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249644. B.R. 118 ; I.C. 1628. White flowered. 



249645. B.R. 178 ; I.C. 1625. Purple flowered. 

 Developed in Uttar Pradesh. 



249646. T163 ; I.C. 775. White flowered ; remarkably high yielding ability. 



249647. Table 19 ; I.C. 2205. A high yielding, high quality table type. 



249648. Crataegus azarolus L. Malaceae. Hawthorn. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by the Institute Ed Orto Botanico, Dell Univer- 

 sita, Palermo. Received Aug. 4, 1958. 



249649. Ficus burkei Miq. Moraceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seed presented by the Division of Botany, 

 Department of Agriculture, Pretoria. Received Aug. 4, 1958. 



A tree ; leaves elliptic4anceolate, to four inches long. 



249650 to 249675. 



From Angola and the Belgian Congo. Seeds collected by Louis Williams and 

 Norris Gilbert, agricultural explorers, New Crops Research Branch, Crops 

 Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received Aug. 4, 1958. 



From Angola, unless otherwise noted. 



249650. Tephrosia linearis (Willd.) Pers. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 21349. Ruzizi Valley, 45 miles south of Bukava, Belgian Congo. 



249651. Tephrosia sp. 



Col. No. 21491. Elevation 6,200 feet. Rocky slopes of canyon above Sa da 

 Bandeira. Annual to one foot high ; leaves trifoliate. 



249652. Tephrosia sp. 



Col. No. 21516. Sandy forest soil, nine miles west of Huila. Elevation 5,600 

 feet. Perennial to 1.5 feet high ; leaves trifoliate. 



249653. Tephrosia sp. 



Col. No. 21559. Open savanna 15 miles north of Nova Lisbon. Elevation 

 5,000 feet. Perennial to three feet high ; leaves trifoliate ; fruits axillary. 



249654. Tephrosia sp. 



Col. No. 21562. Scrub forest, 12 miles north of Nova Lisboa. Elevation 

 5,000 feet. Vine. 



249655. Burkea africana, Hook. Caesalpiniaceae. 



Col. No. 21479. Wooded plain near Vila Arraga. Elevation 3,000 feet, 

 tree to 12 feet high. 



249656. Caesalpinia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



Col. No. 21539. Open slopes nine miles south of Cuima. Elevation 5,000 

 feet. W T oody perennial ; seed pods thick, woody. 



249657. Calotropis procera Ait. Asclepiadaceae. 



Col. No. 21582A. San Miquel Fortress, Luanda. Tree to 24 feet high; 

 leaves glaucous green ; flowers blue. 



249658. Christiana sp. Tiliaceae. 



Col. No. 21476. On wooded plain near Vila Arraga. Elevation 3,000 feet. 

 Shrub to three feet high ; flowers yellow. 



249659. Ocimum sp. Menthaceae. 



Col. No. 21492. Abundant in rocky slopes of Canyon above Sa da Bandeira. 

 Elevation 7,000 feet. Shrub to three feet high; foliage fair; flowers small; 

 bracts large, lavender, at top of inflorescence. 



