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148703 to 148712— Continued 

 148712. Malus sp. 

 Whitney crab. 



148713. Plazia argentea (Don) Kuntze. Asteraceae. 



From Argentina. Seeds obtained through Prof. H. H. Bartlett, University of 

 Michigan. Received April 28, 1944. 



Olivillo. 



Collected in the Territory of La Pampa, Argentina. A shrub reported to 

 thrive on the alkaline plains of northern Argentina. 



148714 and 148715. Nicotiana rustica L. Solanaceae. 



Aztec tobacco. 



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

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

 ville. Received May 8, 1944. 



148714. 31,753 (A). 



148715. 68 (A). 



148716 and 148717. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



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

 Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 

 Beltsville. Received May 8, 1944. 



148716. Mexican June. 



148717. Tuxpan. 



148718. Arctium lappa L. Asteraceae. 



From Connecticut. Seeds presented by Mrs. Andrew L. Winton, Winton 

 Laboratories, Wilton. Received May 9, 1944. 



Gobo. A variety with greatly thickened roots, grown as a vegetable in 

 Japan. 



148719. Cupressus torulosa Don. Pinaceae. Bhutan cypress. 



From India. Seeds presented by Government Gardens, Chaubattia, United 

 Provinces, India, through W. R. Coe, Chrysler Building, New York, 

 N. Y. Received May 9, 1944. 



A pyramidal tree up to 150 feet high with short horizontal branches, 

 slender drooping branchlets and bright or bluish-green leaves. Native to the 

 Himalayas at 5,000 to 9,000 feet altitude. 



148720. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Brazil. Seeds collected by J. T. Baldwin, Jr., Blandy Experimental 

 Farm, University of Virginia, Boyce, Va. Received April 22, 1944. 



Cultivated at the mouth of the Rio Uaupes, Amazonas. Collected March 

 20, 1944. 



148721. Malva verticillata L. Malvaceae. 



From China. Seeds presented by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through 

 the American Embassy, Chungking. Received April 27, 1944. 



148722 to 148726. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



From Scotland. Seeds presented by William Robb, Director of Research, 

 Scottish Plant Breeding Station, Craigs House, Corstorphine, Edin- 

 burgh. Received April 27, 1944. 



148722. Castleton. From Castleton. 



148723. Gordon. Station No. 379. * 



