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150181. Achras sapota L. Sapotaceae. Sapodilla. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by Dr. David Fairchild, Coconut Grove. 

 Numbered December 26, 1944. 



Original seeds received from Dr. H. Pittier, Caracas, Venezuela, April 1929. 

 150182 to 150184. Carya illinoensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch. 

 Juglandaceae. Pecan. 



From Louisiana. Seeds presented by F. N. Dodge, United States Pecan Field 

 Station, Shreveport. Received December 26, 1944. 



150182. Desirable. 



150183. Schley. 



150184. Stuart. 



150185. Pamburus missionis (Wright) Swingle. Rutaceae. 



From Florida. Seeds collected at Coconut Grove, by W. T. Swingle. Received 

 December 28, 1944. 



150186. CORCHORUS capsularis L. Tiliaceae. Jute. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by the American Embassy, Rio de Janeiro. 

 Received December 26, 1944. 

 Brazilian Jute. 



150187 to 150191. 



From Florida. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den, Coconut Grove. Numbered in December 1944. 



Seedlings of P. I. 129598, hitherto carried under P. I. 145884 (Bambusa sp.) 

 are now given separate P. I. numbers. 



150187. Bambusa sp. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



150188. Bambusa sp. 



150189. Bambusa sp. 



150190. Bambusa sp. 



150191. Bambusa sp. 



150192. Polygala cowellii (Britton) Blake. Polygalaceae. 



From Florida. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den, Coconut Grove. Numbered in December 1944. 

 Introduced from Puerto Rico by T. B. McClelland in 1941. 



150193 to 150198. 



From Venezuela. Seeds presented by the Ministerio de Agricultura y Cria, 

 Direccion de Tierras, Bosques y Aguas, Caracas. Received December 22, 

 1944. 



150193. Cassia laeta H.B.K. Caesalpiniaceae. 

 Parampampam. 



150194. Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) DC. Boraginaceae. 

 Pardillo. 



A large tree that becomes 8 or 9 feet in diameter and is conspicuous in 

 the landscape with its gay white flowers, which exhale a faint perfume. 

 For previous introduction see 97842. 



150195. Lonchocarpus margaritensis Pittier. Fabaceae. 

 Majomo. 



150196. Roystonea oleracea (Jacq.) O. F. Cook. Phoenicaceae. 



Royal palm. 



Chaguaramo. 



The royal palm of South America, also called the cabbage palm. It has 

 pinnate leaves 10 to 14 feet long, grows to a height of 130 feet witli a 



