A newsletter to promote communication among research scientists
concerned with the systematics of the Leguminosae/ Fahaceae.

Editor: Charles R. Gunn, Plant Taxonomy Laboratory, BARC-EAST, USDA, Beltsville, MD 20705
Associate Editor: James Lackey, Botany, NHB 166, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560

No. 16 November 1982

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THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL LEGUME CONFERENCE
ADVANCES IN LEGUME BIOLOGY
by R. M. Pohill, P. H. Raven and C. H. Stirton

At the final session of the 1978 Legume Conference it was proposed that
a second meeting should be held on the biology of the Leguminosae. It was
also hoped that this meeting would be held somewhere in Latin America as this
would have enabled delegates to acquaint themselves with the rich legume flora
there. However, the deepening of the world recession has jeopardised these
plans and it now seems wiser to continue under the joint sponsorship of the
Missouri Botanical Gardens and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The second International Legume Conference will therefore be held at
the Missouri Botanical Garden (U.S.A.) in the third week of June 1986. The
Committee will try to structure the Conference to produce a synthetic review
of legume biology and to foster collaborative research in that direction over
the next four years. To this end a number of regional will also address
itself to any advances made on the taxonomy of critical groups and to reviews
of topics covered by the last conference.

Charles Stirton (Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey
TW9 3AE, U.K.) has offered to coordinate the scientific programme for the
Organising Committee and would like to hear from anyone who has suggestions
of topics or who would like to contribute.

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SEQUEL TO HANDBOOK OF LEGUMES OF WORLD ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE

At a Nitrogen-Fixing-T^ree conference in Bellagio, Italy, several nitrogen-
fixing trees (or fuelwood species) were discussed. The Bellagio conference has
deemed the underlined species most important for their consideration. Note
that most of them are legumes. Jim Duke, Economic Botany Laboratory, USDA,
Beltsville, Maryland 20705, is preparing information summaries on these to
parallel those in the HANDBOOK and solicits reprints or personal communications
relating to unusual germplasm of these species or those interbreeding with
them, recent taxonomic monographs or bibliographies, growth rate, distribution,
cultivation, harvesting, chromosome data, breeding systems, special tolerances,
energy potential (firewood, calorific value), nuttitional status, biomass
yields, conventional yields, and pest problems or potential, etc. We are
leaving the non-legumes in the list just to show how disproportionately
important the legumes are (all except Alnus, Casuarina, Comptonia, Myrica)
among the nitrogen-fixing trees.

Important Legume Fuels or Nitrogen Fixing Trees

Acacia albida Del.

Acacia auriculiformis Cunn.

Acacia confusa Merr.

Acacia cyclops A. Cunn. ex G.Don
Acacia farnesiana (L.) Willd.*

Acacia mang ium Willd.

Acacia mearnsii de Wild.*

Acacia nilotica (L.) Del.*

Acacia pennata

Acacia pycnantha Benth.*

AcAcia saligna (Labill.) H.Wendl.

Acacia Senegal (L.) Willd.*

Acacia seyal Del.*

Acacia tortilis (Forsk.) Hayne.
Acrocarpus fraxinifolia W.A.

Albizia falcataria (L.) Fosberg
Albizia lebbek (L.) Benth.

Alnus acuminata O.Ktze.

Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.

Alnus japonica (Thunb.) Steud.

Alnus napalensis D .Don
Astragalus gummifer Labill.*

Baphia nitida Lodd.*

Bauhinia esculenta Burchell*

Caesalpinia cacalaco Humb. & Bonpl.
Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Wiild.*
Caesalpinia echinata Lam.*

Caesalpinia sappan L.*

Caesalpinia spinosa (Mol.) Ktz.*
Calliandra calothyrsus Meissn.

Caragana arborescens Lam.

Cassia alata L.*

Cassia auriculata L.*

Cassia fistula L.

Cassia occidentalis L.*

Cassia senna L.*

Casuarina cunningharaiana Miq .

