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247377. Pop. 17. ('Saloum Dresse'.) Ivory Coast. 



247378. Pop. 34. ('Saloum Dresse'.) Ivory Coast. 



247379. Pop. 171. ('Baol Rampant'.) Louga, Senegal. 



247380. Pop. 289. ('Saloum Dresse'.) Secco Keur Valy N'Diaye, Kaolock, 

 Senegal. 



247381. Pop. 293. ('Cayor Rampant'.) Secco de Keur Cheikhou, Djilor, Sene- 

 gal. 



247382. P.I. 54. ('Chine'.) Antalya, Turkey. 



247383 to 247397. 



From Angola. Plant material collected by Louis Williams and Norris Gilbert, 

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

 sion, Beltsville, Md. Received April 22, 1958. 



Collected as bulbs unless otherwise noted. 



247383. Aloe sp. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 21471. Twenty km. north of Sa da Bandeira. Plant develops stem 

 to 2 meters long. 



247384. Gladiolus sp. Iridaceae. 



Col. No. 21531. Abundant in moist meadow, about 30 km. south of Vila 

 Robert Williams. Elevation 1,600 meters. Leaves to 30 cm. long. 



247385. Gladiolus sp. 



Col. No. 21530. In loose red soil near Cusse. Elevation 1,600 meters. 

 Leaves to 50 cm. long. 



247386. Moeaea edulis Ker.-Gawl. Iridaceae. 



Col. No. 21500. Hillsides near head of Bimbe (Canyon), about 25 km. north- 

 west of Humpata. Elevation 2,200 meters. Bulbs tunicate ; stems to 50 cm. 

 high ; leaves linear to 100 cm. long ; flowers deep purple, almost black. 



247387. Ibis sp. Iridaceae. 



Col. No. 21557. Low scrub area, 15 km. north of Nova Lisboa. Elevation 

 1,800 meters. Stalk to 50 cm. high ; flowers blue. 



247388. Iris sp. 



Col. No. 21558. Five km. north of Nova Lisboa. Elevation 1,800 meters. 

 Stalk to 60 cm. high ; flowers yellow. 



247389. Sansevieria sp. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 21459. Twenty km. north of Sa da Bandeira. Elevation 1,900 

 meters. Leaves elliptic, to 25 cm. long, 7 cm. broad ; mottled, margins sphace- 

 late. (Plants.) 



247390. Sansevieria sp. 



Col. No. 21504. Abundant in the scrub near Mucuma. Elevation 1,600 

 meters. Leaves to 80 cm. high, canaliculate at the base. (Plants.) 



247391. Sansevieria sp. 



Col. No. 21528. In scrub forest near Chicomba, Angola. Elevation 1,400 

 meters. Leaves sphacelate, sometimes tessellate above, to 30 cm. long. (Cut- 

 tings. ) 



247392. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 21460. Twenty km. north of Sa da Bandeira, Angola. Elevation 

 5,800 meters. Bulbous plant to 1 meter high, not common. 



247393. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 21461. Twenty km. north of Sa da Bandeira in scrub forest area. 

 Elevation 1,700 meters. Plant to 1 meter high ; root comose. 



247394. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 21462. Twenty km. north of Sa da Bandeira. Elevation 1,600 meters. 

 Terrestrial ; roots large ; calanthe-like bulbs above ground. ( Plant. ) 



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