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280624. No. 5294. ‘Amplissimo Pozdnespelyj Mozgovoj’. Moscow region. 
280625. No. 5308. ‘Amplissimo Balva’. Latvia. 
280626. No. 5503. ‘Amplissimo Yjulskij’. Krasnodar Territory. 
280627 to 280630. 
From Poland. Seeds presented by the Department of Plant Production and 
Plant Protection, Ministry of Agriculture, Poznan. Received May 1, 
1962. 
280627. LUPINUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS L. Fabaceae. 
280628. LUPINUS RETICULATUS Desv. 
280629. LUPINUS PALAESTINUS Boiss. 
280630. LUPINUS sp. 
280631 to 280636. LAGENARIA SICERARIA (Molina) Standley Cu- 
curbitaceae. 
From the Republic of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Pretoria Horti- 
cultural Research Station, Pretoria. Received May 1, 1962. 
280631. Fruit long; 280634. No. 19. 
neck thin. 280635. No. 20. 
280632. No. 10. 280636. No. 22. 
280633. No. 11. 
280637 to 280663. 
From Ethiopia. Seeds collected by Pag Meyer, agricultural explorer, Crops 
Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received May 
2, 1962. 
280637. BRASSICA INTEGRIFOLIA var. CARINATA (A. Braun) O. E. Schulz 
Brassicaceae. 
Col. No. 7474. Cultivated with beans, cotton, and corn on west side of 
Acachi River. Annual, single stemmed at base, then many branched 
throughout to 75 cm. high; flowers bright yellow; siliques heavy, bending 
branches. 
280638. BRASSICA NIGRA var. ABYSSINICA (L.) A. Br. 
Col. No. 7436. Common in fields and edges of thickets between Debre 
Zeit and Moggio, 40 km. above Addis Ababa. Much-branched, coarse an- 
nual to 2 m. high; basal stem to 12 mm. thick, mustard flavored; leafy 
mostly towards base; flowers bright yellow. 
280639. CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS (L.) DC. Fabaceae. Jackbean. 
Col. No. 8095. Cultivated in a dry area garden near Walkitte, 140 km. 
southeast of Addis Ababa, Shoa Province. Elevation 1,810 meters. Much- 
branched, spreading subshrub to 60 cm. high; seed edible. 
280640. CASSIA FLORIBUNDA Cav. Caesalpiniaceae. 
Col. No. 7729. Back of Ras Hotel, Waliso, Shoa Province. Elevation 
2,100 meters. Slender, single-stemmed tree or shrub to 3 meters high; bark 
smooth, green. 
280641. CASSIA DIDYMOBOTRYA F'res. 
Col. No. 8123. Open, scrub woodland slopes, Seventh Day Adventist Mis- 
sion, Ghimbie, Wollega Province. Elevation 2,000 meters. Wild, much- 
branched shrub; branches naked except below inflorescence; flowers bright 
yellow. 
