186 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 170 
282817. LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA (Lam.) de Wit. Mimosaceae. 
Leadtree. 
From China. Seeds presented by the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, 
Taipei, Taiwan. Received September 4, 1962. 
Taiwan local variety, but not native. 
282818. GOSSYPIUM ARBOREUM L. Malvaceae. 
Asiatic tree cotton. 
From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the All- 
Union Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received September 4, 
1962. 
‘Obtusifolium’. Originally from Karachi, Pakistan. 
282819 to 282825. ORYZA SATIVA L. Poaceae. Rice. 
From China. Seeds presented by the Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, 
Taipei, Taiwan. Received September 4, 1962. 
282819. C-115. 282823. Kaohsiung line 164. 
282820. ‘Chia-nung 242’. 282824. ‘Pai-kan Tau’. 
282821. Kaohsiung line 135. 282825. ‘Taitung Yu 83’. 
282822. Kaohsiung line 137. 
282826 to 282879. 
From Chad. Seeds presented by Pierre Bezot through the United States 
Embassy, Fort Lamy. Received September 4, 1962. 
All cultivated from Ferme de Deli, Moundou. Code numbers of Deli origin. 
282826 to 282828. SoRGHUM (hybrids). Poaceae. 
282826. No. 1104. ‘Oua n’da’. Moundou, latitude 9° N.; annual rainfall 
1,200 mm. Plants grow to 4 meters high, mature in 6 months; panicle 
somewhat lax; glumes very long; seeds clear ivory, without brown 
hulls, very hard. An intermediate between S. membranaceum and S. 
elegans, much valued as food. 
282827. No. 1421. ‘Oua n’da’. Moundou, latitude 9° N.; annual rainfall 
1,200 mm. Plants grow to 4 meters high, mature in 6 months; panicles 
moderately long; seeds yellow, moderately hard. An intermediate be- 
tween S. membranaceum and S. elegans. 
282828. No. 14538. ‘Tosoredje’. Moundou, latitude 9° N.; annual rainfall 
1,200 mm. Plants grow to 4 meters high, mature in 6 months; panicles 
very lax; glumes very long; seeds clear white, without brown hulls, 
moderately hard. Intermediate between S. membranaceum and S. ele- 
gans, much valued as food. 
282829 to 282843. SORGHUM CAUDATUM (Hack.) Stapf 
282829. No. 20. ‘Nadjada’. Abou Deia, latitude 11° N.; annual rainfall 
750 mm. Plants grow to 2.5 meters high, an early type maturing in 3 
months; panicles semicompact; seeds red, large, starchy. 
282830. No. 91A. ‘M’Bao Djinguell’. Bousso, latitude 10° to 11° N.; 
annual rainfall 800 mm. Plants grow to 4 meters high, mature in 5 
months; panicles semicompact, spindly; seeds white, without brown 
hulls, starchy, of good size. May be field sown or transplanted. 
282831. No. 204. ‘N’Damadjar’. Bousso, latitude 10° to 11° N.; annual 
rainfall 800 mm. Plant grows to 3.5 meters high, matures in 5 
months; panicles spindly, semicompact; seeds red, without brown hull. 
May be field sown or transplanted. 
282832. No. 243. ‘Madara’. Melfi, latitude 11° N.; annual rainfall 750 
mm. Plants grow to 2.5 meters high, mature in 3 months; panicles 
semicompact; seeds red, starchy. Early type. 
