JANUARY 1, 1961 TO DECEMBER 31, 1961 119 
273830 to 273859—Continued 
273836 to 273859—Continued 
273853. ‘Sazanami’. Leaves cut, purple. 
273854. ‘Shishigashira’. 
273855. ‘Tamukeyama’. Leaves small, red. 
273856. ‘Beni-Shidore’. Leaves tricolored. 
273857. ‘Tatsutagawa’. Leaves green. 
273858. ‘Utsusemi’. Leaves large, yellowish. 
273859. ‘Yatsubusa’. Leaves small. 
273860 to 274017. 
From Ethiopia. Seeds collected by J. R. Harlan, agricultural explorer, Crops 
Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received 
April 7, 1961. 
273860 and 273861. ANDROPOGON ABYSSINICUS R. Br. Poaceae. 
273860. Col. No. 1826. Road south of golf course, Agricultural Col- 
lege, Aremaya. 
273861. Col. No. 1986. Nine miles west of Jimma. 
273862. ANDROPOGON ABYSSINICUS R. Br. ex Fresen. 
Col. No. 1960. Roadside field. Bunchgrass to 2.5 feet high. 
273863. ANDROPOGON PRATENSIS Hochst. ex Hack. 
Col. No. 1996. Twenty-five miles west of Jimma. Elevation 8,500 feet. 
Dense stand of solid turf; little grazed. 
273864. ARGYROLOBIUM ABYSSINICUM Jaub. & Spach. Fabaceae. 
Col. No. 1834. Wash, east side of college land, Aremaya. Bushy peren- 
nial resembling Lotus. Plants to one foot high. 
273865. AVENA sp. Poaceae. 
Col. No. 1959. Wild in barley field. 
273866. AVENA sp. 
Col. No. 1998. Wild in wheat field. 
273867. AVENA sp. 
Col. No. 1956. Wild in barley field. 
273868. AVENA sp. 
Col. No. 2028. Wild in Nadda region. 
273869. BROMUS sp. Poaceae. 
Col. No. 2026. Nadda region. Elevation 8,100 feet. Bunchgrass to 
five feet high; culms slender; leaves few; panicles large, slender, open. 
273870. BROMUS RUNSSOROENSIS K. Schum. 
Col. No. 2099. Five miles northwest of Ferda Chercher highlands. 
Tall bunchgrass; stems slender; leaves few; a forest grass. 
273871. CAJANUS CAJAN (L.) Druce. Fabaceae. Pigeonpea. 
Col. No. 2035. Jimma garden. Shrub to six feet tall; peas edible. 
273872 and 273873. CARTHAMUS OXYACANTHUS M. Bieb. Asteraceae. 
273872. Col. No. 1824. Near corral, east side of college land, Aremaya. 
Plants to five feet high, much branched. 
273873. Col. No. 1946. In wild, 20 miles south of Addis Ababa. 
