372 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 166 



254620. Rubus sp. Kosaceae. 



From Bolivia. Seeds collected by Ira S. Nelson, Southwestern Louisiana Insti- 

 tute, Lafayette, Louisiana. Received Dec. 15, 1958. 



No. 77. Near Siberia. Oct. 3, 1958. Elevation 2,750 meters. 



254621. Ficus soldanella Warb. Moraceae. Fig. 



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



Pretoria, Transvaal. Received Dec. 16, 1958. 

 Much-branched compact bush ; leaves roundish, cordate, to six inches long ; 

 fruits axillary, globose, three-fourths of an inch in diameter. Native to South 

 America. 



254622 to 254624. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. 



Watermelon. 



From the Sudan. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Khartoum. 

 Received Dec. 18, 1958. 



254622. 'Bol El Homar'. Grown in central, northern and eastern Kordofan. 

 Flesh white; seeds cream-colored; maturing later than 'Nahudi'. Can be 

 stored for long periods. 



254623. 'Nahudi'. Grown in Hamar District. Flesh white; seeds white. 

 Can be stored for about 18 months. Best of these three varieties. 



254624. 'Red'. Grown in central and northern Kordofan. Flesh white ; seeds 

 red ; quality poor, but can be stored for long periods. 



254625 and 254626. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. Garden pea. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Sydney, 

 New South Wales. Received Dec. 18, 1958. 



254625. 'Kellerva'. Formerly from Finland. 



254626. 'Lima'. Origin unknown. Introduced to New South Wales before 

 1928. 



254627. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



From the Union of Socialist Republics. Seeds held by the Vegetables and Orna- 

 mentals Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Num- 

 bered Dec. 22, 1958. 



Collected at the Stalin Collective Farm, Tashkent. August 5, 1958. Plants 

 planted very thick in the row ; bulbs light tan, 1.5 inches in diameter, round ; 

 moderately strong ; multiplier type. 



254628 and 254629. Allium ampeloprasum var. holmense 



Graebn. & Kirchin. Liliaceae. 

 From Italy. Bulbs presented by L. Chiarappa, Rome. Received Dec. 19, 1958. 



254628. From Stintino, Sardinia. October, 1958. 



254629. From the Istituto Botanico, University of Rome, Rome. October, 

 1958. 



254630 to 254635. Saccharum (hybrids). Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Cuba. 'Cuttings presented by the Department of Agriculture, Havana. 

 Received Dec. 22, 1958. 



254630. C. 104-49. 



254631. C. 525-50. 



254632. C. 529-50. 



254633. C. 540-47. 



254634. C. 676-47. 



254635. C. 693-47. 



