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288245. Raphanus sativus L. Brassicaceae. Radish. 



'Balady'. Leaves smooth; roots white, tapered. Leaves and roots are 

 eaten in Egypt. 



288246 to 288250. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, Crops 

 Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 Apr. 9, 1963. 



288246. Cassia covesii A. Gray Caesalpiniaceae. 



Col. No. 17731. Roadside 16 miles east of Navajo, Sonora, road to 

 Alamos. Spreading adventive annual to 1.5 feet high. 



288247. Cassia unlflora Mill. Caesalpiniaceae. 



Col. No. 18366. Guamuchil, Sinoloa. Elevation 200 feet. Summer an- 

 nual to 6 feet high in thick stands along field margins and roads. 



288248. Cuphea painteri Rose Lythraceae. 



Col. No. 19522. Shrubby, grassy mountain slope south of Etzatlan, 

 Jalisco. Elevation 5,000 feet. Single stemmed perennial to 3 feet high; 

 branches 4 to 6 ; racemes elongate ; flowers light pink. 



288249. Dalea nutans Willd. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 18350. Twelve miles southeast of Tepic, Nayarit. Elevation 

 3,600 feet. Diffuse herbaceous annual to 6 feet high in fallow land; flowers 

 red purple with white banner. 



288250. Physalis nicandroides Schlecht. Solanaceae. 



Col. No. 18302. Twenty miles south of Guadalajara, Jalisco. Elevation 

 5,000 feet. Roadside summer annual to 6 feet high; fruits abundant. 



288251 and 288252. 



From the Republic of South Africa. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry and 

 A. S. Barclay, agricultural explorers, Crops Research Division, Plant 

 Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received Apr. 9, 1963. 



288251. Helichrysum fulgidum Willd. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 18912. Roadside, 12 miles north of Queenstown, Cape Province, 

 road to Dordrecht. Perennial herb to 2.5 feet high with 10 to 40 scapose 

 stems ; crown broad, leafy, lanate ; flowers bright yellow, in several heads ; 

 seeding determinately. Has cumeric odor. 



288252. Peucedanum capense Sond. Apiaceae. 



Col. No. 939. Abundant in fields near road, 13.5 miles northwest of 

 Plattenberg Bay, road to Uniondale. Shrubby perennial to 6 feet high; 

 flowers yellow. 



288253 to 288256. 



From Turkey. Seeds obtained from the University of Ankara, Ankara, un- 

 der Public Law 480. Received Apr. 9, 1963. 



288253. Astragalus hamosus L. Fabaceae. 

 Annual to 1.5 feet high. 



288254. Crepis foetida L. Cichoriaceae. 

 Annual to 2 feet high. 



288255. Onobrychis argyrea Boiss. Fabaceae. 

 Perennial to 3 feet high. 



288256. Thlaspi perfoliatum L. Brassicaceae. 

 Annual to 1.5 feet high. 



