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274018 to 274029—Continued 
274023. SKIMMIA X FOREMANII var. ROGERSII (Masters) Rehder Rutaceae. 
274024. SKIMMIA LAUREOLA (DC.) Sieb. & Zucc. 
274025. SKIMMIA REEVESIANA var. RUBELLA (Carr.) Rehder 
274026. SKIMMIA VEITCHII Carr. 
274027 and 274028. VIBURNUM X BODNANTENSE Aberconway 
Caprifoliaceae. 
274027. ‘Dawn’. 
274028. ‘Deben’. 
274029. VIBURNUM TINUS L. Laurustinus. 
‘Clyne Castle’. 
274030 to 274032. SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) Moench Poaceae. 
From Ethiopia. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mission, 
Addis Ababa. Received April 11, 1961. 
274030. ‘Ethiopian Selection No. 3’. 
274031. ‘Ethiopian Selection No. 4’. 
274032. ‘Kulubi Dwarf’. 
274033 to 274037. 
From the Union of South Africa. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry and A. S. 
Barclay, agricultural explorers, Crops Research Division, Plant Industry 
Station, Beltsville, Md. Received April i1, 1961. 
274033. ASPARAGUS sp. Convallariaceae. 
Col. No. 18897. Near Uitenhage Cape Province. Elevation 300 feet. 
Scandent perennial. 
274034. CITRULLUS LANATUS (Thunb.) Mansf. Cucurbitaceae. 
Watermelon. 
Col. No. 19053. Napier, Bredasdorp District, Cape Province. Plants 
spontaneous about the farmlands. 
274035. CITRULLUS sp. 
Col. No. 956. Disturbed soil near roadside, 20 miles east of Middelberg, 
road to Steynsberg, Cape Province. Sprawling herb; flowers yellow. 
274036. CUCUMIS AFRICANUS L. f. Cucurbitaceae. 
Col. No. 19172. Gravelly ground, Pietersburg, Transvaal. 
274037. CYCLOPIA Sp. Fabaceae. 
Col. No. 19072. Near Tulbagh, Cape Province. Virgate perennial to 
three feet high. Probably used for tea. 
274038 and 274039. GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE L. Malvaceae. 
Sea-island cotton. 
From British Guiana. Seeds presented by the Central Agricultural Station, 
Department of Agriculture, Georgetown. Received April 11, 1961. 
274038. No.1. From Kitty, East Coast, Demerara. 
274039. No. 2. From Beterverwagting, East Coast, Demerara. Shrub 
to 12 feet high; branches purplish, slightly pubescent; leaves three 
lobed, acuminate; stipules linear; flowers axillary with involucre of 
three heart-shaped laciniate bracts; calyx obsoletely dentate; petals 
yellow with purplish tinge; seeds covered with green fuzz; lint easily 
separable. 
