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276655 and 276656. 
From the British West Indies. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Depart- 
ment, St. Kitts. Received Sept. 19, 1961. 
276655. CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS (L.) DC. Fabaceae. 
No.1. Bush type; seeds white. Edible annual. 
276656. CANAVALIA GLADIATA (Jacq.) DC. 
No. 2. Climbing type; seeds reddish-brown. Edible annual. Used as 
green manure crop. 
276657 to 276661. 
From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the All- 
Union Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received Sept. 19, 1961. 
276657 to 276659. CITRULLUS LANATUS (Thunb.) Mansf. Cucurbitaceae. 
Watermellon. 
276657. No. 3528. ‘Bykovshij 23’. 
276658. No. 3749. ‘Samazkandskij Cely3’. 
276659. No. 3868. ‘Stalingradskij 58’. 
276660. CUCUMIS MELO L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 
No. 610. ‘Chandalak’. Faami. 
276661. CUCUMIS MELO var. HIBERNUS Poll. 
No. 8054. ‘Koj-Cas’. 
276662 to 276666. 
From Germany. Seeds presented by the Max Planck Institute for Breeding 
Research, Cologne, Vogelsang. Received Sept. 20, 1961. 
276662. FESTUCA ELATIOR L. Poaceae. Meadow fescue. 
Tetraploid, from the diploid ‘“‘Steinacher”’. 
276663. LOLIUM’(hybrid). Poaceae. 
(L. multiflorum (tetraploid) X L. perenne (tetraploid), Fe. 
276664. LOLIUM (hybrid). 
(L. perenne (tetraploid) xX L. multiflorum (tetraploid), Fe. Plants 
have good winter hardiness. 
276665. LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM Lam. Italian ryegrass. 
Tetraploid, from the variety ‘“Ostland”’. 
276666. LOLIUM PERENNE L. Perennial ryegrass. 
Tetraploid, from the variety “Odenwalder”’. 
276667 to 276672. 
From Brazil. Seeds presented by the Instituto Agronomico do Estado de S. 
Paulo, Campinas. Received September 20, 1961. 
276667 to 276669. GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE L. Malvaceae. 
Sea-island cotton. 
276667. I.P.R.-1. N.A. 881. 
276668. ‘Quebradinho Porte Arboreo’. N-A. 882, Brazilian race. 
Perennial; seeds loose, different from united seeds of ‘Rim de Boi’. 
276669. ‘Rio Xingu’. [—26697, Brazilian race. Grown by the Indians 
in the Xingu river region, Mato Grosso. Fiber white. 
276670. GOSSYPIUM BRASILIENSE Macfad. 
‘Inteiro ou Rim de Boi’. Brazilian race. 