Casuarina equisetif olia J.R. & G. Forst.
Casuarina glauca Sieber
Casuarina junghuhniana Miq.

Ceratonia siliqua L.*

Clitoria laurifolia Poir.*

Clitoria ternatea L.*

Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coulter
Copaifera langsdorfii Desf.

Copaifera officinalis (Jacq.) L.

Dalbergia sissoo Roxb . ex DC.

Dipteryx odorata (Aubl.) Willd.*
Enterolobium cyclocarpum( Jacq . ) Griseb.
Erythrina; americana Mill. Gard .

Erythrina berteroana Urb.

Erythrina fusca Lour .

Erythrina poeppigiana O.F.Cook
Gleditsia triacanthos L.

Gliricidia sepium (Jacq.) Steud.
Hymenaea courbaril L .

Inga edulis Mart.

Inga jinicuil Schlecht.

Inga vera (L.) Britton
Intzia bijuga O.Kuntze
Leucaena diversifolia (Schlecht) Benth.
Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) de Wit.*
Lonchocarpus nicou (Aubl.) DC.*
Lonchocarpus urucu Killip & Smith*
Mimosa scabrella Benth.

Myrica cerifera (L.) and other sp.
Myroxylon balsamum (L.) Harms*

Parkia roxburgii G .Don
Parkia speciosa Hassk.

Parkinsonia aculeata L.

Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth.*
Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth.
Pithecellobium flexicaule (Benth.) Coul.
Pithecellobium lanceo latum Benth.
Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre
Prosopis alba complex
Prosopis cineraria Macbride
Prosopis glandulosa Torr.

Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.

Prosopis pallida complex
Prosopis tamarugo F.Phil.

Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir.*

Pterocarpus indicus Willd.

Pterocarpus santalinus L.f.*

Ptercarpus soyauxii Taub'.*

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr.

Schizolobium parahybum (Veil) Blake
Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.F. Wight*
Sesbania exaltata (Raf.) Rydb.*

Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Pers.

Sindora supa Merrill

*Handbook of Legumes of World Economic Importance (Plenum Publishing
Corporation, New York, 1981). Send information direct to Jim Duke, Room 133
Building 001, USDA, BARC-West, Beltsville, Maryland 20705.

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FLORA NEOTROPICA PAPILIONOIDEAE
by R. M. Pol hill

As a result of the 1978 International Legume Conference it is clear that a
detailed knowledge of the unique richness of the Neotropical legume flora
is critical to an understanding of the origin and evolution of the
Leguminosae.

In recognition of this Dr. B. A. Krukoff has established a fund for the
study of Neotropical legumes. Charles Stirton, a visiting Research
Associate at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has been appointed by the
Fund for five years to initiate a "Flora Neotropica" account of the
Papilionoid legumes.

The primitive tribe Sophoreae, bridging the sub-families Caesalpinioideae
and Papilionoideae, and still not clearly demarcated from the tribes
Swartzieae, Dalbergieae and Tephrosieae, provides an ideal starting point.

We are aware that a great deal of work has and is being done on this tribe
in the Americas. It would seem an appropriate time therefore to begin to
collect the data into the more formalised format of "Flora Neotropica."

To this end we have requested Mr. Stirton to prepare a generic synthesis
of the tribe, and thereafter to participate, with others, in a floristic
revision of the group.

We should be very interested to know of any way in which members of your
Institute might like to participate in this project, particularly in the
fields of taxonomy, reproductive biology, anatomy, biochemistry and
cystology. We believe that it provides a wonderful opportunity for a
collaborative endeavour combining the best elements of museum, laboratory
and field studies.

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GLEANINGS FROM DATA COLLECTION SHEETS
BASSLER has started his study of Cuban Mimosa spp.

