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146228 to 146253— Continued 



146236. NC No. 0. Selection (F-4-35). 



146237. NC No. 10. Selection (F-4-36). 



146238. NC No. 11. Selection (F-4-3). 



146239. NC No. 12. Selection (F-3-128). 



146240. NC No. 13. Selection (F-4-31). 



146241. NC No. 14. Selection (F-4-33;. 



146242. NC No. 15. Selection (F-4-19). 



146243. NC No. 16. Selection (F-4-10). 



146244. NC No. 17. Selection (F-3-129). 



146245. NC No. 18. Selection (F-4-1). 



146246. NC No. 19. Selection (F-4-18). 



146247. NC No. 20. Selection (F-4-2). 



146248. NC No. 21. Selection (F-4-28). 



146249. NC No. 22. Selection (F-4-13). 



146250. NC No. 23. Selection (F-4-15). 



146251. NC No. 24. Selection (F-3-120). 



146252. NC No. 25. Selection (F-4-12). 



146253. NC No. 26. Selection (F-3-130). 



146254 and 146255. 



From Illinois. Seeds presented by Charles A. Heath. Chicago. Received 

 June 17, 1943. 



146254. Felicia echinata Nees. Asteraceae. 



Introduced under the varietal name "paralia," for which a place of 

 publication has not been found. A soft-wooded, asterlike shrub with mauve 

 flower heads; native to South Africa. 



146255. SUTERA grandiflora (Galpin) Hiern. Scrophulariaceae. 



A shrubby perennial l 1 /^ to 3 feet high, with hispid, oval-oblong leaves 

 up to 1 inch long, and numerous mauve flowers about 1 inch long in ter- 

 minal racemes ; native to the Transvaal. 



146256. Elytrostachys typica McClure. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Venezuela. Seeds presented by C. J. Marvex, Valencia. Received June 

 17, 1943. 



A recently described species of bamboo, native to Venezuela, growing to 

 heights of 20 to 35 feet. It is a clump-forming bamboo, and the branching 

 habit of the culm is verticillate. 



146257. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by Dr. W. E, Cross, Estacion Experimen- 

 tal Agricola de Tucuman, Tucuman. Received June 18, 1943. 



Variety Inverniza No. 3. 



146258. Tephrosia noctiflora Bojer (Cracca noctiflora (Bojer) 

 Kuntze). Fabaceae. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by Enrique F. Schultz, Estacion Experi- 

 mental Agricola de Tucuman, Tucuman. Received June 17, 1943. 



A bushy, brown, hairy plant with compound leaves about 4 inches long, and 

 lax terminal racemes of reddish flowers that open late in the afternoon. It 

 is cultivated as a cover crop and is native to tropical Africa. 



For previous introduction see 106954. 



