. Chase, Shokan, New York. Received November 3,1975. Red variety from Lu Nan County, Yunnan Province. Reported to be cold tolerant. 405072. ORYZA SATIVA L. Poaceae. Rice. From United States. Seed presented by B. D. Webb, Rice Research Station, Beaumont, Texas. Received October 22,1975. Tohonishika'. Originally from Japan. Extra translucent, short-grain variety. Brought to the U.S. for parboiling tests. 405073. RHODODENDRON BRACHYCARPUM D. Don ex G. Don subsp. TIGERSTEDTH Nitzelius Ericaceae. From United States. Seedlings presented by Col. Ray Goodrich, Vienna, Virginia. Re- ceived November 12,1975. Originally from Botanical Garden, Goteborg, Sweden. 405074. ERAGROSTIS TEF (Zucc.) Trotter Poaceae. Teff. From United States. Seed presented by Paul Voigt, Grassland-Forage Research Center, Temple, Texas. Received October 20,1975. Contaminant from P.I. 299941 (E. lehmanniana) originally collected 1964 near Graaff- Reinet, Cape Province, South Africa. 405075 to 405081. ORYZA SATIVA L. Poaceae. Rice. From Taiwan. Seed presented by Ying-chuan Lu, Head, Department of Agronomy, Na- tional Chung-Hsing University, Taichung. Received October 27,1975. 405075. 'Chia-nung (Hsian) No. 6'. Plant to 80 cm tall. Maturity 131 days. 405076. 'Chia-nung (Hsian) No. 8'. Plant to 80 cm tall. Maturity 130 days.