BIRCH has an article in press on aphid resistance in the genus Vicia and
plans to continue this research at Jodrell. Also will work with legume-
insect interactions, especially plant defense mechanisms (biochemical and
biophysical) in wild relatives of legume crops. Starting study of the
biochemical basis of host specificity for legume seed bruchids. With
BISBY completing paper on taxonomy and economic value of section Faba of
the genus Vicia. Needs seeds of wild relatives of Vigna, Phaseolus,
Psophocarpus , Lens, Lath.yrus , Acacia.

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BISBY see BIRCH.

BALANDIN, KINGHORN et al have five papers in press dealing with legume
quinol izidine alkaloid distribution and chemistry.

CORBY has retired. Note new address.

CRISP, a new Reader, is currently revising the genera Brachysema (20 spp. )
and Daviesia (100 spp.). Has two papers in press on Australian legumes:

One includes a key to genera of the Papil ionoideae.

CRISTOFOLINI , note new address, is now Professor of Botany at the University
of Bononia.

DELBOS (Monique) has started a study of the cytology and cytogenetics of
Lathyrus tuberosus. Needs seeds of L. tuberosus, L sylvestris, L.
latifolius, JL. heteroph.yllus, L macrorhizus from countries other than
France. Has French seeds of above species for distribution. Also
would like articles on this subject.

DOYLE, note new address, has started studying the seed storage protein,
vicilin, genes in Glycine max, and the ribosomal genes evolution in
Glycine. Wants viable seecfiTof species in the Phaseoleae.

EVANS, a new reader, wants viable seeds of Sesbania for his research project:
Screening Sesbania spp. for fuel wood, fodder, green manure, pulpwood, fiber,
and seed gums.

F0RER0 see HERNANDEZ.

GEESINK see HOU.

GIBBS see MONTE I R0.

GILL has started a study of the effects of the electromagnetic field on
the germination of selected Cassia seeds. Needs authenticated seeds.

GUNN reports that the mimosioid fruit-seed morphological study has been
concluded and the typescript is in press. His legume genus nomenclator
also is in press. He and LERSTEN are beginning a study of lenses of
legume seeds.

HERNANDEZ, a new Reader, starting a systematic study of some of the
American species of Calliandra, including aspects such as pollination
ecology, seed dispersal, cytology, palynology, etc. This will be done
as part of his Ph. D. dissertation and in collaboration with F0RER0,

Marcelo Ataide (Brazil), and John T. Romeo (USA). He will be in
southern Mexico during the summer of 1983.

HNATIUK see MASLIN.

ROB GEESINK, Ri j ksherbari urn, Schelpenkade 6, P.0. Box 9514, 2300 RA Leiden,
Netherlands has a limited number of copies for distribution of the legume
gen'eric names and synonyms treated in Engler & Prantl , editions 1-4.

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HOU, a new Reader, is working with GEESINK on a revision of the
Caesalpinioideae for the Flora Malesiana.

JOHNSON needs bruchid beetles reared from seeds of neotropical plants.
Recently returned from Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.

KINGHORN see BALANDIN.

LERSTEN see GUNN.

MAHMOOD, a new Reader, is conducting a qualitative survey of nodulating
ability of legumes of Pakistan.

*T MANNITJE after 24 years of research in subtropical pastures has returned
to the Netherlands to become Professor of Grassland Science. Will
annotate Stylosanthes.

MANTOUANI, a new reader, is working on Pterodon with Joao Semir of Campinas,
Brazil .

MASLIN has started several projects: 1) with E. E. Conn, University of

California, Davis, a cyanogenesis survey of Australian Acacia spp. ;

2) with HNATIUK, PEDLEY and S. D. Hopper of the Queensland Herbarium,
a phytogeographic analysis of Acacia in Australia; and 3) with
R. B. Knox and J. Kendaix, both of the University of Melbourne a
breeding systems in Australian Acacia spp. He will annotate Australian
Acacia spp. Has started on Acacia section Phyllodeneae (+300 spp.) for
the new flora of Australia. Publication expected in 1986. Other
contributors in Acacia include PEDLEY, TINDALE, ROSS, A. B. Court.

