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159739 to 159745. Gossypium. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From the Belgian Congo. Seeds presented by Dr. F. H. Jurion, INEAC, 

 Yangambi. Received Sept. 8, 1947. 



159739. Stoneville-04. CP. 2037. 159743. Triumph 270 D 64. CB. 



159740. Stoneville A. CP. 2039. 



2033. 



159741. Stoneville 2. CP. 2038. 15 ^; T ™™P h ^ 5 C 55 ' CB - 



159742. Stoneville 5B. CP. 2040. 



159745. Ishan. CB. 2035. 



159746. Saccharum. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by the Sugar Cane Experiment 

 Station, La Granja, La Carlota. Received Sept. 10, 1947. 



Alunan. 



159747 and 159748. 



From Peru. Tubers presented by the American Embassy, Lima. Received 

 Sept. 10, 1947. 



From the market, Cuzco. 



159747. Oxalis tuberosa Molina. Oxalidaceae. Oca. 



159748. Ullucus tuberosus Caldas. Basellaceae. Ullucu, 



159749 to 159751. Lactuca spp. Asteraceae. 



From Portugal. Seeds presented by the Estacao Agron6mica Nacional, Sacavem. 

 Received Aug. 25, 1947. 



159749. Lactuca saligna L. 



159750. Lactuca serriola L. 



159751. Lactuca virosa L. 



159752 to 159754. 



From Peru. Tubers presented by C. A. Boonstra, Agricultural Attache, Ameri- 

 can Embassy, Lima. Received Sept. 10, 1947. 



159752. Arracacia xanthorrhiza Bancroft. Apiaceae. Arracacha. 



159753. Oxalis tuberosa Molina. Oxalidaceae. Oca. 



159754. Ullucus tuberosus Caldas. Basellaceae. Ullucu. 

 159755 to 159761. Lactuca spp. Asteraceae. 



From Ireland. Seeds presented by the Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin. 

 Received Aug. 25, 1947. 



159755. Lactuca alpina (L.) Benth. & Hook. 



159756. Lactuca macrophylla (Willd.) Gray. 



159757. Lactuca plumieri (L.) Gren. & Godr. 



159758. Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. 



159759. Lactuca tenerrima Pourr. 



159760. Lactuca sp. 



Introduced as Lactuca thianschanica, an apparently unpublished name. 



159761. Lactuca virosa L. 



159762 to 159764. 



From Korea. Seeds presented by E. M. Meader, USAMGIK, Central Experi- 

 ment Station, Suwon. Received Aug. 25, 1947. 



159762. (Undetermined.) 



A plant with woolly stems, free from prickles, and large, attractive, thistlelike 

 flowers. 



