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280207 to 280213—Continued 
280210. ‘Giza 47’. Open pollinated. Selection from Ashmouni. 
280211. ‘Menufi’. Open pollinated. 
280212. Open pollinated, from breeding plots, chosen for flower and fruit 
characteristics. 
280213. Open pollinated from breeding plots, from ‘Ashmouni’ type plant. 
Easy “‘shelling”’. 
280214 to 280227. 
From Greece. Seeds presented by the Extension Agriculturist, Dikea, North 
Evros Prefecture. Received Apr. 10, 1962. 
280214 to 280218. HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L. Asteraceae. Sunflower. 
280214. Agnantia village. 
280215. Dikea village. 
280216. Dilofos village. 
280217. lLavara village. 
280218. Pentalofos village. 
280219 and 280220. RICINUS COMMUNIS L. Euphorbiaceae. Castorbean. 
280219. Dilofos village. 
280220. Orestias village. 
280221 to 280227. SESAMUM INDICUM L. Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 
280221. Agnantia village. 
280222. Dikea village. 
280223. Dilofos village. 
280224. lLavara village. 
280225. Ormenion village. 
280226. Pentalofos village. 
280227. Petrota village. 
280228 and 280229. CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS L. Asteraceae. 
Safflower. 
From Pakistan. Seeds presented by the East Regional Laboratories, Pakistan 
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Dacca. Received Apr. 10, 
1962. 
280228. ‘Chaitali’. 
280229. ‘Falguni’. 
280230 to 2802255. 
From Ethiopia. Seeds collected by F. G. Meyer, agricultural explorer, Crops 
Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received Apr. 
10, 1962. 
280230. BRASSICA CARINATA A. Br. Brassicaceae. 
Col. No. 8041. In gardens at Tippi, Illubabor Province. Elevation 1,300 
meters. Cabbage to 2 meters high; stalks to 25 mm. in diameter; fruiting 
branches to 75 cm. across; leaves mostly towards growing tip, edible; seed 
used for cooking oil. 
280231. CUCUMIS cf. PUSTULATUS Hook. f. in Oliv. Cucurbitaceae. 
Col. No. 7523. Open rocky slopes above Acachi River about 3 km. north- 
east of main road to Acachi, Shoa Province. Plant in wild, perennial; tap 
root large, parsniplike; stem prostrate, lithe; fruit nearly globose to ob- 
long, to 85 mm. diameter, green striped when immature, yellow when ripe. 
