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249889. Nerine sarniensis var. corusca Baker Amaryllidaceae. 



From Great Britain. Bulbs presented by P. M. Vandertang, l'lslet Guernsey, 

 English Channel. Received August 8, 1958. 



'Major'. Flowers pale orange ; petals less recurved than the botanical variety. 



249890 to 249893. 



From Kenya. Seeds presented by the East African Herbarium, Nairobi. 

 Received August 11, 1958. 



249890. Ipomoea hilderbrandtii Vatke Convolvulaceae. 



249891. Ipomoea hilderbrandtii var. megaensis Verdcourt 



249892. Ipomoea marmorta Britt. & Rendle. 



249893. Ipomoea ocheacea G. Don 



249894 to 249897. Cucumis longipes Hook, f . Cucurbitaceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Pretoria, Transvaal. Received Aug. 11, 1958. 



Prostrate monoecious annual ; leaves 2-4 inches long, similar to C. flcifolius, 

 deeply cut into 5-7 obovate-round toothed lobes, scabrous on both surfaces; 

 ovary echinate with short stiff prickles ; fruit oblong, two inches long, on a 

 stout, curved, peduncle 3-5 inches long, rounded at both ends, smooth and gla- 

 brous except for few scattered prickles ; seeds 0.18 inch long, elliptic-oblong, 

 pale brown, smooth, margins rounded. 



249894. 'Gatooma 26'. Large fruited type with long spines. Originally from 

 Southern Rhodesia. 



249895. 'Gatooma 29'. Large fruited type with long spines. Originally from 

 Southern Rhodesia. 



249896. 'Clark No. 156'. Small fruited type. Originally from Northern 

 Rhodesia. 



249897. 'Jensen'. Originally from South West Africa. 



249898 to 249922. 



From Portugal, Greece, and Spain. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural 

 explorer, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Aug. 11, 1958. 



From Portugal unless otherwise noted. 



249898 to 249903. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



249898. Col. No. 16920. 'Cebola Valenciana'. Lisbon seed store. 



249899. Col. No. 16921. 'Cebola Garrafal'. Lisbon seed store. 



249900. Col. No. 16922. 'Cebola de SetusaP. Lisbon seed store. 



249901. Col. No. 16923. 'Cebola Saloia'. Lisbon seed store. 



249902. Col. No. 16941. 'Cebola Temprana o Babosa'. Estacion de 

 Horticultura, Valencia, Spain. Early white variety. Does not keep well. 



249903. Col. No. 16942. 'Cebola de Grano'. Estacion de Horticulture, 

 Valencia, Spain. Indigenous, sweet, reddish variety maturing in August, 

 keeps through the winter. 



249904. Asphodelus lusitanicus Henriq. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 16919. Oeiras. Winter-spring perennial herb, used for skin 



diseases. 



249905. Aster linosyris ( L. ) Bernh. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 16926. Oeiras. Ornamental perennial in Mediterranean type cli- 

 mate. Native to Portugal. 



