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49566. VoACANGA GRAXDiFOLiA (Miquel) Rolfe. Apocynaceae. 

 {Pootia grandifolia Miquel.) 



(No. 744.) A shrub or suiall tree, native to Java, with opposite dark- 

 green elliptic-oblong leaves up to a foot in length. The white flowers are 

 borne in racemelike clusters. (Adapted from Miquel, Flora van Neder- 

 landsch Indie, vol. 2, p. 4^7.) 



49567. Calamus sp. Phoenicacese. Rattan palm. 

 (No. 932.) There are several species of this genus whose stems are 



known under the names of rattan or canes. These have reedlike stems, 

 rarely more than an inch or two in thickness, and pinnate leaves. The 

 flowers are small, generally pink or greenish, and the fruits are covered 

 with smooth, shining scales. (Adapted from Lindley, Treasury of Botany, 

 vol. 1, p. 191.) 



49568 to 49581. 



From Paris, France. Seeds presented by Prof. E. Schribaux, directeur 

 de la Station d'Essais de Semences. Received March 27, 1920. Quoted 

 notes in italic by Professor Schribaux ; other notes by G. W. Warburton. 



49568. AvENA STERiLis L. Poacese. Oats. 



"Avoine du Maroc. A black oat with long medium-slender lemmas, 

 weak to medium-stroug awns, and numerous basal bristles. Probably a 

 winter form and identical with the black kernels in S. P. I. No. 46565." 



49569 and 49570. Avena sativa L. Poacese. Oats. 



49569. " Liffowo X Brie. A segregating hybrid." 



49570. " Ligowo X Brie. A segregating hybrid." 



49571 to 49578. Triticum aestivum L. Poacese. Common wheat, 



(T. vulgare Vill.) 



49571. " BU de Bordeaux." 



49572. " BJe de Gironde." 



49573. " Bladette de Puylaurens." 



49574. " Rieti X Japhet (No. 30 ou A4)." 



49575. '' Rouge de Alsace X Bordeaux (Bl)." 



49576. '' Rouge de Alsace X Bordeaux (B2)." 



49577. "Rouge de Alsace X Bordeaux (B3)." 



49578. "Rouge de Alsace X Bordeaux (B4)." 



49579 and 49580. Triticum durum Desf. Poacese. Durum wheat. 



49579. •' Ble de Fanfaron.'' 49580. '• Enano de Jaen." 



49581. Triticum turgidum L. Poacese. Poulard wheat. 

 " Poulard de Australie." 



49582 to 49612. 



From Kafue, Northern Rhodesia. Seeds collected by Dr. H. L. Shantz, 

 Agricultural Explorer for the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received March 

 5, 1920. Quoted notes by Doctor Shantz. 



49582. Acacia sp. Mimosacese. 



"(No. 346. December 7, 1919.) An acacia with very delicate papery 

 pods; abundant along the upper Kafue River." 



