JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1944 



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148740. Latania commersonii Gmel. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Florida. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Coconut Grove. Numbered May 17, 1944. 



Obtained originally January 8, 1929, from the Botanic Garden, Buitenzorg, 

 Java. 



A tall spineless palm, native to Mauritius Island, 30 to 49 feet high, with 

 palmate leaves 5 to 6 feet long, having a red petiole and with the veins and 

 margins tinged with red. 



For previous introduction see 80185. 



148741 to 148747. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



From Africa. Tubers presented by the East African Research Station, 

 Amani, Tanganyika. Received May 19, 1941. 



148741. Calabash leaf No. 223. 



148742. Kandolo No. 1515. 



148743. Kasunga No. 1516. 



148744. Russian Leaf No. 760. 



148745. No. 76-A (No. 88). 



148746. No. 76-B (No. 91). 



148747. No. 76-C (No. 83). 



148748. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained from the Division of Plant Exploration 

 and Introduction, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engi- 

 neering, Beltsville. Received May 19, 1944. 



Pan America. 



148749 to 148763. 



From Washington, D. C. Seeds purchased from the F. W. Bolgiano Seed 

 Co. Received May 19, 1944. 



148749. Alyssum maritimum (L.) Lam. Brassicaceae. 



148750. Amaranthus sp. Amaranthaceae. 

 Molten Fire. 



148751. Calendula sp. Asteraceae. 

 Mixed. 



148752. Celosia argentea L. Amaranthaceae. Feather cockscomb. 

 Childsii. 



148753. Chrysanthemum carinatum Schousb. Asteraceae. 

 Annual mixed. 



148754. Cynoglossum sp. Boraginaceae. 

 Firmament. 



148755. Delphinium sp. Ranunculaceae. 

 Azure Blue. 



148756. Dimorphotheca aurantiaca DC. Asteraceae. 

 African Daisy. 



148757. Gilia capitata Sims. Polemoniaceae. 

 148758 and 148759. Nicotiana sp. Solanaceae. 



148758. Tuberose-flowered, mixed. 



148759. Tuberose-flowered, white. 



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