JANUARY 1, 1959 TO DECEMBER 31, 19 59 255 



260987 to 260989. 



From Belgium. Seeds and plants collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, 

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

 Received Oct. 27, 1959. 



From Jardin Botanique de l'Etat, Meise. 



260987. Tacca macrantha W. Limpr. Taccaceae. 



Col. No. 7307. Herb to 18 inches high; leaves erect, long petiolate, lustrous 

 green; fruit to 3 inches long, 1 inch thick, deep purplish. (Seeds). 



260988. Triphasia trifolia (Burn, f.) P. Wilson Rutaceae. 



Col. No. 7291. Evergreen shrub; leaves trifoliate; fruit cherrylike, dark red, 

 fleshy. (Seeds). 



260989. Undetermined. 



Col. No. 7308. Epiphytic climbing on tree trunks; leaves pubescent, dark 

 green; flowers 1 inch across, pink. (Plant.) 



260990 to 260992. 



From the British West Indies. Seeds presented by the Ministry of Agriculture 

 and Lands, Hope, Liguanea, Jamaica. Received Oct. 26, 1959. 



260990. Lawsonia inermis L. Lythraceae. Henna. 



260991. Viburnum glabratum HBK. Caprifoliaceae. 



260992. Viburnum villosum Siv. 



260993 and 260994. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the All- Union 

 Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received Oct. 28, 1959. 



260993. Medicago falcata L. Fabaceae. Yellow-flowered alfalfa. 



K. 33298. Voronez region, Native to Western Siberia. Variable perennial; 

 flowers yellow; pods sickle shape. Cold and drought tolerance and resistance 

 to disease. 



260994. Medicago plattcarpa (L.) Trautv. 



K. 15623. Native to central Siberia. Erect perennial; flowers yellow; 

 pods flat, black, when mature; seeds large. 



260995 and 260996. 



From Ghana. Seeds presented by the Botany Department, University College 

 of Ghana, Legon. Received Oct. 28, 1959. 



260995. Hibiscus cannabinus L. Malvaceae. Kenaf. 

 'Achimota'. Plant atypical, having a terete calyx. 



260996. Sansevieria liberica Ger. & Labr. Liliaceae. 

 Accra plains. 



260997 to 260999. 



From the Belgian Congo. Seeds presented by Institut National pour F Etude 

 Agronomique, Laboratoire Central de Yangambi, Yangambi. Received 

 Oct. 28, 1959. 



260997. Hibiscus eetveldeanus DeWild. & Durr. Malvaceae. 



260998. Hibiscus rostellatus Guill. & Perr. 



260999. Hibiscus surattensis L. 



261000. Allium melanantherum Pane. Liliaceae. 



From Bulgaria. Bulblets presented by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia. 

 Received Oct. 7, 1959. 



No. 5. VIII. 1959. 