M0NTEIR0, a new Reader, working with GIBBS needs literature and seeds of
New World Sesbania and Brazilian Lupinus.

NASH, a new reader, needs seeds of species of Angylocalyx and has seeds of
some European legumes.

PEDLEY see MASLIN.

ROSS see MASLIN.

SCHREIBER will annotate legumes from southwest Africa.

SHOCK completed his Ph.D. and has a new address. He will evaluate forage
legumes and will welcome suggestions of promising germplasm from Readers.
Has seeds from three Leucaena leucophala lines adapted to the Sacramento
Valley, California, for distribution.

SINGH, a new Reader, needs 50-100 grams of Baphia nitida, EL kirkii , and
EL boguaerti i and from 1 to 2 grams of any other Baphia species. Her
preliminary screen has uncovered several interesting compounds. Wants
to hear from interested Readers.

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STIRTON is studying seed morphology of the tribe Sophoreae and urgently
needs seeds of Bap hi a as well as seeds of other genera. Wants to
correspond with others interested in this tribe, especially chemistry,
anatomy of petioles, leaves and woods, genetics, seedling morphology,
dispersal ecology, and pollination biology.

TINDALE see MASLIN.

ULIBARRI , a new Reader, will annotate Adesmia sheets and welcomes duplicates.

VERCOURT will annotate New Guinea legumes.

VIETMEYER notes that Jeff Gritzner has about one-half pound of Geoffroea
decorticans seeds to be used in trial plantings.

YAKOVLEV has returned from a field trip to Vietnam.

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RECENT LEGUME LITERATURE

ARCO AGIULAR and ACEBES. 1982. Teline salsoloides M. del Arco and
J. R. Acebes, sp. nov. (Fabaceae-Genisteae) , una nueva especie para
la i si a de Tenerife (I. Canarias). Vierea 11 (1-2): 251-266.

BALANDRIN and KINGHORN. 1981. Characterization of sweetinine, a
constituent of Sweetia elegans (Acosmium subelegans), as the Ormosia
alkaloid, (+)-6-epipodopetal ine. Jour. Nat. Prod. 44: 619-622.

BALANDRIN and KINGHORN. 1981. Tetrahydrorhombifoline, a further
constituent of Lupinus oscar-hauqhtii and L. truncatus. Jour. Nat.

Prod. 44: 495-497.

BARNEBY. 1981. Dragma hippomanicum 7. A new alpine Astragalus:

Leguminosae from western Wyoming, USA. Brittonia 33: 156-158.

BARNEBY. 1981. New species of Da lea section Parosela: Leguminosae
Amorpheae from Peru and Mexico. Brittonia 33: 508-511.

BASSLER. 1981. Revision von Lathyrus L. sect. Lathyrostylis (Griseb.)
Bassler (Fabaceae). Feddes Repert. 92(3): 179-254.

Belitz, H.-D. , F. Lynen, and WEDER. 1982. Comparative studies of the
inhibitory action of some legume seeds, potato tubers, and bran against
human and bovine proteinases. Z. Lebensm. Unters Forsch 174: 442-446.

Burygin, V. A. and M. N. Davlelshina. 1981. Taxonomy of the genus Alhagi
(Fabaceae). Bot. Zhur. 66: 1482-1484.

CARTER. 1982. Lectotypification of Cercidium floridum (Leguminosae:
Caesalpinioideae). Taxon 31(2): 333-335.

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CAVALCANTE DE LIMA. 1981. Contribuicao ao estudo do genero Diplotropis
Bentham (Leguminosae-Faboideae) . Bradea 3(24): 187-192.

CRISP. 1981. Papilionaceae (Fabaceae). In: J.P. Jessop et al (ed.),

Flora of Central Australia, pp. 142-176. Reed, Sydney.

FANTZ. 1982. New species of Cl i tori a subgenus Bractearia section
Cauliflorae (Leguminosae) from Colombia and Brazil. Sida 9(3): 201-209.

