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246649 and 246650. Pachyrhiztts erosus (L.) Urban Fabaceae. 



Yam-bean. 



From Mexico. Presented by Gordon B. Ross, Tapachula, Chianas. Received 

 Mar. 20, 1958. 



From Market, Mexico City. 



246649. (Tuber.) 



246650. (Seeds.) 

 246651 and 246652. 



From New Guinea. Plants presented by the Department of Forests, Division of 

 Botany, Lae. Received Mar. 21, 1958. 



246651. Nepenthes mirabilis (Lour.) Druce Nepenthaceae. 



246652. Tecomanthe dendeophila (Blume) K. Schum. Bignoniaceae. 



246653. Crinum asiaticum L. Amaryllidaceae. Poisonbulb. 



From Brazil. Bulbs collected by Llewelyn Williams, agricultural explorer, New 

 Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 Mar. 21, 1958. 



Col. No. 18188. Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro. Stems stout; leaves to 

 five feet long ; flowers white. Native to Asia. 



246654. Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf Poaceae. 



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

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

 vision, Beltsville, Md. Received Mar. 24, 1958. 



Col. No. 21356. Ruzizi Valley, 45 km. south of Bukavu. Plants 3 meters high ; 

 panicles open ; stilt roots. 



246655 and 246656. Miscanthtjs sinensis var. condensatus (Hack.) 

 Makino. Poaceae. 



From Japan. Plants presented by the Kyoto University, Kyoto. Received 

 March 25, 1958. 



Collected from Hachyo Island. 



246655. 'Imazo'. Male sterile variety with growth habits of 'Yoreba'. 



246656. 'Yoreba'. (Leaf twisted.) Vigorous perennial growing in moist soil 

 in warm regions. 



246657 and 246658. 



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

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

 vision, Beltsville, Md. Received March 25, 1958. 



246657. Gaecinia diilcis (Roxb.) Kurz. Clusiaceae. 



Col. No. 21074. 'Apricot de Mexique'. Yangambi Station, Institut National 

 pour 1'Etude Agronomique du Congo Beige. Handsome small tree producing 

 unusually good fruit ; pulp apricot colored. 



246658. Pachira aquatica Aubl. Bombacaceae. Guiana-chestnut. 



Col. No. 21075. Yangambi Station, National pour 1'Etude Agronomique du 

 Congo Beige. Tree to 10 meters high. 



246659. Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal. Dioscoreaceae. 



From Guatemala. Seeds presented by Christian W. Bruhn, Mansion San Fran- 

 cisco, Guatemala City. Received March 25, 1958. 



Collected near Patulul, Esquintla. 



246660 to 246667. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Experiment Farm, Anno, 

 Nishi-no-omote, Tanegashima. Received Mar. 25, 1958. 



