154 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 172 



298656 to 298817— Continued 



298735 to 298812— Continued 



298807. ELS 6402-425. Adaba market, near Shashamanne. Elevation 

 7,700 feet. 



298808. ELS 6402-426. Dembacha market, 230 miles northwest of Addis 

 Ababa. Elevation 7,000 feet. 



298809. ELS 6402-427. Sheki market, near Jimma. Elevation 7,000 

 feet. 



298810. ELS 6402^128. Natr market, near Jimma. Elevation 6,300 feet. 



298811. ELS 6402-429. Debre Berhan market, northeast of Addis Ababa. 



298812. ELS 6402-430. Santamma market. Jimma area. Elevation 

 7,900 feet. 



298813. HORDEUM Bp. 



ELS r,402-:i25. 01<i Omo Road, 63 miles southeast of Jimma. Elevation 

 8,100 feet. Kernels black; awns rough; caryopsis covered; rachilla hairs 

 long. 



29SN14. HnKOKl-M sp. 



ELS 6402 328. Old Omo Road, »'>3 miles southeast of Jimma. Elevation 

 8,10(» feet. Kernels blue; awns rough; caryopsis covered; rachilla hairs 

 long. 



298«1.">. HOBDEUM Bp. 



ELS 6402 872. Six miles east of Shashamanne, towards Goba. Elevation 

 7,600 feet Kernels white; awns rough; caryopsis covered; rachilla hairs 

 short. 



298816. HOHDEUM Bp. 



ELS 6402-373. Eighty-one miles east of Shashamanne, towards Goba. 

 Elevation 11,600 feet. Kernels white; awns rough; caryopsis covered; 



rachilla hairs short. 



298817. HORDEUM sp. 



ELS 6402-383. Eighty-one miles east of Shashamanne, towards Goba. 

 Elevation 11,500 feet. Kernels blue; awns rough; caryopsis covered; 

 rachilla hairs short. 



298818 to 298825. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by the Universidad Agraria, Departmento de 

 Horticultura, La Molina, Lima. Received June 22, 1964. 



298818. Cucurbit. \ maxima Duchesne. Cucurbitaceae. Squash. 



'Zapallo Macre'. Planted 12-18 feet apart, growing period 6-7 months; 

 fruits 40-80 lbs; skin variously colored; flesh soft, dark orange or yellow 

 green, good quality. 



298819 to 298824. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Leguminosae. Common bean. 



All seeds are ovoid, ranging from light tan to a dark purplish brown. 

 Some are mottled. Their peculiarity is in their use. Fried in oil they pop 

 like popcorn. Growing period 6 months in the north central Andes of Peru, 

 under fall conditions (conditions probably similar to our early spring). 



298819. 'Nunal'. 298822. 'Nuna 4\ 



298820. 'Nuna 2'. 298823. 'Nuna 5'. 



298821. 'Nuna 3'. 298824. 'Nuna 6'. 

 298825. Zea mays L. Gramineae. 



'Pardo'. Kernels large, flat, nearly white. Used as sweet corn. 



