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196974 to 196982.— Continued 



196979. Crinum crassipes Baker. Amaryllidaceae. 

 No. 10146. Errer. Flowers said to be white. (Bulb.) 



196980. Cissus sp. Vitaceae. 



No. 10142. Diredawa. Fleshy xerophyte ; flowers yellow. (Leaf.) 



196981. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae. 



No. 10123. Diredawa. May 7, 1951. Woody vine, up to 8 feet long. 

 Flowers pale pink. Cultivated but also wild. (Cuttings.) 



196982. (Undetermined.) 



No. 10130. Diredawa. Leafy shrub up to 10 feet high. Flowers rosy 

 pink and yellow. Plant used as trimmed hedge in Harar. (Plants.) 



196983 to 196985. 



From Mexico. Tubers collected by H. S. Gentry and Charles L. Gilly, Agri- 

 cultural Explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural 

 Engineering, Beltsville, Md. Received June 4, 1951. 



196983. (Undetermined.) 



No. 10496. Nayarit. May 22, 1951. Probably Cycadaceae. 



196984. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



No. 10467. Tierra Blanca, Jalisco. May 17, 1951. 



196985. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 10474. Barrancas, Jalisco. May 19, 1951. 



196986 and 196987. 



From Mexico. Roots collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received June 5, 1951. 



196986. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



No. 10475. Barrancas, Jalisco. May 19, 1951. 



196987. Sprekelia sp. Amaryllidaceae. 

 No. 10501. Nayarit. May 24, 1951. 



196988 and 196989. HIBISCUS CANNABINUS L. Malvaceae. Kenaf. 



From Formosa. Seeds presented by Prof. Yuen-Liang Ku, Agronomy De- 

 partment, National Taiwan University, Taipei. Received June 6, 1951. 



196988. Madras Blue. Originally from India. 



196989. Nadiad Red. Originally from India. 



196990 to 197068. 



From Central America. Collected by Oliver W. Norvell, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 

 Beltsville, Md. Received June 5, 1951. 



Collected in 1951. Unless otherwise mentioned, material was received as 

 seeds. 



196990 to 196995. Ca janus cajan (L.) Druce. Fabaceae. Pigeonpea. 



196990 and 196991. Near Potosi, near Rivas, Nicaragua. May 4. 



196990. No. 2986. 



196991. No. 2988. 



196992 to 196995. From Honduras. 



196992. No. 2989. Near San Pedro Sula. Apr. 6. 



196993. No. 2992. San Pedro Sula. Apr. 6. 



196994. No. 2993. San Pedro Sula. Apr. 6. 



196995. No. 3008. Market, Tela. May 7. 



