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150689. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



From Guatemala. Seeds presented by W. C. Davis, Estacion Experimental de 

 Cinchona "La Aurora," Guatemala City. Received March 26, 1945. From 

 Finca Retana, altitude 5,000 feet, near Antigua. Seeds said to have been 

 first brought from Spain about 200 years ago. 



150690 and 150691. Maltts. Malaceae. Apple. 



From Iowa. Scions presented by Prof. T. W. Maney, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Ames. Received March 29, 1945. 



150690. Mercer County. Seedling, green type. 



150691. Mercer County. Seedling, red type. 



150692. Ltcopersicox esculextum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Ecuador. Seeds collected by Lewis P. McCann, Office of Foreign Agricul- 

 tural Relations, United States Department of Agriculture. Received March 

 29, 1945. 



A local variety collected near Alajuela, Manaba Province, and sent from the 

 Estacion Experimental Agricola del Ecuador, Quito. 



150693 to 150698. 



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

 Coconut Grove. Numbered in April 1945. 



Plants grown originally from seed or plant material collected in various parts 

 of the world. 



150693. Mussaenda erythrophylia Schum. & Thonn. Rubiaceae. 



From Papeari, Tahiti. Seeds presented by Harrison W. Smith, through Dr. 

 David Fairchild, Coconut Grove. March 13, 1944. 



For previous introduction see 99603. 



150694. Capsicum frutescexs var. baccatum (L.) Irish. Solanaceae. 



From the Forest Cabin Canyon, Boboquivari Mountains, southern Arizona. 

 Seeds collected by Leslie N. Goodding, Soil Conservation Service, Tucson, 

 Ariz., April 14, 1944. Plants lower but more erect than the type. 



For previous introduction see 97963. 



150695. (Undetermined.) 



From the Amazon Basin, Brazil. Seeds collected by Lt. Walter Williamson 

 of Coconut Grove, Fla., in 1944. A pinnate-leaved palm with silver-gray 

 foliage. 



150696. Passiflora sp. Passifloraceae. 



From the market, Antigua, Guatemala, Sept. 21, 1944. Seeds collected by 

 Dr. David Fairchild. The hard-shelled, orange-yellow, oval fruits are more 

 than 2 inches long. 



150697. Annona sp. Annonaceae. 



No. 3109. Seeds collected on road from Esquintla to Antigua, Guatemala, 

 near the Finca Candellaria, by Dr. David Fairchild, Oct. 2, 1944. A tree 30 

 feet high with rough gray bark. The small, yellowish-gray, round fruits are 

 1% inches in diameter. 



150698. Sabal nematoclada Burret. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From Peten, Guatemala. Seeds collected by O. F. Cook in 1923. A stout, 

 spineless, fan-leaved palm, with small, dark, globose fruits on long, branching 

 spadices. 



150699 to 150703. 



From Nigeria. Seeds presented bv K. H. Prior, Awka. Received March 26, 

 1945. 



150699. Calopogoxium mucuxoides Desv. Fabaceae. 

 For previous introduction see 143801. 



