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146947 to 146963— Continued 



146952. Cuban (cigar type). 



146953. Cash (flue-cured). 



146954. Jamaica (flue-cured) . 



146955. White Stem Orinoco (flue-cured). 



146956. Judy's Pride (white burley). 



146957. Kelley (air-cured type). 



146958. Twist Bud (air-cured type) . 



146959. One Sucker (dark air-cured type). 



146960. Improved Yellow Mammoth (fire-cured). 



146961. Madole (fire-cured). 



146962. Maryland Broadleaf. 



146963. Maryland Medium Broadleaf. 



146964. Chrysanthemum sp. Asteraceae. 



From Bolivia. Seeds collected by Claud L. Horn, Office of Foreign Agricul- 

 tural Relations, United States Department of Agriculture. Received 

 September 21, 1943. 



Collected at San Jose, near Lake Titicaca, August 1943. Grown as an 

 ornamental. 



146965 to 146967. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by M. J, Mintzer, Estacion Agricola Ex- 

 perimental, Coronel Moldes, Provincia de Salta, through H. H. Bartlett, 

 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Received September 21, 

 1943. 



146965. Cucurbita ficifolia Bouche. Cucurbitaceae. Alcaliota. 



No. 20271. Cayote, An extensively cultivated melon, native to Ecuador, 

 where it is used as food for man as well as for stock. It averages 20 to 

 30 pounds in weight when ripe and the shell is very hard, the flesh white, 

 and the seeds black. 



For previous introduction see 128203. 



146966. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. Cushaw. 

 No. 20270. Anco. 



146967. Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 20272. Akchoscha. A tropical, cucumberlike vegetable, which is 

 stuffed with meat and baked. 



For previous introduction see 142215. 



146968 and 146969. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by M. Wilman, McGregor 

 Museum, Kimberley. Received September 16, 1943. 



146968. Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees. Poaceae. Grass. 

 A native South African grass. 



For previous introduction see 145876. 



146969. Rhus ciliata Schult. Anacardiaceae. 



A useful little bush that thrives well in limey soil. It flowers in winter 

 and the flower tops are eaten by stock. Common throughout Griqualand 

 West and adjacent parts of the Orange Free State. 



For previous introduction see 146714. 



