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246558 to 246564. 



From Europe and Africa. Seeds collected by Louis Williams and Xorris Gilbert, 

 agricultural explorers, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Di- 

 vision, Beltsyille, Md. Received March 14, 1958. 



246558. Aspabagtjs sp. Convallariaceae. 



Col. No. 21001. Lisbon, Portugal. A climbing ornamental asparagus fruit- 

 ing and flowering out-of-doors. 



246559. Citeullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



Col. No. 21003. Experimental Station, Bambey, Senegal. Primitive form; 

 fruits globose, to 8 inches in diameter ; flesh white, not bitter. Probably 

 planted as a source of moisture for cattle during the dry season. 



246560. Dolichos t.abt.ae L. Fabaceae. Hyacinth-bean. 



Col. No. 21002. Experimental Station, Bambey, Senegal. A white-flowered 

 type ; drought resistant. Used as a cover crop and green manure. 



246561. Landolphia sp. Apocynaceae. 



Col. No. 21046. Along Kisantu-Leopoldville Road, 22 miles southwest of 

 Leopoldville, Belgian Congo. Vine to six feet high; fruits said to be edible. 



246562. Luffa cyeixdeica (L.) Roemer Cucurbitaceae. Suakwa towelgourd. 



Col. No. 21004. Experimental Station, Bambey, Senegal. Fiber sometimes 

 used as a sponge. 



246563. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 

 Col. No. 21057. Market in Madimba, Belgian Congo. Seeds white. 



246564. Teiphasia graxdifolia Merr. Rutaceae. 



Col. No. 21013. Kisantu Botanical Garden, Kisantu. Belgian Congo. Shrub 

 to 14 feet high. 



246565 to 246569. Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. Brassicaceae. 



Cabbage. 



From Great Britain. Seeds presented by the National Institute of Agricultural 

 Botany, Cambridge, England. Received Mar. 14, 1958. 



246565. 'Alexander's No. 1'. 



246566. 'Ormskirk Early'. (Clucas.) 



246567. 'Ormskirk Medium'. (Clucas.) 



246568. 'Ormskirk Late Green'. (Clucas.) 



246569. 'Ormskirk Extra Late'. (Clucas.) 



246570 to 246584. 



From Peru. Tubers and fruits collected by D. S. Correll and E. E. Smith, col- 

 laborators, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Mar. 17, 1958. 



246570 and 246571. Solantjm acaule Bitter. Solanaceae. 



Col. No. P-298. Slopes above Cullnay, Lima. Elevation 4.050 meters. 

 Plants in low rosette. Flowers blue; fruits ovoid; tubers small, ellipsoid or 

 round. 



246570. (Tubers.) 



246571. (Fruits.) 



246572. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. P-282. Below Canta. Lima. Elevation 2,200 meters. Flowers 

 purple, rotate, with prominent stamen. 



