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127114 and 127115. Pancratium spp. Amaryllidaceae. 



From England. Bulbs purchased from the Hocker Edge Gardens, Cranbrook, 

 Kent. Received February 21, 1938. 



127114. Pancratium hxyricum L. 



For previous introduction and description see 127066. 



127115. Pancratium maeittmum L. 



A bulbous perennial with 5 to 6 strap-shaped, evergreen leaves and 5 to 10 

 large fragrant white flowers on a compressed scape, blooming throughout the 

 summer. Native to the Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see 93488. 



127116. Juglans nigra L. Juglandaceae. Black walnut. 



From Michigan. Seeds presented by N. A. Cardinell, Michigan State College, 

 East Lansing. Received February 21, 1938. 



127117. Digitaria sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by D. Meredith, African Ex- 

 plosives & Industries, Ltd., Johannesburg. Received February 18, 1938. 



Pong ola. A strain of woolly fingergrass. 



127118. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



From Peru. Tubers collected by H. L. Blood, Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Logan, Utah, in cooperation with the Division of Fruit and Vegetable Crops 

 and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. Received February 25, 1938. 



A wild potato, collected among the ruins of Pisac, at 12,500 feet altitude. 



127119 to 127310. Citrullus vulgaris Sclirad. Cucurbit aceae. 



Watermelon. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds collected by Walter Koelz, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received February 18, 1938. 



This material was all collected in the autumn of 1937. 



127119. No. 4083. From Girishk, October 28. Fruit globose, 7 inches in diam- 

 eter, yellow with broad orange stripes ; rind % inch thick ; flesh pale rose. 



Nos. 127120 and 127121. From Haibak, September 24, at 2,000 feet altitude. 



127120. No. 2888. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, very dark green ; rind 

 y 2 inch thick ; flesh rose, of good texture, sweet. 



127121. No. 3889. Fruit 13 by 9 inches, pale green, vermiculations darker ; rind 

 1 inch thick ; flesh rose, of good texture and flavor. 



Nos. 127122 to 127128. From Kabul, September 26 to October 6, at 7,000 feet 

 altitude. 



127122. No. 3893. Fruit 17 by 10 inches, pale green with traces of slightly 

 darker blotched stripes ; rind % inch thick ; flesh pink, good but rather firm. 



127123. No. 3895. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, pale green; rind % 

 inch thick ; flesh pink, good. 



127124. No. 3896, Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter, greenish white with 

 obsolescent stripes of darker green; rind y 2 inch thick; flesh pink, good. 



127125. No. 3903. Fruit globose, 10 inches in diameter; greenish white, with 

 traces of darker green stripes ; rind % inch thick ; flesh pink, good. 



127126. No. 3904. Fruit 15 by 7 inches, pale green with irregular stripes of 

 grass green ; rind %, inch thick ; flesh rose, of good texture, but low in sugar 

 content. 



