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214299 to 214301. Piper nigrum L. Piperaceae. Black pepper. 



From India. Collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Intro- 

 duction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Mar. 29, 1954. 



214299. No. 13866. Kall-balamcotta. Woshully Estate, Pollibetta, Coorg. 

 Mar. 20, 1954. (Cuttings.) 



214300. No. 13848. Dodo Betta Mountain, near Ootacamund, Mar. 18, 

 1954. Altitude 7,800 feet. Rainfall 50 inches. Wild vine; dioecious spikes 

 5 inches long, some well-filled with large berries, scarcely pungent. 

 (Seeds.) 



214301. No. 13867. Kall-balamcotta. Woshully Estate, Pollibetta, Coorg. 

 Mar. 20, 1954. (Seeds.) 



214302 to 214305. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



From Peru. Cuttings collected by E. E. Smith, Agricultural Explorer, Plant 

 introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Mar. 30, 1954. 



La Molina Experiment Station, Lima. Mar. 26, 1954. 



214302. No. 486-C. Zapallo. 214304. No. 488-C. Chancleta. 



214303. No. 487-C. 214305. No. 489-C. Lirio. 

 Paramonguino. 



214306 to 214354. 



From India. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Plant 

 Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Mar. 30, 1954. 



214306 and 214307. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



214306. No. 13717. Government seed farm, Sirsa, Punjab. February 

 1954. Sandy loam. Early maturing variety cultivated for fodder; 

 irrigated. 



214307. No. 13718. Government seed farm, Sirsa, Punjab. February 

 1954. Sandy loam. Late maturing variety; irrigated. 



214308. Brassica rapa L. Brassicaceae. Turnip. 



No. 13469. Market, Mysore. Jan. 12, 1954. Altitude 2,500 feet. White- 

 rooted turnip sometimes eaten raw; mostly cooked. 



214309 and 214310. Cantharospermum scarabaeoidum (L.) Baill. 

 Fabaceae. 



214309. No. 13178. Six miles south of Dharwar, Bombay State. Dec. 

 10, 1953. Rocky slope. A procumbent, perennial with yellow flowers. 



214310. No. 13247. Eight miles west of Poona, Bombay. Dec. 13, 1953. 



Grassland on volcanic hills. 



214311 to 214314. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 



214311. No. 13595. Market, Dehra Dun. Feb. 14, 1954. Altitude 2,400 

 feet. Small smooth seeds. 



214312. No. 13650. Market, Hissar, Punjab. Feb. 20, 1954. Sandy 

 plain. Small white seeds with little sculpturing. 



214313. No. 13657. Gram. Badopl, Hissar District, Punjab. Feb. 21, 

 1954. Sandy dune; dryf arming during winter. 



214314. No. 13689. Market, Moga, Punjab. Feb. 24, 1954. Sandy 

 plain. Dry -farmed; seeds, round, white. 



