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60461 to 60636— Continued. 



60557. Lentilla lens (L.) W. F. Wight {Lens 

 esculenta Moench). Fabaceae. Lentil. 



No. 421. Ankober. December 11, 1923. Pur- 

 chased in Allu Amba. 



60558 to 60561. Linum usitatissimum L. Lina- 

 cese. Flax. 



60558. No.-432. Ankober. December 11, 1923. 

 Purchased in Allu Amba. 



60559. No. 455. Makfud. December 15, 1923. 

 From the market. 



60560. No. 514. Lalibela. January 7, 1924. 

 From the market. 



60561. No. 543. January 19, 1924. Collected 

 on the border of Lake Tsana a 2-days' jour- 

 ney south of Gondar. 



60562. Medicago hispida denticulata (Willd.) 

 Urban. Fabaceae. Bur clover. 



No. 503. January 3, 1924. Collected a 2-days' 

 journey east of Lalibela at an altitude of 10,000 

 feet. 



60563. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



No. 585. February 9, 1924. From the experi- 

 ment station, Khartum, Egypt. Has proved 

 much better than Peruvian or other hot-weather 

 types at Khartum. 



60564. Meibomia sp. (Desmodium sp.). Faba- 



No. 575. January 27, 1924. Seed of a small, 

 broad-leaved legume found in a burned-over 

 area near Wahini. Only one plant seen. 



60565. Nigella sativa L. Ranunculaceae. 



No. 449. December 15, 1923. Purchased in 

 the market at Makfud. This market is a large 

 one on a mountain top where there is no town. 

 Grain of the plateau is exchanged for cotton of 

 the valleys and bananas of the lower levels. 



60566. Ocimum basilicum L. Menthaceae. 



No. 476. Dessie. December 24, 1923. Pur- 

 chased in the market. 



60567. Panicum sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 529. January 12, 1924. Collected on a 

 mountain side a 3-days' journey east of Debra 

 Tabor at an altitude of 9,700 feet. 



60568 to 60572. Pennisetum spp. Poaceae. 



Pennisetum glatjcum (L.) R. Br. 

 (P. typhoideum Rich.). Pearl millet. 



No. 580. February 4, 1924. Growing in 

 grass, but probably from an old cultivated 

 field near Doka, Sudan. 



60569 and 60570. Pennisetum unisetum (Nees) 

 Benth. Grass. 



No. 458. December 17, 1923. Col- 

 lected a 2-days' journey south of Majetie 

 at an altitude of 5,200 to 6,000 feet. 



60570. No. 582. February 4, 1924. Collected 

 near Gadaref, Sudan. 



60571. Pennisetum sp. 



No. 527. January 12, 1924. Collected on the 

 side of a mountain a 3-days' journey east of 

 Debra Tabor at an altitude of 9,700 feet. 



60572. Pennisetum hordeiforme (L.) Spreng. 



Grass. 



No. 541. January 18, 1924. A branching 

 grass collected a 3-days' journey south of 

 Gondar; stands heavy pasturing in the Tsana 

 Flats. 



60573 to 60579. Phaseolus spp. Fabaceae. 

 2843—27 5 



60461 to 60636— Continued. 



60573 and 60574. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. 



Mung bean. 



60573. No. 415. Ankober. December 11, 

 1923. Presented by Desta Heile. Seed 

 said to swell when cooked and to become 

 soft like butter. 



60574. No. 416e. Ankober. December 11, 

 1923. Presented by Desta Heile. 



60575 to 60579. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Faba- 

 ceae. Common bean. 



60575. No. 413. Ankober. December 11, 

 1923. Purchased in a village. 



60576 to 60578. Ankober. December 11, 1923. 

 Presented by Desta Heile. 



60576. No. 416b. Chocolate with black 

 markings. 



60577. No. 416c. Dark gray. 



60578. No. 416a. White. 



60579. No. 428. Ankober. December 11, 

 1923. Purchased in Allu Amba. 



. Phragmites vulgaris (Lam.) B. S. P. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 463. December 18, 1923. Collected in 

 swamp land a day's journey south of Majetie. 



60581 to 60584. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. Pea. 



60581. No. 427. Ankober. December 11, 1923. 

 Purchased in Allu Amba. 



60582. No. 475. Dessie. December 24, 1923. 

 Purchased in the market. 



60583. No. 522, Lalibela. January 7, 1924. 

 From the market. 



60584. No. 439. December 13, 1923. Collected 

 a 2-days' journey from Ankober at an altitude 

 of 10,200 feet. 



60585. Rosa sp. Rosaceae. 



Rose. 



No. 404. December 9, 1923. A lavender-flow- 

 ered plant from a canyon side, near Ankober, at 

 an altitude of 9,500 feet. 



60586. Rubus sp. Rosaceae. 



Seeds of unknown origin, accompanying Doctor 

 Harlan's shipment. 



60587. Saccharum sp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



No. 464. December 18, 1923. From swamp 

 land a day's journey south of Majetie. 



60588 and 60589. Sesamum ORIENTALE L. Peda- 

 liaceae. Sesame. 



60588. No. 429. Ankober. December 11, 1923. 

 Purchased in Allu Amba. 



60589. No. 572. Koqui. January 31, 1924. 



60590. Tricholaena rosea Nees. Poaceae. 



Natal grass. 



No. 459. December 17, 1923. Collected a 

 2-days' journey south from Majetie at an altitude 

 of 5,200 to 6,000 feet. 



60591. Trichopteryx sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 565. January 25, 1924. Collected a day's 

 journey west of Chelga. 



60592. Trifolium procumbens L. Fabaceae. 



No. 524. Lalibela, January 7, 1924. Collected 

 on the side of a canyon at an altitude of 8,800 feet. 



60593. Trifolium sp. Fabaceae. 



Clover. 



No. 502. January 3, 1924. Collected a 2-days' 

 journey east of Lalibela at an altitude of 10,000 

 feet. 



