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136241 to 136275— Continued 

 136272 and 136273. Prunus domestica L. Amygdalaceae. Flum- 



136272. Heine Claude d'Oullins Hative. 



136273. Reine Claude R., Tardive Diaphane. 



1136274 and 136275. Pyrus communis L. Malaceae. Common pear. 



136274. Fondante du Panisel. 

 136275. President Mas. 

 136276 and 136277. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by Dr. Carlos Storni, Director of Agriculture* 

 Buenos Aires. Received March 25, 1940. 



136276. Desmodium cuneatum Hook, and Arn. Fabaceae. 



Pega-pega. An erect, pubescent, shrubby plant with ternate leaves of cuneate- 

 oblong leaflets and dense terminal racemes. Native to southern South America. 



136277. Desmodium discolor Vogel. 



Mermelada de Caballo. A shrubby, erect, hairy plant from southern Brazil, witli 

 oval membranous leaflets and large panicles of light-blue flowers. Cultivated 

 in Brazil for forage and silage, being cut while young, as it becomes woody with 

 age. 



For previous introduction see 135266. 



136278 and 136279. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seed presented by the Mountain- 

 Taiga Station, Far Eastern Branch of Academy of Sciences, Voroshilov-Us- 

 suriaky. Received March 25, 1940. 



136278. Lactuca raddeana Maxim. Cichoriaceae. 

 For previous introduction see 125288. 



136279. Lactuca squarrosa (Thunb.) Miquel. (L. laciniata Mak.). Cicho- 

 riaceae. 



A tall, erect annual with long, linear or linear-lanceolate, leaves and panicled yel- 

 low flower heads. Native to eastern Asia. 



136280 and 136281. 



^fFrom Switzerland. Seeds purchased from Corevon Fils, Floraire, Chene-Bourg, 

 near Geneva. Received March 30, 1940. 



136280. Rubus chamaemorus L. Rosaceae. 



Applep The cloudberry is of circumpolar distribution, and the edible yellowish fruits 

 are much prized by the natives of the subarctic regions. The plant is creeping in 

 habit and is frequently found in peat bogs. 



For previous introduction see 92294. 



136281. Rubus saxatilis L. 



A low unarmed woody perennial with trifoliolate leaves about 6 inches long, 

 found in a birch forest. The few fruits are scarlet, rather acid, but pleasant. 



For previous introduction see 122948. 



136282 to 136289. Prunus spp. Amygdalaceae. 



?rom Manchuria. Seeds purchased from Compagnie Orientale Francaise, Ltd.,, 

 Harbin. Recdived March 28, 1940. 



136282. Prunus mandshurica (Maxim.) Koehne. Manchurian apricot. 

 No. 140. Cultivated Manchurian apricot. 



136283 to 136285. Prunus domestica L. Common plum.. 



136283. No. 128. Ivanovka. 



136284. No. 129. Fruit large, red. 



136285. No. 130. Local forms (mixed). 



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