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smooth, bright green with several dark-green anastomosing lines, and the 

 * I iback is dark green with transverse bands of tubercles. Belated to Haworthia 

 venosa. 



132997 and 132998. 



From Sumatra. Seeds presented by the Directeur, Algemeen Proefstation, Al- 

 gemeen Vereeniging van Rubberplanters ter Ooostkust van Sumatra. 

 Received May 9, 1939. 



132997. Canavalia sp. Fabaceae. 



Received as Canavalia rosea, which is now referred to C. maritima, but the 

 seeds are not of that species. 



132998. Puerabia phaseoloides (Roxb.) Benth. Fabaceae. 



A twining, semishrubby plant densely covered with brown hairs. The leaf- 

 lets are green above and densely matted beneath with gray hairs, and the 

 reddish flowers are in long-stemmed racemes. Native to tropical regions of 

 the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 130946. 



132999. Jtjglans regia L. Juglandaceae. Persian walnut. 



From Rumania. Seeds presented by Prof. I. Safts, at the request of Dr. N. 

 Saulescu, Director Statiunea de Ameliorarea Plantelor si Controlul Semin- 

 telor, Cluj. Received May 1, 1939. 



133000 to 133006. Ortza sattva L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From India. Seeds presented by C. R. Srinivasa Ayyangar, Paddy Specialist, 

 Coimbatore. Received May 11, 1939. 



133000. Var. Ainaura. (Russian T. 753.) 



133001. Var. Italica. (Russian T. 748.) 



133002. Var. Subvulgarte. (Russian T. 755.) 



133003. Var. Vialianica. (Russian T. 751.) 



133004. Var. Vulgaris. (Russian T. 749.) 



133005. Var. Vulgaris. (Russian T. 758.) 



133006. Chinese wild rice. 



133007 to 133013. Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. Brassicaceae. 



Cabbage. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by Dr. S. N. 

 Shundenko, Institute of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received May 3, 1939. 



A collection of white cabbage varieties. 



133007. Belorusskaja. No. 184. USSR. 



133008. KasUrka. No. 1428. USSR. 



133009. Marnopolka. No. 1002. Bulgaria. 



133010. Moskovskaja Posdniaja. No. 176. USSR. 



133011. Possopskaja. No. 1254. 



133012. Slavianka. No. 1538. 



133013. Valvatievskaja. No. 1255. USSR. 



133014 to 133031. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by F. M. Rogers, Superintendent of Plantations, 

 East African Agricultural Research Station, Amani, Tanga, Tanganyika 

 Territory. Received April 27, 1939. 



133014. Aeeca catechu L. Phoenicaceae. Betel palm. 



The betel palm bears at the tip of the trunk, 40 to 100 feet high, a large 

 crown of pinnately divided leaves, 4 to 6 feet long, the lowest usually pendulous. 



