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255659. Coffea arabica L. Rubiaceae. Arabian coffee. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds presented by the Coffee Development Project, Addis 

 Ababa. Received Mar. 3, 1959. 



'BE-14-Loulo'. Collected at 1,800 meters elevation near Yrga Ciame. Leaf 

 leathery ; midrib prominent both ventrally and dorsally ; axillary glands dominant ; 

 fruit waxy in appearance after drying; epidermis especially tough. Unlike other 

 'Sidamo' coffees. 



255660 to 255665. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds collected by P. F. Knowles, collaborator, New Crops 

 Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received Mar. 2, 

 1959. 



255660 and 255661. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 



255660. Col. No. K-1799. Herat bazaar. Fruit to three inches long; 

 bright red. 



255661. Col. No. K-1801. Herat. 



255662. Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



Col. No. K-1800. Herat Province. Fruits to 24 inches long, cylindrical; 

 flesh whitish to pinkish, sweet; rind medium-thick. 



255663. Cucumis melo var. flexttosus (L.) Naud. Cucurbitaceae. 

 Col. No. K-1802. Collected in Iran. 



255664. Ertjca sativa Mill. Brassicaceae. Rocket-salad. 

 Col. No. K-1791. Turbak'. Charikar bazaar. 



255665. Lactuca sp. Cichoriaceae. 



Col. No. K-1785. Twenty km. north of Kabul. Plants to six feet high 



255666 to 255722. 



From Australia. Seeds collected by G. H. Spalding, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 Mar. 2, 1959. 



From Victoria unless otherwise noted. 



255666. Acacia calamifolia Sweet Mimosaceae. 



Col. No. S-301. A. E. Lindner's garden, Vectis South. Dense symmetrical 

 shrub to four feet high; phyllodes light green, to four inches long; flowers bright 

 yellow. 



255667. Acacia jonesii Muell. & Maid. 



Col. No. S-430. Miss Alison Ashby's garden, South Australia. Shrub to 

 four feet high; flowers golden-yellow. 



255668. Acacia sophorae var. sophorae (Labill.) R. Br. 



Col. No. 230. State Forest Nursery, Wail. Tree to 15 feet high; branches 

 sometimes pendulous; foliage yellow-green, dense; flowers bright yellow; good 

 ground cover, especially on coastal sand dunes; withstands wind-pruning. 



255669. Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. 



Col. No. S-456. B. Schubert's garden, Noble Park. Spreading shrub to 

 three feet high and four feet across; phyllodes yellow-green, ovate, about one 

 inch long; flowers pale yellow. 



255670. Acacia notabilis F. Muell. 



Col. No. S-231. State Forest Nursery, Wail. Spreading shrub to six feet 

 high; phyllodes yellow-green, to six inches long; flowers large, golden yellow. 

 For limestone or sandy regions with annual rainfall of 15 to 25 inches. 



