JANUARY 1, 1959 TO DECEMBER 31, 19 59 39 



255326. Agave schottii Engelm. Amaryllidaceae. 



From the United States. Plant collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, 

 New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Dec. 9, 1950. Numbered Feb. 5, 1959. 



Col. No. 10020. South slope of Catalina Mountain, Mount Lemon Road, 

 Arizona. Elevation 4,000 feet. Plant cespitose; leaves yellowish-green. 



255327. Ophiopogon intermeditjs D. Don Liliaceae. 



From Great Britain. Plant presented by the Roval Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 

 Scotland. Received Feb. 6, 1959. 



255328 to 255330. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. 



Redpepper. 



From Korea. Seeds held at the Agricultural Experiment Station, Clemson, S.C. 

 Numbered Feb. 6, 1959. 



Formerly grown at the National Institute of Horticulture, Seoul. 



255328. An early, vigorous cultivar, to 93 cm. high; foliage dark green; 

 fruit weight to 7 grams, mild, to 75 per plant, uniform. 



255329. A vigorous medium-season cultivar to 83 cm. high; foliage green; 

 fruit weight to 6.5 grams, mild, to 90 per plant, uniform. 



255330. A vigorous medium-season cultivar to 76 cm. high; foliage dark green; 

 fruit weight to 6 grams, pungent, to 130 per plant, uniform. 



255331 to 255339. 



From Kenya. Seeds presented by the Grassland Research Station, Kitale. 

 Received Feb. 6, 1959. 



255331 to 255336. Panicxjm coloratum L. Poaceae. 



255331. K52233. A small type of good quality herbage. 



255332. K52430. Kisii. A giant form to 6 feet high; probably a poly- 

 ploid. 



255333. K52490. Solai. A standard commercial type. A satisfactory 

 ley grass. 



255334. K53743. Kitui District. A creeping form with long runners, low 

 growth. 



255335. Annual to 3 feet high; panicles very large, loose. Grows on sea- 

 sonally water-logged black heavy clays. 



255336. Annual to 3 feet high; panicles very large, loose. Grows on sea- 

 sonally water-logged black heavy clays. 



255337. Panicum massainse Mez. 

 Namanga, semi-desert area. 



255338. Panicum poaeoides Stapf 

 Nairobi. Grows in seasonal swamps. 



255339. Panicum trichocladum Hack. 



K53904. A trailing perennial valued by the Africans as a fodder or for 

 grazing. 



255340 to 255343. Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst.) Stapf Poaceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Division of Crops and 

 Pastures, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, Transvaal. Received Feb. 6, 

 1959. 



255340. DL/58/87. Uganda. 



255341. DL/58/88. 'Rust der Winter'. 



255342. DL/58/89. Rustenburg, Pretoria. 



255343. DL/58/90. Belgian Congo. 



