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159589 to 159592— Continued 



159592. (Undetermined.) 



Originally collected as seeds in Brazil by Lt. W. Williamson, Coconut 

 Grove, Fla. 



159593. (Undetermined.) 



From the Pacific Ocean area. Seeds presented by Lt. Comdr. S. G. Bedell, 

 Advance Naval Base, Fleet Post Office, San Francisco, Calif. Received 

 Aug. 10, 1947. 



159594 to 159622. 



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

 Coconut Grove. Numbered in August 1947. 



159594. Spondias sp. Anacardiaceae. 



Cocotes. F. 3110. Seeds collected by David Fairchild at Escuintla, Guate- 

 mala, Sept. 29, 1944. Fruits red, plumlike, 1% inches long, with thin skin 

 and scanty juicy flesh of rich flavor, enclosing a large smooth seed. 



159595. Mammea Americana L. Hypericaceae. Mamey. 



Seeds collected by A. Margraff at Douglas Road and Dixie Highway, Coconut 

 Grove. 



159596. Wallichia sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Plants presented by D. J. McSweeny, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 



159597. Rollinia sp. Annonaceae. 



Aratacj; Chirimoya del Monte. Seeds presented by T. R. Gwynne, Horqueta, 

 Paraguay, March 1945. Fruits very large. 



159598. Rollinia sp. 



Corozdn del Indio. Seeds presented by T. R. Gwynne, Horqueta, Paraguay, 

 March 1945. Fruits very large, of better quality than Aratacj. 



159599. Quercus suber L. Fagaceae. Cork oak. 



Plants presented by G. D. Ruehle, Subtropical Experiment Station, Home- 

 stead, Fla. 



159600. Rollinia sp. Annonaceae. 



Seeds collected by R. J. Seibert in Madre de Dios region, Peru. 

 159601 to 159603. 



Seeds presented by the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India. 



159601. Terminally sericea Burchell. Combretaceae. 



159602. Terminally paniculata Roth. 



159603. Terminalia tripteroides Craib. 



A large shrub or small tree with elliptic acuminate leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long and three-winged fruits about 1 inch long. Native to Siam. 



159604. Brosimum alicastrum Swartz. Moraceae. 



Seeds obtained from Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, through David Fairchild, 

 Coconut Grove. 



159605. (Undetermined.) 



Palma Gualte. Foster 2116. Seeds collected at Altaquer, Nariilo, Colom- 

 bia, November 1946. The smooth gray stilted trunks are 40 to 50 feet high and 

 the undersides of the leaves are rich brown. The dark-brown fruits enclose glo- 

 bose seeds that are the size of marbles. 



159606. (Undetermined.) 



Seeds collected by Mulford Foster at Las Mesas, Putumayo, Colombia, 

 November 1946. A small palm up to 10 feet high, with red fruiting stems 

 and reddish-black fruits. 



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