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148253 to 148258. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained from the Division of Cereal Crops and 

 Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineer- 

 ing, Beltsville. Received March 27, 1944. 



148253. Fortuna CI 13U. 148256. Nira CI 2702. 



148254. Honduras CI 16 A3. 148257. Rexoro CI 1779. 



148255. Iola CI £559. 148258. Shoemed CI 3625. 



148259 and 148260. Glycine max (L.) Merrill. Fabaceae. 



Soybean. 



From Hawaii. Seeds presented by A. J. Mangelsdorf, Hawaiian Sugar 

 Planters' Association Experiment Station, Honolulu. Received March 

 27, 1944. 



148259. Java 29. 



148260. Potchefstroom. 



148261. Cereus sp. Cactaceae. 



From Colombia. Plants presented by Miguel Lopez Pumarejo, Bogota. 

 Received March 27, 1944. 



Pitahaya. 



148262 to 148268. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



From Maryland. Trees purchased from the Bountiful Ridge Nurseries, 

 Princess Anne. Received March 28, 1944. 



148262. Early-Red-Fire. 148266. Hope Farm. 



148263. Fireglow. 148267. Lizzie. 



148264. Gage Elberta. 148268. Shipper's Late Red. 



148265. Gemmer's Late Elberta. 



148269 to 148272. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solanaceae. 



Common tobacco. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained from the Division of Tobacco Investigations, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Belts- 

 ville. Received March 28, 1944. 



148269. Lockwood (White burley). 



148270. Yellow Twist Bud (White burley). 



148271. Cash. 



148272. Virginia Bright Leaf. 



148273. Brillantaisia lamium Benth. Acanthaceae. 



From California. Seeds presented by Kenneth H. Prior, Pasadena. Received 

 February 28, 1944. 



A large herb, 3 to 4 feet high, with heart-shaped leaves, and very small 

 deep-blue flowers in lax panicles. Native to tropical Africa. 



148274. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa. 

 Received March 21, 1944. 



148275 to 148284. 



From Angola. Seeds collected by A. T. Semple, Soil Conservation Service, 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Received February 26, 1944. 



148275. Cynodon sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



From Umpata and Sa da Bandeira. Very drought-resistant. 



