112 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 166 



247395. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 21501. Slopes 5 km. north of Hampata. Elevation 2,100 meters. 

 Salmon-color flowers, similar to small gladiolus. 



247396. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 21529. In scrub forest near Cliicomba. (Plants. ) 



247397. Sctlla lanceaefolia Baker. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 21448. Twenty-five km. north of Nova Lisboa. Bulbs round ; leaves 

 20 cm. long and 5 cm. wide. 



247398 to 247403. 



From Greece. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Attache, United States Em- 

 bassy, Athens. Received April 22, 1958. 



247398 and 247399. Citrulltjs vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon, 



247398. 'Astakon'. Astakos. 



247399. 'Manolados'. Manolas, N.W. Peloponnesus. 



247400 to 247403. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



247400. 'Argos'. Argos, N.E. Peloponnesus. 



247401. 'Chimoniatiko Psachnon'. Psachna, Euboea. 



247402. 'Krithino Psachnon'. Psachna, Euboea. 



247403. 'Orchomenos'. ('Moulki'.) Orchomenos, near Levadis. 



247404 to 247413. 



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

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

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



From the Yangambi Station of Institut National pour 1'Etude Agronomique 

 du Congo Beige. 



247404. Brachiaria ruziziensis Germain & Evrard Poaceae. 



Col. No. 21068. Plant to 50 cm. high ; leaves broad and tender. Sodium con- 

 tent said to be high. 



247405. Cassia hirsuta L. Caesalpiniaceae. Senna. 

 Col. No. 21076. Suffruticose annual to two meters high. 



247406. Centrosema pubescens Benth. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21064. Vines to 20 cm. long. Useful pasture protein additive. 



247407. Crotalaria axillaris Ait. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21071. Annual savanna plant of interest as green manure. 



247408. Crotalaria in can a L. 



Col. No. 21072. Annual savanna plant of interest as green manure. 



247409. Indigofera sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21063. Small plant with purple-mauve flowers. Useful as low grass 

 pasture. 



247410 and 247411. Setaria sphacelata (Schum.) Stapf & Hubb. ex. M. B. 

 Moss Poaceae. Millet. 



247410. CoL No. 21061. Caespitose ; blades to 50 cm. long. 



247411. Col. No. 21069. Somewhat stoloniferous, to 50 cm. high; inflores- 

 cence to one meter high ; leaves broad. Sodium content said to be high. 



247412. Stylosanthes gracilis H. B. K. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21060. Plant to one meter high or less when grazed or kept cut back. 

 Said to fruit better in drier savanna areas. 



