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249906. Beassica rapa L. Brassicaceae. Turnip. 



Col. No. 16958. 'Colinabo'. Market, Murcia, Spain. 

 249907 to 249911. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 



249907. Col. No. 16924. 'Pimentos da America'. Lisbon seed store. 



249908. Col. No. 16925. 'Pimentos Morrones". Lisbon seed store. 



249909. Col. No. 16943. 'Pimento de Tres Puntas'. Estacion de Horticul- 

 tura, Valencia, Spain. Small, sweet, green variety. 



249910. Col. No. 16944. 'Pimiento de Cuatro Cantos'. Estacion de Horti- 

 tura, Valencia, Spain. Large 4-cornered variety. 



249911. Col. No. 16945. 'Esmento Comicabra'. Estacion de Horticultura, 

 Valencia, Spain. Green variety with slender rounded acuminate fruits. 



249912. Hypochaeris radicata L. Cichoriaceae. 



Col. No. 17070. Fifteen miles north of Ierissos, Athos, Greece. Scapose 

 annual weed. 



249913. Cucurbita ficifolia Bouche Cucurbitaceae. Alcallota. 

 Col. No. 16956. 'Calabasa Celbolla Angel'. Market, Murcia, Spain. 



249914. Cuctjrbita maxima Duchesne Squash. 

 Col. No. 16957. Market, Murcia, Spain. Summer squash. 



249915. Cynara cardunculus L. Asteraceae. Cardoon. 



Col. No. 16946. 'Cardo'. Estacion de Horticultura, Valencia. Spain. 

 Bleached leaves eaten as a vegetable. 



249916. Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Presl Poaceae. Tall oatgrass. 



Col. No. 16899. Mountains near Evora. Elevation 500 meters. Sparsely 

 leaved perennial, seeding poorly and early. 



249917. Lavandula sp. Menthaceae. 



Col. No. 16897. Along road in sedimentary rocks, 38 km. northeast of 

 Evora. Elevation 500 meters. Perennial to four dm. high, strongly aromatic. 



249918. Medicago orbicularis (L.) All. Fabaceae. Buttonclover. 

 Col. No. 16913. Near Tavira. Winter-spring annual. 



249919. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 



Col. No. 16954. 'Frijol Herraduca Argentinos'. Market, Murcia, Spain. 

 Curling, flat-podded pole bean ; eaten green. Irrigated. 



249920. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodiaceae. Common spinach. 

 Col. No. 16955. 'Espinaca Veroflay'. Market, Murica, Spain. 



249921. Trieolium resupinatum L. Fabaceae. Persian clover. 

 Col. No. 16912. Near Tavira. Winter-spring annual liked by sheep. 



249922. Vicia lutea L. Fabaceae. Vetch. 

 Col. No. 16914. Near Tavira. Determinate winter-spring annual. 



249923 to 249926. Malus sylvestris Mill. Malaceae. 



Common apple. 



From New Zealand. Scions presented by the Department of Scientific and 

 Industrial Research, Fruit Research Division, Auckland. Received August 

 11, 1958. 



249923. 'Gravenstein'. 



249924. 'Kidd's Orange'. 



249925. 'King Cole'. 



249926. 'Red Gravenstein Oratia Beauty'. 

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