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143531. V. 13. 143535. V. 35. 



143532. V. 16. 



143529. V. 2. 143533. V. 22. 



Nos. 143536 to 143539 are from dwarf plants. 



143536. V. 14. 143538. V. 38. 



143537. V. 15. 143539. V. 45. 



143540 and 143541. 



From Szechwan Province, China. Plants presented by John Tee- Van, New York 

 Zoological Society. Received December 27, 1941. 



143540. Phyllostachys sp. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



A species brought from a distant place and grown at Chengtu for ornamental 

 purposes. This bamboo, as well as the following, was readily eaten by the giant 

 panda in captivity. 



143541. Sinarundinaria sp. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



Collected by Den Wei-han, Chengtu, Szechwan. This is the smaller of the two 

 bamboos known to be eaten by the giant panda; it is said to grow about 10 feet 

 high. The plant occurs. at altitudes between 6,500 and 9,000 feet in western Szech- 

 wan. 



143542 to 143549. Lagenaria leucantha (Duchesne) Rusby. 



Cucurbitaceae. Calabash gourd. 



From Iran. Seeds collected by Dr. Walter Koelz, Tehran. Received December 1, 

 1941. 



143542. No. 7492. From Tabriz, Azerbaijan, November 12, 1940. 



143543. No. 7540. From Maraghe, Azerbaijan, November 28, 1940. 



143544. No. 7627. From Rezaieh, Azerbaijan, December 8, 1940. 



143545. No. 7731. From Khai, Azerbajian, December 12, 1940. Dipper-gourd. 



143546. No. 7820. From Hamadan, December 22, 1940. 



143547. No. 7834. From Kermanshah, December 24, 1940. Fruit 11 inches high, 

 used as a storage utensil. 



143548. No. 7874. From Qasrishirin, Kermanshah, December 27, 1940. Fruit 12 

 inches high, with unusual thick neck; used as storage utensil. 



143549. No. 7966. From Brujird, Luristan, January 21, 1941. 



143550. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



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

 Received December 30, 1941. 



P.O.J. 2878 X Zea mays. 



143551 to 143647. 



From Iran. Seeds collected by Dr. Walter Koelz, Tehran. Received December 16, 

 1941. 



Nos. 143551 to 143567 were collected in Durud, Luristan, June 1941. 



143551. Althaea sp. Malvaceae. 



No. 8035. A perennial hollyhock 4 feet high, branching from root, with single 

 white or rose-purple yellow-throated flowers 4 inches in diameter. 



143552. Althaea sp. 



No. 8077. A xerophytic hollyhock up to 10 feet high, with single, white, yellow- 

 centered, fragrant flowers 3 inches across and palmatety cut leaves. 



