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248219. Col. No. 21292. Dry hills above Kayna. Elevation 1,950 meters. 



248220. Tephkosia aeqtjilata Baker 



Col. No. 21293. Hills 5-10 km. north of Kayna. Elevation 1,600 meters. 

 Plant to 75 cm. high. 



248221. Tephrosia paniculata Welw. 



Col. No. 21295. Dry hills near Kayna. Elevation 1,600 meters. 



248222. Rhynchosia hockii DeWild. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21304. Five km. north of Rutshuru. Vine; leaves 3-foliolate. 



248223. Tephrosia milrbaedii Harms Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21312. Lava fields 50 km. south of Rutshuru. Elevation 1,650 

 meters. 



248224. Tephrosia heckmanniana Harms. 



Col. No. 21324. Three km. south of Rutshuru. Shrub to 2 meters high. 



248225. Thalictrum sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Col. No. 21309. Lava fields 30 km. south of Rutshuru. Elevation 1,700 

 meters. 



248226. Thevetia sp. Apocynaceae. 



Col. No. 21095. Roadside in savanna area 10 km. north of Dungu. Shrub 

 to 3 meters high ; flowers yellow. 



248227. Urena lobata L. Malvaceae. 



Col. No. 21256. Ten km. southeast of Bunia. Shrub to one meter high. 

 248228. (Tephrosia vogelii Hook, f . Fabaceae, 

 From Liberia. Seeds obtained by Marvin Klemme, Bessie, Oklahoma. Collected 



April, 1958, and received May 26, 1958. 



From the Woerlla Nursery, 60 miles east of Monrovia. Rainfall 120 inches. 

 Leaves used by native to poison fish. 



248229 and 248230. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer and E. P. 

 Imle, collaborator, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, 

 BeltsviUe, Md. Received May 26, 1958. 



248229. Trixis radialis (L.) Lag. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 16416. Six to 7 km. north of Villa Flores, Chiapas ; arkosic savanna. 

 Virgate bush to 1.5 meters high ; crown thin, spreading. 



248230. Verbesina sp. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 16415. Villa Flores, Chiapas. Single-stemmed herb to three meters 

 high. 



248231 to 248251. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench Poaceae. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds presented by the Imperial Ethiopian College of Agricul- 

 tural and Mechanical Arts, Dire Dawa. Received May 23, 1958. 



248231. No. 1. Glumes glossy, mahogany, caryopsis grayish-pink. 



248232. No. 2. Caryopsis grayish-pink. 



248233. No. 3. Caryopsis dull red. 



248234. No. 4. Caryopsis chalk-white. 



248235. No. 5. Glumes light reddish. 



248236. No. 6. Glumes white with pinkish tinge. 



248237. No. 7. Glumes straw colored. 



248238. No. 8. Glumes glossy, mahogany ; caryopsis pinkish. 



248239. No. 9. Glumes glossy, mahogany ; caryopsis light violet. 



