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246628. Hypocyrta radican Kl. & Hanst. Lythraceae. 



Col. No. 18268. Small herb ; foliage dark green ; flowers reddish-pink. 



246629. Fittonia argyroneura Coem. Acanthaceae. 



Col. No. 18233. Plant to 16 inches high, venation yellowish-green. 



246630. Fittonia verschaffeltii Coem. 



Col. No. 18234. Plant to 16 inches high, venation pinkish-red. 



246631. Fittonia argyroneura Coem. 



Col. No. 18254. Plant to 10 inches high, venation cream-colored. 



246632. Fittonia verschaffeltii Coem. 

 Col. No. 18255. Venation deep pink. 



246633. Peperomia sp. Piperaceae. 



Col. No. 18225. Plants to 18 inches high. 



246634. Peperomia sp. 



Col. No. 18226. Plant to 10 inches high. 



246635. Peperomia sp. 



Col. No. 18227. Plant to 12 inches high; leaves dark green mottled with 

 gray. 



246636. Peperomia sp. 



Col. No. 18228. Plant to 12 inches high. 



246637. Peperomia sp. 



Col. No. 18229. Plant to 12 inches high. 



246638. Peperomia sp. 



Col. No. 18230. Plant to 12 inches high. 



246639. Peperomia sp. 



Col. No. 18231. Plant to 12 inches high. 



246640. Peperomia sp. 



Col. No. 18232. Plant to 10 inches high ; leaves dark green above. 



246641. Peperomia sp. 



Col. No. 18252. Leaves large, ovate, deep green with pale gray markings. 



246642. Philodendron bipinnatifidtjm Schott. Araceae. 

 Col. No. 18258. Plant to three feet high. 



246643. Philodendron gigantheum Schott. 



Col. No. 18257. Plant to six feet high ; leaves to three feet long, dark green. 

 246664. Pitcairnia sp. Bromeliaceae. 



Col. No. 18247. Grows on moist rocks in fairly dense forest. 



246645. Solanttm pseudocapsictjm L. Solanaceae. Jerusalem-cherry, 



Col. No. 18269. Plant normally to three feet high, but as a house plant it 

 can be trimmed to about 15 inches ; foliage dark green ; fruits deep pink. 



246646. Sophronitis grandiflora Lindl. Orchidaceae. Orchid. 

 Col. No. 18251. Plant small ; flowers redidsh. 



246647. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 18248. Plant grayish, growing among rocks in garden. 

 246648. Telfairia pedata (J. E. Sm.) Hook. Cucurbitaceae. 



From Southern Rhodesia. Seeds presented by E. A. Menninger, Stuart, Florida. 

 Received March 20, 1958. 



From Bulawayo. Climbing shrub with edible kernels yielding oil reportedly 

 equal in quality to olive oil. 



