JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 194€ 89 



155944 to 155946. Pybus communis L. Malaceae. Commas pear. 



From Argentina. Scions obtained through the American Embassy, Buenos Aires. 

 Received Sept. 4, 1946. 



155944. Passe Crassanna. 



155945. Packham's Triumph. 



155946. Winter Bartlett. 



155947. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by the Institute de Cacao da Bahia, Estacao Geral 

 de Experimentacao, Agua Preta, Bahia. Received Aug. 22, 1946. 



Pimenta de Cherio. Yellow, hot. 



155948. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



From China. Seeds collected by Dr. H. L. Crane, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, 

 and Agricultural Engineering, Beltsville, Md. Received Aug. 28, 1946. 



From Tientsin. 



155949. Anthoschmidtia bulbosa (Stapf) Peter. Poaceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the McGregor Museum, 

 Kimberley, Cape Province. Received Aug. 30, 1946. 



155950. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



From the Soviet Union. Seeds presented by Lazar Volin, Office of Foreign Agri- 

 cultural Relations, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. 

 D. C. Received Sept. 3, 1946. 



From the Kuban Region. 



155951. Mimusops albescens L. Sapotaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by F. G. Walsingham, Harvard University Atkins 

 Garden and Research Laboratory, Cienfuegos. Received Sept. 5, 1946. 



Acana. A large tropical tree, with leathery, white-glaucous, oblong leaves 

 about 5 inches long, and small white flowers. Native to western Cuba. 



155952. Brassica napus L. Brassicaceae. Rape. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by Gebriider Dippe A. G., Quedlinberg, Saxonv. 

 Received Sept. 9, 1946. 



Shatter-proof winter rape. 



155953 to 155956, 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the McGregor Museum, 

 Kimberley, Cape Province. Received Sept. 10, 1946. 



155953. Anthoschmidtia bulbosa (Stapf) Peter. Poaceae. 



155954. Enneapogqn cenchroides (Licht.) C. E. Hubb. Poaceae. 

 155965, Ebagbostis pobosa Nees. Poaceae. 



Vaal-Harts. 

 155956. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link. Poaceae. 



155957. Gossypium. Malvaeeae. Cotton. 



From the Society Islands. Seeds presented by J. M. Clements, Papeete, Tahiti. 

 Received Sept. 18, 1946. 



155958. Malus sylvestris Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



From Canada. Scions presented by M. B. Davis, Central Experiment Farm, 

 Ottawa. Received Sept. 18, 1S46. 

 Montreal Beauty, 



