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240857 to 240873— Continued 

 240863 to 240873— Continued 



240871 to 240873. From Ghana, W. Sahara, Africa. 



240871. Seeds white. Babile/Lawra District. 



240872. Seeds black. Babile/Lawra District. 



240873. Seeds white. Northwest Ashanti. 

 240874 and 240875. 



From the United States. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Re- 

 ceived June 20, 1957. 



240874. Cassia leptocarpa Benth. Caesalpineaceae. Senna. 



Col. No. 16673. Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Arizona. 

 April 1957. 



240875. Heimia salicifolia (H.B.K.) Link Lythraceae. 



Col. No. 16677. Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Arizona. April 

 1957. Bushy, ornamental shrub; used medicinally. 



240876. Rumex hymenosepalus Torr. Polygonaceae. Canaigre. 



From the United States. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Re- 

 ceived June 20, 1957. 



Col. No. 16680. Five miles south of Sage along road to Aguanga, California. 

 April 1957. 



240877 to 240892. 



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

 Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 June 20, 1957. 



240877. Brongniartia sp. Caesalpineaceae. 



Col. No. 16604. Garboncillo. Ahuaje Pescado, east of Matape, Sonora. 

 May 13, 1957. Short woody perennial, branching from base; flowers dark red; 

 seeds edible when young. 



240878. Bursera fagaroides Engl. Burseraceae. 



Col. No. 16598. Sierra de Mazatan, Sonora. May 12, 1957. Elevation 

 2,500 feet. Low, spreading, leafless, fruiting tree. 



240879. Cucurbita digitata A. Gray Curcurbitaceae. 



Col. No. 16589. Los Posos, northwest Sonora. Apr. 7, 1957. Elevation 

 1,500 feet. Wild ground vine. 



240880. Dalea grayi (Vail) L. O. Wms. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 16614. Rancho Guitara, south of Bacanor, Sonora. May 16, 

 1957. Elevation 2,500 feet. Wild, slender, virgated perennial; browsed by 

 animals. 



240881. Gossypium thurberi Todaro Malvaceae. Cotton. 



Col. No. 16662A. Sierra between Ures and Moctezuma, Sonora. May 

 22, 1957. Elevation 3,000 feet. Single stem shrub to 6 feet high. 



240882. Guardiola sp. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 16610. Ahuaji Pescado, east of Matape, Sonora. May 13, 1957. 

 Elevation 2,700 feet. Leafy, wild, ornamental bush to 5 feet high. 



