Vo 17. From Japan. Seeds presented by Muneo Iizuka, Horticultural Research Station, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Hiatsuka, Kanagawa. Received at USDA Plant Industry Station in Beltsville, Maryland on 4 March, 1968. -- USDA Plant Inventory No. 176. A letter from Dr. Muneo Iizuka that was wriiten in 1968 to Dr. Westwood states that: The locallity of the seeds is Tado-machi, Mie-prefecture, long. 20 degrees 15 minutes east, lat. 35 degrees and 45 minutes north, about 800 feet above sea level. -- M.N. Westwood files at NCGR