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149306 to 149311— Continued * 



149310. Maryland Medium Broadleaf. Grown at Upper Marlboro, Md. 



149311. Yellow Mammoth (flue-cured). Grown at Florence, S. C. 



149312. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



From Maryland. Cuttings obtained from the Division of Fruit and Vege- 

 table Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agri- 

 cultural Engineering, Beltsville. Received August 31, 1944. 



Dixigem. 



149313 and 149314. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. 



Peach. 



From Maine. Cuttings presented by Herbert L. Palmer, Pittsfield. Re- 

 ceived September 11, 1944. 



149313. Budwood from a tree growing on a farm near Monroe. 



149314. From a tree on Watson's Buena Vista Fruit Farm, Monroe. 



149315. Cassia renigera Wall. Caesalpiniaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by the Atkins Institution of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, Soledad, Cienfuegos. Received August 25, 1944. 



A tropical tree with compound leaves 1 foot long; the 30 to 40 obtuse 

 leaflets, IVz inches long, are leathery and finely hairy beneath. The small 

 reddish flowers are in short dense racemes, and the cylindrical pod is a foot 

 in length. Native to northern Burma. 



For previous introduction see 123170. 



149316. Nicotiana RUSTICA L. Solanaceae. Aztec tobacco. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained from the Division of Tobacco Investiga- 

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

 Beltsville. Received September 11, 1944. 



Grown in Upper Marlboro. 



149317 to 149319. 



From California. Seeds collected by Lt. Comdr. Sullivan G. Bedell, Advance 

 Base, Navy 158, c/o Fleet P.O., San Francisco. Received August 14, 

 1944. 



149317. Areca sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 

 No. 10. A small palm with a slender trunk and bright-red fruits. 



149318. Caryota sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



149319. Caryota sp. 



No. 9. A large stately palm, the leaves of which resemble gigantic 

 parsley leaves. The seeds are small and black. 



149320. CUCUMIS MELO L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



From New York. Seeds presented by Dr. H. M. Munger, Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, Cornell University, Ithaca. Received September 13, 

 1944. 



Iroquois. 



149321. Citrus. Rutaceae. 



From Texas. Cuttings presented by W. H. Friend, Lower Rio Grande 

 Valley Experiment Station, Weslaco. Received September 13, 1944. 



Mexican Thornless Lime. 



