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212934 to 212959— Continued 



212941. Medicago hispida Gaertn. 



212942. Medicago hispida var. denticulata (Willd.) Urban. 



212943. Medicago laciniata (L.) Mill. 



212944. Medicago lupulina L. 



212945. Medicago minima (L.) Grufberg. 



212946. Medicago muricata (L.) All. 



212947. Medicago orbicularis (L.) All. 



212948. Medicago praecox DC. 



212949. Medicago prostrata Jacq. 



212950. Medicago rigidula (L.) Desr. 



212951. Medicago sativa L. 



212952. Medicago scutellata (L.) Mill. 



212953. Medicago striata Bast. 



212954. Medicago suffruticosa Ramond. 



212955. Medicago tenoreana Seringe. 



212956. Medicago truncatula Gaertn. 



212957. Medicago tuberculata (Retz.) Willd. 



212958. Medicago turbinata (L.) All. 



212959. Medicago sp. 



212960 to 212967. 



From India. Collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Horticultural 

 Crops Research Branch, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. 



212960. Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle. Rutaceae. Lime. 



No. 13517. Kottayam, Travancore-Cochin State. Jan. 22, 1954. Thin- 

 skinned sour lime. (Seeds.) 



212961 to 212967. Piper nigrum L. Piperaceae. Black pepper. 



212961 and 212962. From Perumila Tea Estate, Konni, Travencore-Co- 

 chin State. Jan. 21, 1954. (Cuttings.) 



212961. No. 13510. Low, cespitose, spreading bush 16-20 inches tall; 

 6-8 inches broad, not climbing; perfect flowers; berries pungent. 



212962. No. 13511. Kotanadan. Climbing vine with rather small, 

 broadly ovace leaves, glaucous below; inflorescence branched, densely 

 fruited; berries large; flowers mostly unisexual. 



212963 to 212965. From Malankara Rubber Estate, 40 miles northeast 

 of Kottayan, Travancore-Cochin. Jan. 22, 1954. 



212963. No. 13512. Valuthanebun. Large climbing vine with open 

 foliage of uniform ovate leaves, spikes with stamens 4-5 inches long, 

 well filled. Altitude 600 feet; rainfall 150-200 inches. Cuttings from 

 terminal branch. 



212964. No. 13513. Large climbing vine with open foliage of uniform 

 ovate leaves, spikes with stamens 4-5 inches long, well-filled. Alti- 

 tude 600 feet; rainfall 150-200 inches. Cuttings from bottom shoots. 



212965. No. 13514. Kudravali. Climbing vine with heavy dark-green 

 foliage; perfect flowers; spikes 5-7 inches long, well-filled or loosely 

 filled. Altitude 600 feet; rainfall 100-200 inches. Cuttings from 

 lower shoots. 