Feoli-Chiapella, L. and CRISTOFOLINI . 1981. Serological contributions

to the systematics of Ulex (Genisteae - Fabaceae) and allied genera.

Nord. Jour. Bot. 1: 723-729.

FERGUSON. 1981. The pollen morphology of Macrotyloma (Leguminosae:
Phaseoleae). Kew Bull. 36(3): 455-461.

FERGUSON and Skvarla, J. J. 1982. Pollen morphology in relation to
pollinators in Papil ionoideae (Leguminosae). Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 84:
183-193.

GILL, G. 0. Olabanji, and S. W. H. Husaini. 1982. Studies on the structural
variation and distribution of stomata in some Nigerian legumes.

Willdenowia 12.

HERNANDEZ and V. M. Toledo. 1982. Floral biology of Erythrina batolobium
and the evolution of the pollination systems in American species of the
genus. Allertonia 3(1): 77-84.

HERNANDEZ. 1982. Female sterility in Erythrina montana. Allertonia 3(1):
71-76.

Howland, P. 1979. Pericopsis elata (Afrormosia) . Comm. Forestry Inst.
Occasional Papers 0l 41-81 81', number 9, 19 pages.

JOHNSON. 1981. Host preferences of stator (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) in
non-host seeds. Environ. Entomol. 10: 857-863.

Khoi, N. D. and YAKOULEV. 1981. Fabaceae in Viet-nam. I. Placolobium,
Sophora. Bot. Zhurnal 66(12): 1770-1773.

Kim, I. C., BALANDRIN and KINGH0RN. 1982. Reinvestigation of the alkaloids
of Lupinus sericeus Pursh. Identification of a new natural product,

10, 17-dioxo-e-isosparteine. Jour. Agr. Food Chem. 30: 796-798.

LARSEN AND LARSEN. 1981. Note on Zenia (Caesalpiniaceae) and its pollen
morphology. Bol. Soc. Brot. 53: 809-912.

LARSEN and LARSEN. 1981. Bauhinia brachycarpa, a Chinese species new to
Laos. Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. , Paris, 4. ser. 3, sect. B, Adansonia 4:
425-431.

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LARSEN and LARSEN. 1982. Notes on Asian Bauhinia. Nord. Jour. Bot. 2:
329-332.

LASSEIGNE. 1981. Senna barnebyana new-species (Leguminosae Caesalpinioidae)
from Peru not Cassia'. Brittonia 33(4): 512-514.

LERSTEN and GUNN. 1982. Testa characters in tribe Vicieae, with notes
about tribes Abreae, Cicereae, and Trifoliaeae (Fabaceae). USDA Tech.

Bull. 1667, 40 pages, Washington, B.C.

LUSH and EVANS. 1980. The seed coats of cowpeas and other grain legumes:
Structure in relation to function. Field Crops Research 3: 267-286.

MASLIN. 1981. Acacia. In J. Jessop, ed. , Flora of Central Australia.

A. H. and A. W7~ ReeJ, Sydney. (Other legume genera also are treated).

MASLIN and PEDLEY. 1982. The distribution of Acacia (Leguminosae,
Mimosoideae) in Australia. Part I. Species distribution maps. Part II.

List of species occurring in 1 x 1.5 degree grid cells. West. Aust.

Herb. Res. Notes No. 6: 1-127 and 129-171.

PACLT. 1982. Gleditsia caspia, not a distinct species (Lequminosae).

Taxon 31(2): 336-339.

PACLT. 1982. On the repeatedly confused nomenclature of Chinese species
of Gleditsia (Caesalpiniaceae). Taxon 31(3): 551-553.

Pavlova, N. S. 1981. Distribution and taxonomy of some Fabaceae of the
Soviet Far-East. Bot. Zh. (Leningr. ) 66(3): 424-427.

Renvoize, S. A. 1981. Genus Calliandra (Leguminosae) in Bahia, Brazil.

Kew Bull. 36: 63-83.

