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331661. Solanum nigrum L. Solanaceae. Black nightshade. 



From Tanzania. Seed presented by P. A. H. Rijkebusch, Tanganyika Sisal 

 Growers' Association, Sisal Research Station — Milingano, Ngomeni, 

 Tanga. Numbered July 22, 1968. 



Local name Mnavu. Market in Tanga. 



331662 to 331703. 



From Ethiopia. Seed collected by B. M. Leese and L. V. Peters, Crops Re- 

 search Division, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, 

 Md., and K. 0. Rachie, Rockefeller Foundation, New York, N. Y. 

 Numbered July 22, 1968. 



331662 to 331698. Pennisetum spicatum (L.) Willd. Gramineae. 



Pearl millet. 



331662. Col. 33-B. Mieso, Harrar Province. Elevation 450 m. Bristles 

 obscure. 



331663. Col. 37-B. Fifteen km. north of Mieso, Harrar Province. Ele- 

 vation 450 m. Seed steel gray. 



331664. Col. 50-B. Market in Dire Dawa, Harrar Province. Fifteen 

 km. west of Dire Dawa, Harrar Province, in the valley. Elevation 

 1,250 m. 



331665. Col. 77-B. Heads medium, short in length, compact to very 

 compact; seed medium, light slate gray. 



331666. Col. 78-B. Heads medium large, semispindle shape, compact; 

 seed medium, light slate gray. 



331667. Col. 79-B. Head large, cylindrical, slightly tapered, semicom- 

 pact; seed medium, slate gray; bristles obscure. 



331668. Col. 80-B. Head medium small, lanceolate, compact to very 

 compact; seed medium to small, slate gray. 



Hurso, 30 km. south of Dire Dawa, Harrar Province. Elevation 1,200 m. 



331669. Col. 85-B. Heads medium long, cylindrical, tapered, very com- 

 pact; seed medium, slate gray. 



331670. Col. 86-B. Heads medium long, cylindrical, tapered, compact; 

 seed medium, slate gray; bristles obscure. 



331671. Col. 87-B. Heads spindle lanceolate; rachis bowed, compact; 

 seed medium, slate gray. 



331672. Col. 88-B. Heads medium, cylindrical lanceolate, compact; seed 

 light gray. 



331673. Col. 89-B. Heads medium large, semicompact, spindle lanceo- 

 late; seed medium, pearly gray; bristles obscure, short. 



331674. Col. 90-B. Heads medium, cylindrical, very compact; seed con- 

 ical, slate gray; bristles obscure. 



East of Mieso toward Afdem, Harrar Province. Elevation 1,400 m. 



331675. Col. 96-B. Heads medium, spindle, semicompact; seed medium 

 small to medium large, light slate gray. 



331676. Col. 97-B. Heads medium, spindle, compact; seed slate gray. 



331677. Col. 98-B. Heads medium large, spindle, semicompact; seed 

 medium, slate gray, bristles very obscure. 



331678. Col. 99-B. Heads medium small, cylindrical, semicompact; seed 

 medium, slate gray. 



331679. Col. 100-B. Heads medium long, cylindrical, compact to very 

 compact; seed medium, slate gray. 



Market in Asmara, Eritrea Province. 



