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249085 and 249086. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



From India. Collected by P. F. Knowles, collaborator, New Crops Research 

 Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received July 2, 1958. 



Eighty -eight km. north of Ahwaz. 



249085. Col. No. K856. (Bulbs.) 



249086. Col. No. K856. (Seeds.) 



249087 to 249113. 



From Angola. Collected by Louis O. Williams and Norris W. Gilbert, agricul- 

 tural explorers, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, 

 Beltsville, Md. Collected in April, 1958. 



Material received as seed unless otherwise noted. 



249087. Adiantum sp. Polypodiaceae. Fern. 



Col. No. 21511. Sandstone, 15 km. west of Huila. Elevation 1.800 meters. 

 Plant to 15 cm. high ; attractive for rock gardens. (Plant. ) 



249088. Aloe sp. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 21526. Rocky hill 10 km. north of Humpata. Elevation 2,200 meters. 

 Stems long ; flowers scarlet-red. 



249089. Axoe sp. 



Col. No. 21527. Twenty km. north of Humpata. Elevation 2,300 meters. 

 Flowers pale-red. 



249090. Aloe sp. 



Col. No. 21550. Scrub forest 25 km. south of Sa da Bandeira. Elevation 

 1,600 meters. Perennial, apparently sessile. 



249091. Aloe sp. 



Col. No. 21581. San Miguel Fortress, Luanda. Plant treelike, attractive. 



249092. Anemone sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Col. No. 21555. Scrub forest 10 km. north of Nova Lisboa. Elevation 1,800 

 meters. Leaves whorled ; fruiting heads attractive. 



249093. Anemone sp. 



Col. No. 21556. Scrub forest 15 km. north of Nova Lisboa. Plant to 60 cm. 

 high. 



249094. Clematis sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Col. No. 21464. 'Scrub forest 20 km. north of Sa da Bandeira. Elevation 

 2,000 meters. Shrub to 1 meter high ; foliage attractive. 



249095. Clematis commutata Kuntze 



Col. No. 21502. Near Humpata. Elevation 2,300 meters. Shrub to 1 meter 

 high ; foliage grayish ; flowers white about 3 cm. in diameter ; fruits attractive. 



249096. Combretum sp. Combretaceae. 



Col. No. 21475. Wooded plain near Vila Arriage. Elevation 1,000 meters. 

 Shrub to 2 meters high ; flowers in tight racemes, ornamental. 



249097. Dodonaea sp. Sapindaceae. 



Col. No. 21514. Near Huila. Elevation 1,600 meters. Shrub to 5 meters 

 high. Leaves lanceolate ; fruits reddish, abundant. 



249098. Euphorbia sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



Col. No. 21606. Canyon 30 km. southeast of Usakos. Succulent ; stems to 

 1 cm. in diameter. 



249099. Hypericum sp. Hypericaceae. 



Col. No. 21507. Scrub forest near Jau. Elevation 1.700 meters. Plant 

 small; leaves fleshy, four-ranked. (Tubers.) 



