JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1962 67 
279658 to 279671. PENNISETUM SPICATUM (L.) Willd. Poaceae. 
Pear! millet. 
From India. Seeds presented by The Rockefeller Foundation, New Delhi. 
Received Mar. 15, 1962. 
279658. I.P. No. 49. R.S.J. 279665. I.P. No. 60. Cumbu Co.3. 
279659. I.P. No. 51. Baroda 5. 279666. I.P. No. 62. Bajra L.2. 
279660. I.P. No. 52. A.1/3. 279667. 1.B2 Nos 655 (A. By 3? 
2ioeel. I2P, No. 53. 8.530. 279668. I.P. No. 72.8 14. 
a7see2. let No. 55. 2/55. 279669. I.P. No. 73. S.28-15-2. 
279663. I.P. No. 57. Cumbu X.38. 279670. I.P. No. 74. Jajapuri. 
279664. I.P. No. 58. Cumbu Co.1. 219671 Sle PS Noo.8is EeCr 11793? 
Early Millet Ghana 1. 
279672 to 279674. 
From Ethiopia. Seeds collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Crops 
Researeh Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Numbered 
Mar. 15, 1962. 
279672. NYMPHAEA CAERULEA Sav. Nymphacaceae. 
Col. No. 8069. Twenty-nine km. northeast of Jimma, Addis Ababa road, 
Kaffa Province. Elevation 1,720 meters. Aquatic in wild in a series of 
spring-fed pools 60 cm. deep; flowers mauve to blue, fragrant. 
279673. PLATYCERIUM ANGOLENSE Welw. Polypodiaceae. Fern. 
Col. No. 7995. Epiphyte on Coffea arabica and on trunks of large forest 
trees, seven km. northwest of Tippi airstrip. Elevation 1,320 meters. 
Clump in wild; sterile fronds erect, to 45 cm. long; fertile fronds pendu- 
lous 45 em. long, rugose, light green. 
279674. DIAPHANANTHE FRAGRANTISSIMA (Reichb. f.) Schlect. Orchida- 
ceae. Orchid. 
Col. No. 7904. Epiphyte on trees over a tributary of the Gojeb River, 
about 60 km. southwest of Jimma, on Bonga Road, Kaffa Province. Eleva- 
tion 1,120 meters. Plants form large overhanging mats. Clump. 
279675 and 279676. 
From Mexico. Plants collected and presented by Morrill B. Donnald, Fortin 
de las Flores, Vera Cruz. Received Nov. 13, 1961. Numbered Mar. 15, 
1962: 
279675. POLYPODIUM ASTROLEPIS Liebm. Polypodiaceae. Fern. 
Collected from a masonry wall. Elevation 2,700 feet. 
279676. POLYPODIUM FURFURACEUM Schlect. & Cham. Fern. 
Collected from a tile roof. Elevation 2,700 feet. 
279677 to 279680. 
From Lebanon. Cuttings presented by the American University, Beirut. Re- 
ceived Mar. 15, 1962. 
279677. PRUNUS sp. Amygdalaceae. 
‘Apricot Ajami’. 
279678 to 279680. VITIS VINIFERA L. Vitaceae. European grape. 
279678. ‘Beitamouni’. 
279679. ‘Oubeidy’. 
279680. ‘Tefeifihi’. 
