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145573 to 145584— Continued. 



145574. Caria Blanca x Kasoer. 



145575. Caria Blanca X Toledo. 



145576. CO 281 X CP 1161. 



145577. Criola X P. 0. J. 2878. 



145578. Cristalina X Hind's Special. 



145579. Cristalina X Toledo. 



145580. La. Purple x Hind's Special. 



145581. Manjav x CP 1165. 



145582. P.O.J. 2940 x CP 1165. 



145583. S.C. 1214 x CP 1165. 



145584. Yellow Caiadonia Imp. 769 X CP 1165. 



145585. Callicarpa Americana L. Verbenaceae. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by James B. McFarlin, National Parks Serv- 

 ice, through Robert G. Wilson, Miami. Numbered December 22, 1942. 



Variety Lactea. A white-fruited form. 



145586 to 145589. 



From Guatemala. Seeds collected bv Dr. David Fairchild. Received Novem- 

 ber 12, 1941. 



Collected on the place of Mrs. Robert Hempstead at Coban. 



145586. Omanthe sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 1149. A handsome, tall, cluster palm with pinnate leaves and black 

 round fruits on a one-branched fruit stalk, the branches of which are much 

 curled and twisted. It strongly resembles the Cajnico of Antigua. 



145587. Omanthe sp. 



No. 1155. A handsome cluster palm very similar to the Capuco of An- 

 tigua. It is apparently related to the Pacaya (Chamaedorea sp.), but its 

 inflorescences are not eaten. The fruits, round and black when ripe, are 

 produced on slender and slightly tortuous one-branched inflorescences. 



145588. Cupressus benthami Endl. Pinaceae. Bentham cypress. 



No. 1127. Collected on the shore of Lake Atitlan at an altitude of 5,200 

 ft., October 19, 1941. A cypress of elegant habit, often up to 90 feet high, 

 with regularly pinnate, flattened branchlets. Native to southern Mexico 

 and Central America at altitudes of 4,000 to 10,000 feet. 



145589. Olmediella betschleriana (Goepp.) Loes. Flacourtiaceae. 



No. 1150. Manzanote. A very attractive tree of pyramidal habit, with 

 large, spiny-margined leaves; it is used quite extensively as a street tree 

 in the cities of Antigua and Guatemala. Its fruits are tomato-shaped, flat- 

 tened, with an extremely hard shell. The seeds are small, ovate, thin. 



145590. Phaeomeria speciosa (Blume) Koord. Zingiberaceae. 



From Puerto Rico. Plants presented by T. B. McClelland, Puerto Rico Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station, Mayagiiez. Received May 31, 1934. Num- 

 bered December 22, 1942. 



A perennial herb up to 11 feet high with a thick rhizome and with hand- 

 some gingerlike leaves often more than 2 feet long and 5 to 6 inches broad. 

 The flower heads, subtended by numerous, showy, waxy bracts and borne on 

 separate stalks up to 3 feet high, are often 6 inches across. The individual 

 flowers are small, carmine with a narrow yellow margin, and are less con- 

 spicuous than the bracts, which are waxlike in appearance and up to 4 



