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PLANT INVENTORY NO. 157 



181709 to 181845— Continued 



181817 to 181826— Continued 



181825. No. 10010. Andjar-Bekaa, Lebanon. 



181826. No, 10012. Andjar-Bekaa. 



181827 to 181831. Vicia sativa L. Common vetch. 



181827. No. 9899. Baladi. Chtura, Lebanon. Nov. 2. 

 Bakia. Al-Marj, Zahle, Lebanon. 

 Bakia. Al-Marj, Zahle. 

 Bakaai. Al-Marj, Zahle. 



Vesce. Andjar-Bekaa, Lebanon. 

 181832 and 181833. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



181832. No. 9824. Seed dealer, Damascus. Oct. 20. 



181833. No. 9998. Andjar-Bekaa, Lebanon. Nov. 2. 

 181834 to 181844. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



181828. 



No. 



9921. 



181829. 



No. 



9931. 



181830. 



No. 



9937. 



181831. 



No. 



10001 



Corn. 



181834. No. 9734. Village of Arnet at foot of Mount Hermon near Da- 

 mascus. Oct. 17. 



181835. No. 9792. 



181836. No. 9912. 



181837. No. 9914. 



181838. No. 9939. 

 181839 to 181844. 



Seed dealer, Damascus. Oct. 20. 

 Chtura, Lebanon. Nov. 2. Seeds white. 

 Chtura. Seeds yellow. 

 Al-Marj, Zahle, Lebanon. 

 From Andjar-Bekaa, Lebanon. Nov. 2. 

 r. Peston. Seeds white. 

 Early white. 



Seeds yellow ; very late maturing. 

 Mammoth early ; sweet type. 

 Early sweet. 



Nov. 2. Double type. 



Zinnia. 



Cotton. 



181839. No. 9977. 



181840. No. 9984. 



181841. No. 9985. 



181842. No. 9994. 



181843. No. 9995. 



181844. No. 10003. Nain. Early. 

 181845. Zinnia sp. Asteraceae. 



No. 10009. Andjar-Bekaa, Lebanon. 



181846. Gossypium. Malvaceae. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained through the Division of Cotton and Other Fiber 

 Crops, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received May 11, 1949. 



Originally from India. 



181847 to 181851. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Madras Agricultural Department, Madras. 

 Received May 16, 1949. 



181847. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link. Poaceae. 



181848. Cenchrus biflorus Roxb. Poaceae. 



181849. Glycine javanica L. Fabaceae. 



181850. Iseilema laxum Hack. Poaceae. 



181851. Panicum antidotale Retz. Poaceae. 



181852. Carthamus tinctoeius L. Asteraceae. Safflower. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the American Embassy, Buenos Aires. 

 Received May 23, 1949. 



