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189418 to 189424. Gossypium. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Seeds presented by the Department of 

 Agriculture, Shambat, Khartoum North. Received May 29, 1950. 



Varieties bred for blackarm resistance. 



189418. BAR 4/16. G. hirsutum X punctatum. 



189419. BAR 4/18. G. hirsutum X punctatum. 



189420. BAR 14/7. G. hirsutum origin. 



189421. BAR 14/9. G. punctatum origin. 



189422. BAR 14/11. G. hirsutum origin. 



189423. BAR 14/19. G. arboreum origin. 



189424. BAR 14/22. G. barbadense origin. 



189425 to 189440 Ipomoea BATATAS (L.) Lam. 



Convolvulaceae. 

 Sweetpotato. 



Roots collected by J. T. Baldwin, Jr., Agricultural Explorer, 

 and Agricultural Engineering, Beltsville, 



From Mexico. 



Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils 

 Md. Received May 29, 1950. 



Collected in 1950. 



No. 1069. Market, Veracruz. 



189425. No. 1. 189433. No. 9. 



189426. No. 2. 189434. No. 10. 



189427. No. 3. 189435. No. 11. 



189428. No. 4. 189436. No. 12. 



189429. No. 5. 189437. No. 13. 



189430. No. 6. 189438. No. 14. 



189431. No. 7. 189439. No. 15. 



189432. No. 8. 189440. No. 16. 



189441. Fragaria. Rosaceae. 



Strawberry. 



From Tasmania. Plants presented by T. D. Raphael, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Hobart. Received May 31, 1950. 



189442. Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd. Fabaceae. 



Divi-divi. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by the Harvard University Atkins Garden and 

 Research Laboratory, Cienfuegos. Received May 31, 1950. 



189443. Urera baccifera Gaud. Urticaceae. 



From Argentina. Seeds obtained through the American Embassy, Buenos 

 Aires. Received May 31, 1950. 



Ortiga Brava. A large shrub native to South America. 



189444. Phormium tenax Forst. Liliaceae. New Zealand flax. 



From the Azores. Plants presented by Fernandez Cordeniz Fagundes, 

 Estacao Agraria, Terceira Island. Received May 31, 1950. 



189445 and 189446. Desmodium spp. Fabaceae. 



From Nicaragua. Seeds presented by the Escuela Nacional de Agricultura, 

 Chinandega. Received June 1, 1950. 



189445. Desmodium scorpiurus Desv. 



Stems 20 inches or more long, rooting near base. Native to tropical 

 America. 



