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251702 to 251704. Sesamum ixdicum L. Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 



251702. No. 818. D.C.C. 23. 



251703. No. 899. 'Kuban 55'. 



251704. No. 742. 'Kohditersky 2058'. Used in confections. 



251705. Trifolium apertum Bobr. Fabaceae. 



No. 27313. Plant annual, erect, usually branching close to the ground ; 

 leaves hairy on the upper side, superior leaves minutely dentate; stipules 

 elongate, sublinear and acuminate, margins clearly pilose ; peduncle appressed 

 after flowering and elongate ; petals 1.5-4 cm. long and 0.5-1.5 cm. wide ; corolla 

 yellow, tube sparingly pilose ; pod one-seeded, slightly curved, 1 4-15 mm. 

 long, coriaceous or membraneous. Flowers in June and fruits in July. 

 Habitat: along edge of woods and in thickets, Caucasus. The wild form 

 resembles T. alexandrinum. 



251706 and 251717. Trifolium pratense L. Red clover, 



251706. No. 21987. From Nosov. 



251707. 



No. 24631. 



'Foliosunr. Central U.S.S.R. 



251708. 



No. 24653. 



'Foliosunr. Konipsev. 



251709. 



No. 25748. 



Chuisky, Kazakh. 



251710. 



No. 26047. 



'Foliosunr. Siverski. 



251711. 



No. 26774. 



Gribonovsky. 



251712. 



No. 27610. 



A two cut type. 



251713. 



No. 27611. 



'Foliosmn'. Azovka. 



251714. 



No. 27612. 



Zazer. 



251715. 



No. 27618. 



Talmagsky. 



251716. 



No. 29504. 



Tntervallare'. A two cut type. 



251717. 



No. 30121. 



Local strain. 



251718 and 251719. 



From Panama. Seeds collected and presented by I. S. Nelson, Southwestern 

 Louisiana Institute, Lafayette, Louisiana. Received Oct. 7, 1958. 



251718. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 45. 'Zarzamora'. Boquete, Panama. Elevation 4,000 feet. Fruits red, 

 1.5 inches long. Thirty-one almost black fruits on sprig from which seeds 

 were taken. Bears throughout year. 



251719. Rubus sp. 



No. 48. 'Zarzamora'. Cero Punter, Panama. Elevation 5,000 feet. Semi- 

 trailing, resembling native Louisiana blackberry. Fruits black when ripe. 



251720 to 251759. 



From Mexico. Tubers collected by J. G. Hawkes, J. P. Hjerting and B. N. Lester, 

 Birmingham University, England, 1958 Plant Collecting Expedition to Mexico 

 and Central America. Received Oct. 7, 1958. 



251720. Solanum brachistotrichum (Bitt.) Rydb. Solanaceae. 



Col. No. 1471. Valuarte, 35 km. from Fresnillo, road to Durango, Zacatecas. 

 Elevation 2,150 meters. 



251721 and 251722. Solanum brachycarpum Correll. 



251721. Col. No. 1547. Tranquitas, Nevada de Colima, Jalisco. Elevation 

 3,200 meters. Flowers violet; berries conico-ovoid ; tubers large. 



251722. Col. No. 1577. San Juan de los Cumbres, Morelia-Mexico City 

 road, Michoacan. Flowers violet; berries ovate-conical. 

 251723. Solaxum bulbocastanum Dun. 



Col. No. 1565. Cerro Punguato, near Morelia, Michoacan. Elevation 2,300 

 meters. 



