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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



120253 to 120278— Continued. 



120266. No. 2718. From the Amasya ba- 

 zar, August 25. 



120267. No. 2740. From 6 km. west of 

 Yalova Kapiijalari, September 6. 



120268. No. 2743. From 1 km. south of 

 Genilik, September 6. 



Small fruits found growing in an uncul- 

 tivated olive orchard. 



120269. No. 2888: From the Chanak Kale, 

 bazar, September 18. 



120270. No. 2906. From 75 km. southwest 

 of Chanak Kale, September 18. A red- 

 plum type, sweet with tough skin, from 

 the ruins of the old city of Troy. 



120271. No. 3003. From the Kutahya ba- 

 zar, September 26. 



120272. No. 3053. From the Amasya ba- 

 zar, October 6. 



120282 to 120490— Continued. 



From the Yozgat bazar, 



120273. No. 3083. 

 October 9. 



120274. No. 3133. From the Inebolu ba- 

 zar, October 13. 



120275. No. 3172. From the Kastamonu 

 bazar, October 14. 



120276. No. 3211. From the Cbankiri ba- 

 zar, October 15. 



120277. No. 3254. From the Adapazari ba- 

 zar, October 20. 



120278. No. 3283. From the Edirne ba- 

 zar, October 22. 



120279 to 120281. 



From British Honduras. Seeds purchased 

 from William A. Schipp, botanical collector, 

 Corozal. Received February 8, 1937. 



120279. ACANTHORHIZA ACULEATA (Liebm.) 



W' ndl. Phoenicaceae. Rootspine palm. 



Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



120230. Chamaedorea sp. 



120281. Thrinax sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



A magnificent fan-leaved palm, found 

 only in the northern part of the colony, 

 in calcareous soils. 



120282 to 120490. 



From Turkey. Seeds collected by H. L. West- 

 over and F. L. Wellman, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received January 13, 1937. 



This material was all collected in 1936. 



120282. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. 



Common beet. 



No. 2220. From the Eizinjan bazar, 

 August 8. 



120283. Capsicum annuum L. Solanaceae. 



Common redpepper. 



No. 3153. From the Kastamonu bazar, 

 October 14 



120284 to 120332. Citrullus vulgaris 

 Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



From the Isparta ba- 



120284. No. 556. 

 zar, June 2. 



120285. No. 579. From the Antalya ba- 

 zar, June. 4. 



Nos. 120286 and 120287. 

 Izmir bazar, May 23. 



From the 



A sweet melon of good 

 A melon with large 



120286. No. 607. 

 quality. 



120287. No. 611. 

 black seeds. 



120288. No. 1153. From the Balikesir 

 bazar, June 16. 



120289. No. 1160. From the Balikesir 

 bazar, June 17. 



120290. No. 1250. From the Bursa ba- 

 zar, June 16. 



120291. No. 1370. From the Marash ba- 

 zar, July 2. 



Nos. 120292 to 120294. From the 

 TJrfa bazar, July 6. 



120292. No. 1541. 120294. No. 1554. 



120293. No. 1550. 



Nos. 120295 to 120297. From the 

 Diyaibekir bazar, July 8 and 10. 



120295. No. 1612. Fruit small, round; 

 skin dark green with sreen markings ; 

 flesh red, of fair quality ; early ripen- 

 ing ; from Tarsus. 



120296. No. 1654. Fruit small, round, 

 early ; flesh red ; seeds black ; said to 

 be grown in the Mersin district. 



120297. No. 1668. A famous variety ; 

 in 1935, one fruit is reported to have 

 weighed about 160 pounds. 



120298. No. 1822. From the Malatya 

 bazar, July 16. 



120299. No. 1903. From the Malatya 

 bazar, July 17, but grown on dry hills 

 along the Euphrates River. Fruit 

 round, a foot in diameter, early ; flesh 

 red and of good quality ; skin- tough, 

 grass green with darker markings. 



120300. No. 2033. From the Nigde ba- 

 zar, July 27. 



120301. No. 2128. From the Sivas ba- 

 zar, August 5. 



Nos. 120302 and 120303. From the 

 Eizinjan bazar, August 8. 



120302. No. 2226. 



120303. No. 2257. Fruit 6 inches in 

 diameter ; skin very thin, dark green ; 

 flesh light salmon color, fair to me- 

 dium sweet. 



120304. No. 2370. From the Trabzon 

 bazar, August 11. 



120305. No. 2404. From 55 km. east of 

 Trabzon, August 13. Fruit medium 

 small; skin dark green; rind thin; 

 flesh pink with salmon streaks, of 

 good quality. 



120306. No. 2435. From Adana, July 21. 



120307. No. 2520. From the Samsun 

 bazar, August 21. 



120308. No. 2787. Originally from 

 Bursa. September 8. Flesh creamy 

 white, of fair quality ; seeds few, large 

 and white. 



120309. No. 2504. From Ordu, August 

 18. Fruit long and slender, like a cu- 

 cumber ; skin green, netted ; flesh red, 

 of fair quality. 



120310. No. 2786. Originally from 

 Bursa, September 8. Fruit with pink 

 flesh and small light-colored seeds. 



