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248653. Col. No. 21427. Twenty-seven km. southeast of Biuniba, Ruanda- 

 Urundi. Elevation 1.800 meters. 



248654. Col. No. 21433. Twenty-five km. west of Astrida, Ruanda-Urundi. 

 Purple-flowered form growing with white-flowered form. 



248655. Col. No. 21434. Twenty-five km. west of Astrida, Ruanda-Urundi. 

 Elevation 1,900 meters. White-flowered form growing with purple- 

 flowered form. 



248656. Tephrosia sp. 



Col. No. 21354. Twenty-five km. south of Bukava. Elevation 1,600 meters. 

 Shrub to 50 cm. high ; flowers lavender. 



248657. Tephrosia sp. 



Col. No. 21365. Roadside in hills in vicinity of Muramuye, Ruanda-Urundi. 

 Elevation 1,900 meters ; shrub to 1 meter high. 



248658. Tephrosia sp. 



Col. No. 21417. In savanna 20 km. south of Gabiro, Ruanda-Urundi. Eleva- 

 tion 1,500 meters. Perennial to 75 cm. high ; flowers purple. 



248659. Thalictrum sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Col. No. 21432. Seventy km. west of Astrida, Ruanda-Urundi. Elevation 

 2,400 meters. Perennial in forest area ; seeds many, on long slender peduncles. 



248660. ( Undetermined. ) 



Col. No. 21334. On lava fields north of Lake Kivu, about 20 km. west of 

 Goma. Elevation 1,600 meters. Plant attractive ; leaves long, narrow. 



248661. (Undetermined.) Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21430. Seventy-five km. west of Astrida, Ruanda-Urundi. Eleva- 

 tion 2,100 meters. Perennial; pods abundant on plant; seeds persistent in 

 pods. 



248662. (Undetermined.) Cucurbitaceae. 



Col. No. 21454. Northern Rhodesia border with Belgian Congo. About 

 50 km. southeast of Elizabethville. Vine : fruits bright red, to 25 mm. long. 



248663 to 248671. Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton Menthaceae. 



From India and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds collected or bred 

 by the Industrial Crops Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. 

 Numbered June 16, 1958. 



248663. Original seeds received in June, 1931 from the Regional Oil Plant 

 Station, Kruglik, Northern Caucasus, U.S.S.R., under P.I. 92090. 



248664. Indian type. Source unknown. Late maturing ; seeds light brown. 



248665 to 248671. Selections from a cross between P.L 92090 and the Indian 

 type. 



248665. Lot No. 1. Medium early maturity : plants to 3.5 feet high ; seeds 

 dark. 



248666. Not No. 2. Early maturity; plants to 3.5 feet high; seeds dark. 



248667. Lot No. 3. Early maturity ; plants to 3.5 feet high ; seeds dark. 



248668. Lot No. 4. Medium early maturity ; plants to four feet high ; seeds 

 dark. 



248669. Lot No. 5. Early maturity ; plants to 3.5 feet high : seeds dark. 



248670. Lot No. 6. Medium early maturity ; plants to four feet high ; seeds 

 dark. 



248671. Lot No. 7. Early maturity ; plants to four feet high : seeds dark. 



248672 to 248679. 



From France. Plants presented by Marcel Lecoufle, Lecel Boissy-Saint-Leger. 

 Received June 16, 1958. 



