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304635 and 304636. 



From Great Britain. Plants and scions purchased from George Jackman & 

 Son Ltd., Working, Surrey, England. Received Mar. 5, 1965. 



304635. Pinus nigra f. pygmaea (Carr.) Render Pinaceae. 



Austrian pine. 



304636. Pyrus salicifolia Pall. Rosaceae. Willow-leaf pear. 

 'Pendula'. 



304637. Malus sylvestris Mill. Rosaceae. Apple. 



From Canada. Scions presented by the Research Station, Canada Department 

 of Agriculture, Summerland, B.C. Received Mar. 5, 1965. 



'Summerred'. 



304638 to 304645. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds collected by F. G. Meyer, United States National Ar- 

 boretum, Washington, D.C. Collected December 1964. Received Mar. 5, 

 1965. 



304638. Ca janus cajan (L.) Millsp. Leguminosae. Pigeon-pea. 



No. 8733. Hirna village, 143 km. west of Dira Dawa on Awash road, 

 Harar Province. Elevation 5,100 feet. Shrub to 6 feet high, arching 

 branches; flowers yellow with reddish markings; used locally for porridge. 



304639. Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. ex. Klotzsch. Euphorbiaceae. 



Common poinsettia. 



No. 9081. Cultivated in front of Ghion Hotel, Jimma, Kaffa Province. 

 Fruiting abundantly, common. 

 304640 to 304643. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. Castorbean. 



304640. Debre Work village, 16 km. south of Mesan Teferi airstrip, Kaffa 

 Province. Elevation 1,380 meters. Small seeded. 



304641. No. 9054. Debre Work village, 16 km. south of Mesan Teferi 

 airstrip, Kaffa Province. Large seeded. 



304642. No. 8832. Road to Agaro, 5 km. from Ghembi village, Kaffa 

 Province. Elevation 1,600 meters. Shrub, large to 10 feet high. 

 Leaves small; variant of plant commonly found in area. 



304643. No. 9053. Ainamba village, behind governor's house in com- 

 pound, Kaffa Province. Elevation 1,500 meters. Shrub about 10 feet 

 high with reddish small leaves. Small seeded phase of the plant found 

 in area. 



304644. Trifolium sp. Leguminosae. 



No. 8600. Entotto Mountain behind Addis Ababa, Shoa Province. Ele- 

 vation 2,400 meters. Field, semicultivated and cut for hay each season. 

 Annual to 20 inches high, sparsely branched; flowers purple. 



304645. (Undetermined.) Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 8912. North of Teppi village 2 km., Illubabor Province. Elevation 

 1,320 meters. In hedge around house. Strong climber from fleshy tuberous 

 root, eaten as potato substitute; fruit oblong, orange and whitish mottled. 



304646 to 304650. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Foundacion Miquel Lillo, Miquel 

 Lillo 205, Tucuman. Received Mar. 5, 1965. 



304646. Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. Leguminosae. Pigeon-pea. 



304647. Crotalaria incana L. Leguminosae. 

 Venezuela strain 1195. 



