56 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 166 



246365 to 246369. Glycine max (L.) Merr. Fabaceae. Soybean. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Experiment Station, Miyagi 

 Prefecture, Sendai City. Received March 5, 1958. 



246365. 'Iwate'. (1956). 246368. 'Tsurunotomo No. 1'. 



246366. 'Kinsei No. 1\ 246369. 'Ugo'. 



246367. 'Shimoda Shitachi'. 

 246370 to 246375. 



From Greece. Scions presented by the Superior School of Agriculture, Athens. 

 Received March 6, 1958. 



246370. Olea europaea L. Oleaceae. Common olive. 

 'Konservalia Amphissis\ 



246371. Pistacia terebinthus L. Anacardiaceae. False terebinth. 

 246372 to 246375. Pistacia vera L. Common pistachio. 



246372. Male. 246374. Female. 



246373. Male. 246375. Male. 

 246376 to 246387. 



From the Belgian Congo. Seed collected by Louis Williams and Norris Gilbert, 

 plant explorers, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, 

 Beltsville, Md. Received March 7, 1958. 



Collected at the Essais de la Mission de Kisantu. 



246376. Andropogon huillensis Rendle Poaceae. Bluestem. 

 Col. No. 21051. Caespitose perennial to 6 feet high ; rhizome short, oblique. 



Found in meadows and damp pastures. 



246377. Cassia alata L. Caesalpiniaceae. Ringworm cassia. 

 Col. No. 21049. Shrub to 6 feet high ; flowers yellow. 



246378. Cassia sp. 



Col. No. 21038. Plant to 12 inches high; abundant annual on sandy soil; 

 flowers yellow, used for fodder. Elevation 1,200 feet. 



246379. Cassia occidentalis L. Senna. 



Col. No. 21039. Annual to 20 inches high ; used as fodder. Elevation 1,500 

 feet. 



246380. Crotalaria axillaris Ait. Fabaceae. 

 Col. No. 21052. Dry garden, shrub to 9 feet high. 



246381. Crotalaria sp. 



Col. No. 21037. Abundant in sandy soil. Annual to 20 inches high. Ele- 

 vation 1,500 feet. 



246382. Indigofera sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21031. Annual to 3 feet high ; fruiting pods abundant. 

 246383 to 246385. Sesamum angolense Welw. Pedaliaceae. 



246383. Col. No. 21010. Sandy soil perennial to 4 feet high ; flowers laven- 

 der ; seeds brown and black. 



246384. Col. No. 21011. Soil sandy. Perennial to 4 feet high ; flowers white. 



246385. Col. No. 21040. Soil sandy. Perennial to 3 feet high; flowers 

 purple, shatter easily. 



246386. Sesamum indicum L. Sesame. 



Col. No. 21055. Cultivated. 



