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142982. Setaria flabellata Stapf. Poaceae. 

 No. 347. From Umfolosi River, Zululand. 



142983 to 142992. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From the Canal Zone. Seeds presented by the Experimental Gardens, Summit. 

 Received December 4, 1941. 



142983. 21 N.G. 2 X C.P. 1165. 



142984. E.K. 28 X C.P. 1165. 



142985. La. Purple X C.P. 36-155. 



142986. La. Striped X 28 N.G. 104- 



142987. N.H. 2 X 28 N.G. 253. 



142988. P.R. 807 X C.P. 1165. 



142989. P.R. 900 X C.P. 1165. 



142990. P.O.J. 2940 X D 74. 



142991. P.O.J. 2878 X C.P. 31-511. 



142992. Rayada X 28 N.G. 218. 



142993 to 142999. 



From California. Seeds presented by Dr. T. H. Goodspeed, University of California 

 Botanical Garden, Berkeley. Received December 4, 1941. 



142993. Alstroemeria violacea Philippi. Amaryllidaceae. 

 No. 1615. Produced from seed originally from Chile. 

 For previous introduction see 139511. 



142994. Begonia micranthera Griseb. Begoniaceae. 

 No. 484. 



142995. Begonia clarkei Hook. f. 

 No. 488. 



142996. Begonia veitchii Hook. f. 

 No. 481. 



142997. Begonia micranthera var. fimbriata Smith and Schub. 

 No. 480. 



142998. Begonia pleiopetala A. DC. 

 No. 489. 



142999. Begonia micranthera var. hieronymi Smith and Schub. 

 Xo. 482. 



143000 to 143138. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. 



Watermelon. 



From Iran. Seeds collected by Dr. Walter Koelz, Tehran. Received December 5, 

 1941. 

 Hinduana is the vernacular name for watermelon in Iran. 



143000. No. 7294. From Tehran, October 18, 1940. Fruit sea green, 12 inches 

 long and 6 inches in diameter; flesh pink. 



Nos. 143001 to 143006 were collected in Sharifabad, Tehran, October 22, 1940. 



143001. No. 7295. Fruit globose, grass green, with darker narrow stripes; rind }/i 

 inch thick; flesh pink. 



1430G2. No. 7296. Fruit globose, 9 inches in diameter, pea green with stripes of 

 black green; flesh pink and good. 