Ross, J. H. 1981. Notes on Templetonia (Papil ionaceae) . Muelleria 4(4):
389-394.

SILVA. 1981. New species of Dimorphandra Schott (Leguminosae,
Caesalpinoiodeae) from the neotropical region. Acta Amazonica 11(1): 53-59.

SMOLENSKI, KINGHORN and BALANDRIN. 1981. Toxic constituents of legume
forage plants. Econ, Bot. 35: 321-355.

Stalker, H. T. and R. D. Dalmacio. 1981. Chromosomes of Arachis spp.
section Arachis. Jour, Hered. 72(6): 403-408. (Mitotic chromosomes for
species in 8 sections were analyzed cytologically. )

ULIBARRI. 1982. Nueva especie de Adesmia DC. (Leguminosae-Papil ionoideae)
de Chile. Hickenia 1(52): 277-280.

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Varaigne- Labeyrie, C. and V. Labeyrie. 1st data on Bruchidae which attack
the pods of legumes in upper- volta of which 8 species are consumed by man.
Labeyrie, V. (ed. ). Series Entomologica (Hague), vol. 19, The ecology of
bruchids attacking legumes (pulses): Proceedings of the International
Symposium, Tours, France, April 16-19, 1980. XIV + 233 p. Dr. W. Junk.
Publishers: Hague, Netherlands (Dist. in the USA by Kluwer Boston Inc.:
Hingham, Mass. )

Velasquez, D. and G. Agostini. 1981. Two new Venezuelan species of
Brownea (Leguminosae :Caesalpinioideae). Emstia 1981: 1-13.

VERDCOURT. 1981. Dolichos trilobus (Lequminosae-Phaseoleae) in Arabia.

Kew Bull. 36: 84.

VERDCOURT. 1981. A new species of Ali stilus (Leguminosae-Phaseoleae)
from Madagascar. Kew Bull. 36: 451-3, fig. 1.

VERDCOURT. 1981. A revision of Macrotyloma (Leguminosae). Hooker's
leones Plantarum 38(4), 138 pp. incl. 25 line drawings, 1 plate and 15
maps (drawings by P. Halliday) (No reprints available).

VERDCOURT. 1982. Further notes on Dipogon lignosus (Leguminosae:
Papilionideae-Phaseoleae). Kew Bull. 36: 731-2.

VERDCOURT. 1982. Gigasiphon humblotianum (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae-
Bauhineae) as a drift seed. Kew Bull. 36: 659-660, pi. 22, 23.

VERDCOURT. 1982. A new species of Maniltoa (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae)
from New Guinea. Kew Bull. 37: 129-131, Tig. 1.

VERDCOURT. 1982. The identity of Glycine minima Mil Id. (Leguminosae-
Phaseoleae). Kew Bull. 37: 132.

Voronchikhin, V. V. 1981. Identification of the Vicia species by fruits
and seeds. Vestn. Mosh. Univ. Ser. 15, Biol. 2: 22-29.

Wei, Z. 1981. Antheroporum Gagnep. (Leguminosae). A genus new to China.
(Chi. Chi. Eng75 Chin Wu Fen Lei Hsueh Pao = Acta Phytotaxonomica
Sinica. (Chih Wu Fen Lei Hsueh Pao Acta Phytotaxonom Sinica), p. 351-354.
ILL.; Peking. K'O Hsueh Ch'U Pan She. Aug. 1981. V. 19(3): 1981.

YAKOVLEV. 1981. On the new species of the genus Hedysarum (Fabaceae) from
China and Mongolia, Bot. Zhurn. 66(8): 1213-1214.

YAKOVLEV. 1982. Genus Ammdendron (Fabaceae) USSR. Bot. Zhur. 67: 54-62.

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Figure 112. — Daubentonia punicea (Cav.) DC. Coffeeweed. A, Habit, upper branches showing lowers and ma-
ture pods — X 0.5; B, Seed, 2 views — x 2.

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