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247471. Vernonia sp. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 21117. Savanna at Magombo Station of Institut National pour 

 l'Etude Agronomique du Congo, 30 kms. north of Niangara. Flowers blue- 

 purple. 



247472. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 21062. Yangambi Station of Institut National pour l'Etude Agron- 

 omique du Congo. Handsome tree to 20 meters high ; foliage dark-green. 



247473. ( Undetermined. ) 



Col. No. 21080. Yangambi. Tree to 20 meters in forest ; leaves decompound ;. 

 pods indehiscent. 



247474 and 247475. 



From Somalia. Seeds collected by E. H. Reeves, Mogadisco. 

 Received April 25, 1958. 



247474. Tephrosia sp. Fabaceae. 



'Dargo Lo\ Bonca Experimental Farm near Baidoa. A native species 

 being developed in dry land areas for use in rotation to crop feed. Livestock 

 and sheep eat it readily. Rainfall 400 to 500 cm. per year, 250-300 cm. in the 

 rainy season. 



247475. Tephrosia sp. 



Bonca Experiment Farm about 4,500 meters elevation. May be same as 

 sample of 'Dargo Lo'. Seeds generally smaller and plant appeared to be 

 slightly smaller-leafed and not as coarse. Rainfall 400 to 550 cm. ; 250 to 

 300 cm. in harvest season. 



247476 to 247527. 



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 Apr. 25, 1958. 



247476. Argyrolobium aequinoctiale Welw. & Baker Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21166. Institut National pour l'Etude Agronomique du Congo. 

 Station, Nioka. Shrub to 70 cm. high ; foliage green, nearly to ground at end 

 of dry season. 



247477. Beckeropsis uxiseta (Nees) Stapf ex Robyns Poaceae. 



Col. No. 21229. Nioka Station, Institut National pour l'Etude Agronomique 

 du Congo. 



247478. Centrosema plumieri (Turp.) Benth. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21090. Bambesa Station, Institut National pour l'Etude Agron- 

 omique du Congo. 



247479. Centrosema ptjbescens Benth. 



Col. No. 21084. Bambesa Station, Institut National pour l'Etude Agron- 

 omique du Congo. Perennial, good for pasture. 



247480. Crotalaria incana L. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21285. Ten km. south of Beni. Plant to 1 meter high. 



247481. Crotalaria lachnocarpa Hochst. 



Col. No. 21319. North end of Lake Kivu. Plant to 2 meters high. 



247482. Crotalaria mtjcronata Desv. Striped crotalaria. 

 Col. No. 21322. West side of Lake Kivu near Bntare. Plant to 1 meter 



high. Abundant pods. 



247483. Crotalaria sp. 



Col. No. 21085. Wild in savanna, Bambesa. Plant to 1 meter high. 



