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135265 to 135267— Continued 



135266. Desmodium discolor Vogel (Meibomia discolor Kuntze). 



A shrubby, erect, hairy plant from southern Brazil, with oval membranous 

 leaflets and large panicles of light-blue flowers. Cultivated in Brazil for forage 

 and silage; it is cut while young, as it becomes woody with age. 



For previous introduction see 133429. 



135267. Desmodium leiocarpum (Spreng.) Don (Meibomia leiocarpa (Spreng.) 

 Kuntze). 



In northern Argentina and southern Brazil this native leguminous plant is 

 eaten readily by stock. It becomes 6 feet or more in height, more or less branched, 

 with trifoliolate leaves 2 inches or more long. 



For previous introduction see 64217. 



135268 to 135403. 



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

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received February 12, 1940. 



135268. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. Cucurbitaceae. Wax gourd. 



135269 to 135343. Cucumis MELO L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



135269 and 135270. Collected in Dasht-i-sufed, August 24, 1939, at 6,000 feet 

 altitude. Grown under irrigation. Kharbuz is the vernacular name for 

 melon in Afghanistan. 



135269. No. 4507. Fruit semiglobose, 10 inches in length, green yellow 

 with blotches of green black; rind smooth; flesh greenish, 1% inches thick, 

 and sweet. 



135270. No. 4508. Fruit globose, 6 inches in diameter; rind golden yel- 

 low, hard and smooth; flesh white, 1M inches thick, and sweet. Excellent 

 keeper. 



135271 and 135272. Collected in Kamard, August 24, 1939, at 6,000 feet al- 

 titude. Grown under irrigation. 



135271. No. 4511. Fruit football-shaped, 10 inches in length; rind yellow 

 with little net; flesh greenish, 1}^ inches thick, and sweet. 



135272. No. 4513. Fruit semiglobose, 8 inches in length; rind pale yellow, 

 ribbed, greenish netted; flesh white, 1^ inches thick and sweet. 



135273. No. 4514. From Kamard, August 25, 1939. Grown under irrigation. 

 Fruit green yellow, 8 by 5 inches, netted; flesh white, 1^ inches thick. 



135274 and 135275. Collected at Dari Yusuf, August 30, 1939. 



135274. No. 4569. Fruit yellow, dotted with pale yellow and green, faint 

 net, 10 by 6 inches; flesh white, 1}4 inches thick. 



135275. Fruit football-shaped, 10 inches in length; elongate blotches of 

 dark and pale green, faint net; flesh l l /i inches thick, white, crisp, and 

 sweet. 



135276 and 135277. Collected at Binimang, September 1, 1939. 



135276. No. 4578. Fruit football-shaped, 10 inches in length; rind lemon 

 yellow; flesh white, 134 inches thick, soft, juicy, and sweet. Grown under 

 irrigation. 



135277. No. 4586. Fruit subglobose, 8 inches in length; rind yellow, un- 

 netted; flesh salmon color, \y 2 inches thick, soft, juicy, and sweet. Said 

 to be grown without water. 



135278. No. 4588. From Terak, September 2, 1939. Fruit elongate, 10 by 

 6 inches; rind heavily netted, blotched yellow and orange; flesh white, 

 1% inches thick, and sweet. Said to be grown without water. 



135279 to 135303. Collected in Kala Sarkari, September 1939. 



135279. Fruit football-shaped, 7 inches in length; trace of net on rind, 

 blotched grass green and orange, with broad unindented ribs of pale 

 green; flesh white, 13^2 inches thick, and sweet. 



