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238940 to 238945. 



From Great Britian. Seeds presented by F. R. Irvine, Tavistock Square, London, 

 England. Received Apr. 15, 1957. 



Originally from northern Nigeria. 



238940. Ceratotheca sesamoides Endl. Pedaliaceae. 



238941 to 238945. Voandzeia subterranea (L.) Thouars Fabaceae. 



238941. 'Bambara Purple'. Grown at Ibadan. 



238942. L 809. 



238943. L 912. 



238944. 'L 1001 MontoF. From Langtang. 



238945. 'L 1091 Gurjiya'. Purple and cream. 



238946 to 238956. 



From Portugal. Collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Plant Intro- 

 duction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received Apr. 16, 

 1957. Collected Apr. 5 to 9, 1957. 



238946. Brunsvigia rosea (Lam.) Hannibal Amaryllidaceae. 



Col. No. 3778. Near Vouzla, Serra do Caramulo. Moist woodland. (Bulbs.) 



238947. Begonia maxima Klotsch Begoniaceae. 



Col. No. 3786. Estufa Fria, Lisbon. Stems deeply angled. (Cuttings.) 



238948. Dombeya burgessiae Gerr. Sterculiaceae. 



Col. No. 3788. Jardim Coloniale, Lisbon. Subtropical evergreen shrub to 

 12 inches high; leaves to eight inches wide, hairy; flowers pink, long-peduncled, 

 terminal, pendulous clusters. (Cuttings.) 



238949. Erythrina corallodendrum L. Fabaceae. Coraltree. 



Col. No. 3791. Museo Agricola do Ultramar, Belem, Lisbon. Tree to 20. 

 feet high; old branches unarmed, new ones spiny; flowers scarlet, terminal on 

 the ends of leafless branches. (Plants.) 



238950. Ficus magnolioides Borzi Moraceae. Fig. 



Col. No. 3789. Jardim Coloniale, Lisbon. Evergreen tree to 60 feet high, 

 stilt-roots; leaves to eight inches long, lustrous, deep green. Ornamental 

 (Cuttings.) 



238951. Genistella tridentata (L.) Sampaio Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 3783. Serra do Caramulo. Shrub; flowers deep yellow. (Plant 

 and cuttings.) 



238952. Iris alata Poir. Iridaceae. Scorpion iris. 



Col. No. 3784. Near Venda do Brasil, southeast of Condeixa. Limestone 

 slopes. (Corms.) 



238953. Iris biflora L. 



Col. No. 3785. Open stony slopes in limestone region, near Venda do Brasil, 

 southeast of Condeixa. Plant 6 inches high; flowers blue to violet-purple. 



238954. Iris sisyrinchium L. Moraea iris. 



Col. No. 3756. Near Venda do Brasil, southeast of Condeixa. Flowers 

 deep blue. (Corms.) 



238955. Oreopanax capitatum Decne. & Planch. Araliaceae. 



Col. No. 3787. Jardim Coloniale, Lisbon. Evergreen tree to 25 feet high; 

 crown spreading; leaves to 8 inches long, deep green, lustrous. Reputedly 

 kills bees attempting to pollinate the flowers. 



238956. Podocarpus manmii Hook. f. Taxaceae. 



Col. No. 3790. Jardim Coloniale, Lisbon. Evergreen tree. (Cuttings.) 



