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146172. Cnidoscglus tepiquensis (Cost. & Gall.) Lundell. Eu- 

 phorbiaceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by Floyd D. Ransom, Mexico City, in the San 

 Bias District of Nayarit. Received June 2, 1943. 



146173. Puya sp. Bromeliaceae. 



From Bolivia. Seeds presented by Dr. Martin Cardenas, Universidad Au- 

 tonoma "Simon Bolivar," Cochabamba. Received June 2, 1943. 



Chuqui kayara. An arborescent perennial up to 8 m. high, found on stony 

 slopes, and used by Indians in the manufacture of "pita," or fiber string. 



146174 and 146175. 



From British East Africa. Seeds presented by the American Consulate, 

 Nairobi, Kenya. Received June 4, 1943. 



146174. Sansevieria sp. Liliaceae. 

 No. 9. 



146175. Sansevieria sp. 

 No. 10. 



146176 to 146180. Fragaria. Rosaceae. Strawberry. 



From Saskatchewan. Seeds presented by A. J. Porter, Honeywood Nursery, 

 Parkside. Received June 11, 1943. 



146176. No. 1. Sparta. (Honeywood No. 1) 



146177. No. 2. August Beauty. (Honeywood No. 2) 



146178. No. 5. Honeywood No. 18. 



146179. No. 6. Honeywood No. 6. 



146180. No. 8. Honeywood No. 8. 



146181 to 146192. 



From Colombia. Seeds collected by F. R. Fosberg, Foreign Economic Ad- 

 ministration, Washington, D. C. Received June 5, 1943. 



146181. Cactus sp. Cactaceae. 

 Collected in the valley of the Rio Cabrera between Nieva and Colombia. 



146182. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 

 146183 to 146192. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



146183. Bata No. 1. 146188. Chucarima No. 4. 



146184. Bata No. 2. 146189. Chucarima No. 5. 



146185. Chucarima No. 1. 146190. Chucarima No. 6. 



146186. Chucarima No. 2. 146191. Chucarima No. 7. 



146187. Chucarima No. 3. 146192. Chucarima No. 8. 



146193 and 146194. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by Prof. Arturo Burkart, through H. H. 

 Bartlett, American Embassy, Buenos Aires. Received June 5, 1943. 



146193. Gossypium barbadense L. Malvaceae. Sea-island cotton. 

 A long-cultivated form. 



146194. Justicia lorentziana Lindau. Acanthaceae. 



146195 to 146226. 



From Central and South America and the East Indies. Seeds collected by 

 Dr. David Fairchild, Coconut Grove, Fla. Numbered in June, 1943. 



