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248468. Indigofera suaveolens Juab. & Spach. 



Col. No. 21351. Ruzizi Valley, 100 km. south of Bukavu. Elevation 960 

 meters. Annual. 



248469. Indigofera sp. 



Col. No. 21450. Gravel pit, scrub forest area, 25 km. northeast of Elizabeth- 

 ville. Elevation 1,200 meters. Shrub to 1 meter high. 



248470. Indigofera sp. 



Col. No. 21456. Disturbed roadside soil about 25 km. southeast of Elizabeth- 

 ville. Shrub to 2 meters high. 



248471. Lttpinus sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21429. Twenty km. east of Shangugu, Ruanda-Urundi. Elevation 

 1,800 meters. Annual or biennial ; flowers blue with white and yellow marks. 



248472. Sesamum radiatum Schum. Pedaliaceae. 



Col. No. 21619. Eighty km. from Leopoldville, road to Kiantu. Plant to 

 1 meter high ; flowers large, purple. 



248473. Sesamum sp. 



Col. No. 21617. Seventy km. southwest of Leopoldville. Annual with nar- 

 row leaves. Elevation 500 meters. 



248474. Vigna lebrunii Baker f. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21310. Lava field 50 km. south of Rutshuru. Vine ; flowers yellow. 



248475. Vigna sp. 



Col. No. 21455. Scrub forest about 25 km. southeast of Elizabethville. 

 Elevation 1,200 meters. Vine ; leaves 3-f oliolate. 



248476 to 248482. 



From Portugal. Scions collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New 

 Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 June 2, 1958. 



248476 to 248478. Ceratonia siliqua L. Caesalpiniaceae. Carob. 



248476. Col. No. 16905. Near Tavira. Very vigorous and leafy 20-year-old 

 tree from seed ; fruits well ; pods of fair size, sweet. 



248477. Col. No. 16904. 'Canela'. Near Tavira. A standard variety, said 

 to yield regularly ; pods light, more slender and sweeter than 'Malata'. 



248478. Col. No. 16903. 'Malata'. Tavira, near Seasonal Agricultural 

 Demonstration Station. Large, gnarled old trees, pistillate only, with 

 large fleshy pods, some borne on trunk. Pod size uneven. One of the 

 grafted varieties with dark brown pods when ripe. 



248479. Citrus (hybrid). Rutaceae. 



Col. No. 16906. 'Don Juan Orange'. Posto Agrario, Tavira. Midseason 

 orange. Fruits ripen in May, structure and flavor very good ; seeds few. A 

 recent variety in Portugal. 



248480 to 248482. Prunus amygdalus Batsch. Amygdalaceae. Almond. 



From Posto Agrario, Tavira. 



248480. Col. No. 16908. 'Barrinho Miudo'. Regular producer ; nuts hard, 

 small, not very sweet. 



248481. Col. No. 16909. 'Bonita de San Braz'. Nuts hard, small, sweet. 



248482. Col. No. 16907. 'Duro Amarelo'. Nuts hard, small, sweet. Pro- 

 duces regularly ; flowers in January and February. 



248483 to 248489. Ortza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, 

 Taipei, Taiwan. Received June 2, 1958. 



Genetic stocks. 



