226 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 162 217918 to 217922. From Pakistan. Bulbs collected by H. S. Gentry and E. E. Smith, Agricultural Explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received May 24,1954. 217918. IXIOLIRION sp. Amaryllidaceae. No. 14092. Parichinar, Kurrinam Valley, N. W. F. Province. Apr. 22, 1954. Altitude 5,800 feet. Ten to 15 inches tall, with bright-purple flowers. 217919. TULIPA sp. Liliaceae. Tulip. No. 14075. Four miles southwest of Hungu, Northwest Frontier Prov- ince. Apr. 21,1954. 217920. TULIPA sp. No. 14091. Parichinar, Kurram Valley, Northwest Frontier Province. Apr. 22,1954. 217921. TULIPA sp. No. 14202. Kanjoo, Saidu, Swat. Apr. 30, 1954. Altitude 3,000 feet 217922. (Undetermined.) Liliaceae. No. 14203. Kanjoo, Saidu, Swat. Apr. 30, 1953. 217923 to 217925. CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA (L.) Taub. Fabaceae. Guar. From India. Seeds presented by the Division of Botany, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India, Received May 24, 1954. 217923. E.C. 248A. 217924. I.C. 32. 217925. I.C. 43. 217926 and 217927. CERATONIA SILIQUA L. Fabaceae. Carob. From Italy. Budsticks presented by the Stazione Sperimentale Di Agrumi- coltura E. Frutticoltura, Acireale, Sicily. Received May 25, 1954. 217926. Saccarata. 217927. Tantillo. Hermaphrodite. 217928. PHYLLOSTACHYS NIGRA var. KENONIS f. BORYANA (Mitf.) Makino. Poaceae. Bamboo. From California. Roots presented by Dr. R. J. Seibert, Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia, Calif. Numbered May 25, 1954. Probably originally introduced from China by a missionary family into Altadena, Calif. Culms unusually striking because of large mahogany blotches on inter- nodes. Roots planted at the U. S. Plant Introduction Garden, Savannah, Ga. 217929 to 217972. From Pakistan. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry and E. E. Smith, Agricultural Explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received May 25, 1954. 217929 and 217930, HIBISCUS ESCULENTUS L. Malvaceae. Okra. 217929. No. 13988. Market, Rawalpindi. Local variety. Light irriga- tion recommended. Apr. 10, 1954. 217930. No. 14117. Market, Bannu. Apr. 23, 1954. Local variety. 217931. BRASSICA CAMPESTRIS var. SARSON Prain. Brassicaceae. Sarson. No. 13964. Market, Rawalpindi. Apr. 10, 1954. Seeds grown for oil.