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150526 and 150527. Malus sylvestris Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



From New Jersey. Scions presented by Dr. M. A. Blake, Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, New Brunswick. Received Feb. 22, 1945. 



150526. Camp field. 



150527. Harrison. 



150528 to 150538. Nicotiaxa tabacum L. Solanaceae. 



Common tobacco. 



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

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Beltsville. 

 Received Feb. 27, 1945. 



150528. Connecticut Cuban {Type 61). 



150529. Florida Sumatra {Type 62). 



150530. Judy's Pride White Burley {Type 31). 



150531. Madole {Type 22). 



150532. Maryland Medium Broadleaf {Type 32). 



150533. One Sucker {Type 35). 



150534. Pennsylvania Broadleaf {Type Jfl) . 



150535. Pennsylvania Havana {Type 53). 



150536. Virginia Bright {Types 11 and 14). 



150537. White Stem Orinoco {Types 11 and 14). 



150538. Yellow Pryor {Types 11 and 14). 



150539. Polygala cowellii (Britton) Blake. Polygalaceae. 



Violet tree. 



From Florida. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction Garden, 

 Coconut Grove. Numbered Feb. 23, 1945. 



A beautiful deciduous tree about 20 feet high, with elliptic to obovate 

 leathery leaves ; the violet-purple flowers, % inch long, in 4- to 10-flowered 

 racemes, appear in February, before the leaves. The tree is native to Puerto 

 Rico. 



For previous introduction see 150192. 



150540. Actixidia chixexsis Planch. Dilleniaceae. Yangtao. 



From China. Seeds presented by Dr. Frank Dickinson, West China Union Uni- 

 versity, Chengtu, Szechwan, through the American Embassy, Chengtu. Re- 

 ceived Feb. 23, 1945. 



Mao Li Tsi. 



For previous introduction see 150438. 



150541 and 150542. Pistacia vera L. Anacardiaceae. Pistachio. 



From California. Trees growing at the United States Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den, Chico. Numbered March 1, 1945. 



150541. Selection (0-11-18) from P. I. 86372. 



150542. Selection (O-A-l) from P. I. 80454. 



150543 and 150544. 



From Panama. Seeds presented by W. C. Brister, Director of the Food Supply 

 Division, Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs. Received Feb. 

 27, 1945. 



Collected by Dick R. Forrester, Institute of Inter-American Affairs, in low- 

 lands of Panama, January 1945. 



150543. Cassia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



150544. Desmodium sp. Fabaceae. 



