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280637 to 280663—Continued 
280654. INDIGOFERA ARRECTA Hochst. ex A. Rich. Fabaceae. Indigo. 
Col. No. 7910. Edge of coffee plantation, Jimma Agricultural School, 
Jimma, Kaffa Province. Subshrub to 1 meter high, profusely branched; 
branches ascending. 
280655. PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 
Col. No. 7480. In cultivated plot on west side of Acachi River. Bush 
type, planted broadcast; beans black. 
280656. PHOENIX RECLINATA Jacq. Phoenicaceae. Senegal date palm. 
Col. No. 7819. Along stream near lake 7 km. north of Jimma, Kafta 
Province. Palm in wild, to 8 meters high, often gregarious; fronds to 2.5 
meters long; inflorescence to 0.75 meters long; fruiting clusters to 10 kilos; 
fruit orange when ripe. 
280657. PIMPINELLA sp. Apiaceae. 
Col. No. 8088. From market, Jimma, Kaffa Province. 
280658. PITTOSPORUM FEDDEANUM Pax  Pittosporaceae. 
Col. No. 7611. Dry, south-facing slope along road to Mt. Zuquala, 10 km. 
from main road, 2 km. north of Debre Zeit, Shoa Province. Much-branched 
tree in wild, to 5 meters high; head round; twigs fleshy, leaves pubescent; 
inflorescence terminal. Plant produces much light-colored latex. 
280659. PROTEA GAGUEDII Gmel. Proteaceae. 
Col. No. 3115a. Savanna 80 km. west of Lekemti on Ghimbie Road, 
Wollega Province. Elevation 1,700 meters. Shrub to 3 meters high. 
280660 and 280661. RicINUS COMMUNIS L. Euphorbiaceae. Castorbean. 
280660. Col. No. 8077. From market place Jimma, Kaffa Province. Cul- 
tivated. 
280661. Col. No. 8092. 
280662. TAMARIX NILOTICA (Ehrenb.) Bunge Tamaricaceae. 
Col. No. 7587. Gravel bars along north side of Blue Nile River, 100 km. 
northwest of Fiche, Gojjam Province. Elevation 1,175 meters. Large shrub 
or small tree in wild; trunk 15 cm. diameter, much branched; flowers 
white. 
280663. VIGNA VEXILLATA (L.) A. Rich. Fabaceae. 
Col. No. 7801. Grassy slope, edge of forest 10 km. north of Jimma. 
Elevation 1,800 meters. Wild twining climber to 6 meters long, little 
branched; root woody fibrous, nearly vertical. 
280664 to 280672. 
From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the All- 
Union Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received May 38, 1962. 
280664. ALLIUM ALTAICUM Pall. Liliaceae. 
From the Voronez Botanic Garden. 
280665. ALLIUM FISTULOSUM L. Welsh onion. 
From the Voronez Botanic Garden. 
280666. ALLIUM GALANTHUM Kar. & Kir. 
From the Voronez Botanic Garden. 
280667. ALLIUM PSKEMENSE B. Fedtsch. 
From the Voronez Botanic Garden. 
280668. ALLIUM SCORODOPRASUM L. 
From the Voronez Botanic Garden. 
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