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152556. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 



From New Mexico. Seeds obtained from the Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 State College. Received Dec. 20, 1945. 



Pimenton Chili No. 9. 



152557 and 152558. Trifolium repens L. Fabaceae. White clover. 



Prom Maryland. Seeds obtained from the Division of Forage Crops and Dis- 

 eases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Belts- 

 ville. Received Dec. 20, 1945. 



152557. Ladino. From California. 



152558. Ladino. From Oregon. 



152559. Juniperus phoenicea L. Pinaceae. Juniper. 



From Morocco. Seeds obtained by C. J. Beall, Foreign Economic Administration, 

 Washington, D. C. Received Dec. 5, 1945. 



Collected in the Atlas Mountains at 5,000 feet altitude. 



152560. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From California. Seeds purchased from the Aggeler & Musser Seed Co., Los 

 Angeles. Received Dec. 26, 1945. 



Big Jim. 



152561 to 152563. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Sugar beet. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained from the Division of Sugar Plant Investiga- 

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

 ville. Received Dec. 26, 1945. 



152561. U. 8. 33. 



152562. U. S. 200 X 215. 



152563. U. S. 215 X 216. 



152564 to 152568. 



From Arabia. Seeds presented by A. T. Semple, Office of Foreign Agricultural 

 Relations, United States Department of Agriculture. Received Oct. 22, 1945. 



152564. Cyphomandea betacea (Cav.) Sendt. Solanaceae. Tree-tomato. 

 From market, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 



152565. Dolichos lablab L. Fabaceae. Hyacinth-bean. 

 From Bukon, near Aden, Arabia. 



152566. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poaceae. 

 From near Aden. 



152567 and 152568. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From flour mill, Aden. 



152567. Local mixed varieties. 



152568. Italian variety. 



152569. Dendrocalamus strictus Nees. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



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

 Coconut Grove. Numbered in Oct., 1945. 



A clone of Dendrocalamus strictus (P. I. G. 2846) grown from seeds received 

 from Dehra Dun, India, in 1927. The somewhat sinuous, thick-walled-to-solid, 

 erect culms, 45 feet or more high and with nodding tips, make a very compact 

 clump. The culm sheaths are stiffly coriaceous. 



152570. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. Pea. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds collected by Glen W. Russ, American Legation, Addis 

 Ababa. Received Dec. 11, 1945. 



From Sagaba, Magna River, Arussi Province. 



