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247413. Themeda gigantea (Cav.) Hack. Poaceae. Redgrass. 

 Col. No. 21070. Grass to five meters high. 



247414 and 247415. Fragaria (hybrids) . Eosaceae. Strawberry. 



From Great Britain. Plants presented by the Scottish Horticultural Institute, 

 Mylnefield, Invergowrie, Dundee, Angus, Scotland. Received Apr. 22, 1958. 



'Redgauntlet', a new commercial variety released in England a year ago. 

 Resistant to the common race of red stele disease. 



247414. Grown at East Loan Field, Mylnefield. 



247415. Grown at Gauze House, Mylnefield. 



247416 to 247431. Dianthus (hybrids). Silenaceae. Pink. 



From France. Cuttings received from the Ministere do l'Agriculture, Nice. Re- 

 ceived Apr. 23, 1958. 



247416. 'Ambossadeur'. 247424. 'P.I. Awriol'. 



247417. 'Boreal'. 247425. 'Rayou D'Or'. 



247418. 'Carnaval'. 247426. 'Rodeo'. 



247419. 'Liberation'. 247427. 'San Severina'. 



247420. 'Messaline'. 247428. 'Seduction'. 



247421. 'Mistral'. 247429. 'Vedette'. 



247422. 'Monique'. 247430. 'Versailles'. 



247423. 'Primavera'. 247431. 'Ville de Nice'. 

 247432 to 247438. 



From Somalia. Seeds presented by Edgar J. Reeves, Mogadisco. Received April 

 23, 1958. 



247432. Agrostis canina L. Poaceae. Velvet bentgrass. 



A perennial rootstock type of grass 40 km. south of Baidoa, in dry farming 

 area ; eaten readily by cattle and sheep. 



247433. Canavalia sp. Fabaceae. 



Elevation 500 meters. Vine with attractive flowers. 



247434. Coechoeus sp. Tiliaceae. 



From Bonca farm near Baidoa. Elevation 500 meters. Plant eaten by cattle 

 and sheep. 



247435. Ceotalaeia senegalensis Bade. Fabaceae. 



Twenty km. west and south of Baidoa. Elevation 500 meters. Camels, 

 cows, and sheep graze the plants when green. 



247436. Indigofeea sp. Fabaceae. 



Bonca Experiment farm near Baidoa. Elevation 500 meters. 



247437. Sobghum veesicolob Anderss. Poaceae. Black sudangrass. 

 Near Baidoa. 



247438. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi Fabaceae. Common cowpea. 

 Bonca Experimental Station, Baidoa. 



247439 to 247441. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 

 Fukuoka. Received Apr. 24, 1958. 



247439. Stizolobium hassjoo Piper & Tracy Fabaceae. 



Yokohama velvetbean. 



247440. Stizolobium pbueiens (Wight) Piper & Tracy Cowhage velvetbean. 



247441. Stizolobium sp. 



