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15352a to 153554— Continued 



153540. No. 15 Kamokubishu. From Yamanashi. 



153541. No. 32 Kuro-kihi. From Kochi. 



153542. No. 5 Sanjaku-morokoshi. From Tochigi. 



153543. No. 17 Sato-morokoshi. From Shizuoka. 



153544. No. 29 Taka-kibi. From Kochi. 



153545. No. 2 Tankan-morokoshi. From Yamagata. 



153546. No. 27 Waisei-morokoshi. From Ishikawa. 



153547. No. 7 Waiseishu. From Saitama. 



153548. No. 11 Yachimata. From Chiba. 



153549. No. 8 Zairaishu 15. From Chiba. 



153550. No. 9 Zairaishu 16. From Chiba. 



153551. No. 10 Zairaishu 17. From Chiba. 



153552. No. 13 Zairaishu. From Nagano. 



153553. No. 28 Zairaishu. From Nara. 



153554. No. 33 Zairaishu. From Nagasaki. 



153555 to 153573. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. 



Redpepper. 



From South America. Seeds collected by Ricardo de Lemos, Instituto 

 Agronomico do Norte, Belem, Para, Brazil. Received Feb. 15, 1946. 



Unless otherwise stated, material was collected in the basin of the Rio Negro, 

 Amazonas, Brazil. Descriptions of fruits were derived from sketches accompany- 

 ing each collection. 



153555. No. 1. Very small, spherical, light red; from Tucano Indians. 



153556. No. 2. Small, elongated, salmon-colored; from Tucano Indians. 



153557. No. 3. Small, oval, salmon to yellow; from Tucano Indians. 



153558. No. 4. Small, oval, blood red; from Tucano Indians. 



153559. No. 5. Small, elongated, yellow; from Tucano Indians. 

 153560 to 153565. From San Carlos, Rio Negro, Venezuela. 



153560. No. 6. Medium-sized, conical, furrowed on three sides, light-salmon 

 color. 



153561. No. 7. Small, oblong-linear, light-salmon color. 



153562. No. 8. Medium-sized, subcorneal, irregular surface, greenish yellow, 



153563. No. 9. Medium-sized, oblong, furrowed, light red. 



153564. No. 10. Veiy small, spherical, reddish brown. 



153565. No. 11. Small, conical, evenly furrowed, sulfur-colored. 



153566. No. 12. Oblong, subcorneal, deeply furrowed, light red. 



153567. No. 13. Oblong, subcorneal, slightly furrowed, light red. 



153568. No. 14. Medium, elongated, irregular surface, red. 



153569. No. 15. Elongated, irregularly furrowed, red. 



153570. No. 16. Small, linear-oval, slightly furrowed, red. 



153571. No. 17. Small, bell-shaped, and deeply furrowed, mixed green and yellow. 



153572. No. 18. Small, red, elliptical, unevenly lobed. 



133573. No. 19. Medium, yellow, linear-oblong with an uneven surface. 



