JANUARY 1, 1961 TO DECEMBER 31, 1961 285 
277498 to 277504. 
From the Republic of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Division of 
Crops and Pastures, Department of Agriculture, Pretoria. Received 
Dec. 1, 1961. 
277498 and 277499. VIGNA CYLINDRICA (L.) Skeels Fabaceae. Catjang. 
277498. DL/61/1433. Seeds brown. 
277499. DL/61/1434. Seeds brown. 
277500 and 277501. VIGNA LUTEOLA (Jacq.) Benth. 
277500. DL/61/1431. Seed small, dark brown. 
277501. DL/61/1432. Seed large, black. 
277502. VIGNA SINENSIS (Torner) Savi Cowpea. 
DL/61/1436. Seeds reddish brown. 
277503. VIGNA VEXILLATA (L.) A. Rich. 
DL/61/1435. Seed dark brown. 
277504. VIGNA sp. 
DL/61/1437. ‘Ex Zeerust’. Seeds small, greenish brown. 
277505 to 277508. CARISSA EDULIS Vahl Apocynaceae. 
From Nigeria. Seeds presented by Harold A. Royer, Waka via Biu and 
Yola. Received Dec. 1, 1961. 
277505. No.1. One-seeded. 277507. No.3. Three-seeded. 
277506. No.2. Two-seeded. - 277508. No.4. Unselected. 
277509. ERIOCHRYSIS PALLIDA Munro Poaceae. 
From the Republic of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Division of 
Botany, Pretoria. Received Dec. 1, 1961. 
277510. TRIFOLIUM ALEXANDRINUM L. Fabaceae. 
Berseem clover. 
From Israel. Seeds presented by the Institute of Agronomy and Garden 
Crops, Plant Introduction Service, Beit-Dagan. Received Dec. 1, 1961. 
‘Musgabi’. Naturalized. 
277511. TERAMNUS LABIALIS (L.) Spreng. Fabaceae. 
From the United States Virgin Islands. Seeds collected at Experiment Sta- 
tion, Kingshill, St. Croix. Numbered Dec. 1, 1961. 
‘Blue Wiss’. Prostrate vine in wild; flowers small. Of possible use in 
grass-legume pasture combination in dry soils of low fertility. 
277512 to 277516. SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM L. Poaceae. 
Sugarcane. 
From India. Cuttings presented by the Sugar Cane Breeding Institute, Coim- 
batore. Received Dec. 4, 1961. 
277512. SES 338. 277515. SES 369. 
277513. SES 120A. 277516. SES 372. 
277514. SES 361. 
277517. ORNITHOGALUM ARABICUM L. Liliaceae. 
Arabian star-of-Bethlehem. 
From Israel. Bulbs presented by the Hebrew University, Rehovoth. Re- 
ceived Dec. 4, 1961. 
