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145918. Cryftostegia grandiflora R. Br. Asclepiadaceae. 



Palay rubbervine. 



From the Bahamas, British West Indies. Seeds obtained through the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland. Received May 8, 1943. 



For previous introduction see 145909. 



145919. Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. Cucurbitaceae. 



Suakwa towelgourd. 



From New York. Seeds purchased from the Gulf & West Indies Co=, Inc., 

 New Y^ork City. Received May 10, 1943. 



145920 and 145921. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. 



Common bean. 



From California. Seeds presented by Klein Bros., Stockton. Received May 



12, 1943. 



145920. Bayo. 



145921. Lady Washington. 



145922 to 145924. Carica papaya L. Papayaceae. Papaya. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by F. E. Gardner, Orlando. Received May 



13, 1943. 



145922. Fairchild. 



145923. Florida. 



145924. Orlando. 



145925 to 145939. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained through the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, 

 and Agricultural Engineering, United States Department of Agriculture. 

 Received May 13, 1943. 



145925. Baart. 145933. Mindum. 



145926. Bimyip. 145934. Pilot. 



145927. Carleton. 145935. Regent. 



145928. Ceres. 145936. Rival. 



145929. Hope. 145937. Stewart. 



145930. Marquis. 145938. Thatcher. 



145931. Merit. 145939. White Federation 38. 



145932. Merit X Thatcher. 



145940 and 145941. 



From Guatemala. Seeds presented by the Direccion General de Agricultura, 

 through Edwin A. Menninger, Stuart, Fla. Received May 4, 1943. 



145940. Pithecellobium sp. Mimosaceae. 

 Palo obero. 



145941. Terminally hayesii Pittier. Combretaceae. 

 Voladora. 



145942. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained through the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, 

 and Agricultural Engineering, United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Beltsville. Received May 15, 1943. 



Midland; grown at Manhattan, Kans. 



