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JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1963 87<br />
288227 to 288245—Continued<br />
288245. RAPHANUS SATIVUS L. Brassicaceae. Radish.<br />
'Balady'. Leaves smooth; roots white, tapered. Leaves and roots are<br />
eaten in Egypt.<br />
288246 to 288250.<br />
From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, Crops<br />
Research Division, <strong>Plant</strong> Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received<br />
Apr. 9, 1963.<br />
288246. CASSIA COVESII A. Gray Caesalpiniaceae.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 17731. Roadside 16 miles east of Navajo, Sonora, road to<br />
Alamos. Spreading adventive annual to 1.5 feet high.<br />
288247. CASSIA UNLFLORA Mill. Caesalpiniaceae.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 18366. Guamuchil, Sinoloa. Elevation 200 feet. Summer annual<br />
to 6 feet high in thick stands along field margins and roads.<br />
288248. CUPHEA PAINTERI Rose Lythraceae.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 19522. Shrubby, grassy mountain slope south of Etzatlan,<br />
Jalisco. Elevation 5,000 feet. Single stemmed perennial to 3 feet high;<br />
branches 4 to 6; racemes elongate; flowers light pink.<br />
288249. DALEA NUTANS Willd. Fabaceae.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 18350. Twelve miles southeast of Tepic, Nayarit. Elevation<br />
3,600 feet. Diffuse herbaceous annual to 6 feet high in fallow land; flowers<br />
red purple with white banner.<br />
288250. PHYSALIS NICANDROIDES Schlecht. Solanaceae.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 18302. Twenty miles south of Guadalajara, Jalisco. Elevation<br />
5,000 feet. Roadside summer annual to 6 feet high; fruits abundant.<br />
288251 and 288252.<br />
From the Republic of South Africa. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry and<br />
A. S. Barclay, agricultural explorers, Crops Research Division, <strong>Plant</strong><br />
Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received Apr. 9, 1963.<br />
288251. HELICHRYSUM FULGIDUM Willd. Asteraceae.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 18912. Roadside, 12 miles north of Queenstown, Cape Province,<br />
road to Dordrecht. Perennial herb to 2.5 feet high with 10 to 40 scapose<br />
stems; crown broad, leafy, lanate; flowers bright yellow, in several heads;<br />
seeding determinately. Has cumeric odor.<br />
288252. PETJCEDANUM CAPENSE Sond. Apiaceae.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 939. Abundant in fields near road, 13.5 miles northwest of<br />
Plattenberg Bay, road to Uniondale. Shrubby perennial to 6 feet high;<br />
flowers yellow.<br />
288253 to 288256.<br />
From Turkey. Seeds obtained from the University of Ankara, Ankara, under<br />
Public Law 480. Received Apr. 9, 1963.<br />
288253. ASTRAGALUS HAMOSUS L. Fabaceae.<br />
Annual to 1.5 feet high.<br />
288254. CREPIS FOETIDA L. Cichoriaceae.<br />
Annual to 2 feet high.<br />
288255. ONOBRYCHIS ARGYREA Boiss. Fabaceae.<br />
Perennial to 3 feet high.<br />
288256. THLASPI PERFOLIATUM L. Brassicaceae.<br />
Annual to 1.5 feet high.