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153514 Nicaragua (Hunt). 153517. Venezeula 51. 



153515. Nicaragua (Horvilleur). 153518. Venezuela 52. 



153516. Jaffa. 



153519. Elytrostachys typica McClure. Poaceae. Bamboo. 



From Nicaragua. Seeds obtained by F. A. McClure, Office of Foreign Agricultural 

 Relations, United States Department of Agriculture. Received Feb, 20, 1946. 



Collected at El Recreo. The plant is open caespitose. The culms reach a 

 diameter of 4 cm., and a length of about 20 m.; they are ascending in habit, with 

 long, slender, scandent or pendulous tips. The culm internodes have very thin 

 walls, and in a 16-m. culm they range in length from 37.5 cm. in the second 

 internode from the base to 87 cm. in the twelfth. The branches, which arise 

 from solitary buds, include a strong central branch and numerous, very much 

 smaller secondary ones that arise from the base of the central branch at each 

 node. In Nicaragua the internodes of this bamboo are used by field laborers as 

 containers for drinking water. Although quite fragile, and probably not very 

 durable, the culms would lend themselves readily to the making of woven matting 

 of a type used for shades and screens. In Venezuela the seeds are used locally as 

 a source of flour for bread and pastries. 



153520 to 153522. Helianthtjs anntjus L. Asteraceae. 



Common sunflower. 



From England. Seeds presented by the British Embassy, Washington, D. C. 

 Received Feb. 12, 1946. 



Originally from Prof. G. E. Blackman of the Imperial College of Science, 

 London. 



153520. Jupiter. 



153521. Pole Star. 



153522. Southern Cross. 



153523 to 153554. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poaceae. 



From Japan. Seeds obtained from the Agricultural Division, Natural Resources 

 Section, GHQ, SCAP, Toyko. Received Feb. 15, 1946. 



153523. No. 18 Aka-morokoshi. From Shizuoka. 



153524. No. 19 Aka-morokoshi. From Shizuoka. 



153525. No. 20 Aka-morokoshi. From Shizuoka. 



153526. No. 12 Chukanshu. From Niigata. 



153527. No. 26 Futsu-morokoshi. From Ishikawa. 



153528. No. 6 Futsushu. From Saitama. 



153529. No. 14 Futsushu (Aka-morokoshi). From Yamanshi. 



153530. No. 21 Hamana. From Shizuoka. 



153531. No. 22 Hamana. From Shizuoka. 



153532. No. 23 Hamana. From Shizuoka. 



153533. A r o. 24 Hamana. From Shizuoka. 



153534. No. 25 Hamana. From Shizuoka. 



153535. No. 31 Hahaki-kibi. From Kochi. 



153536. No. Hakuryushu-morokoshi. From Yamagata. 



153537. No. 1 Iwatesan-morokoshi. From Iwate. 



153538. No. 16 Kagi-morokoshi. From Shizuoka. 



153539. No. 30 Kamakubl From Kochi. 



