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163171 to 163272.— Continued 

 163183 to 163201. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Redpepper. 



Mirch, a native name for redpepper. 



163183. No. 8270. Jubbulpore, Central Provinces. Nov. 28, 1947. Fruit 

 scarlet, 1% to 2 inches long, % to 1 inch across base, attenuated; flesh 

 sweet to mildly pungent. 



163184. No. 8271. Jubbulpore, Central Provinces. Nov. 28, 1947. Fruit 

 scarlet to crimson, iy± to 1% inches long, 1 inch across base, blunt; flesh 

 sweet to mildly pungent. 



163185. No. 8272. Jubbulpore, Central Provinces. Nov. 28, 1947. Fruit 

 crimson, 1 to 1% inches long, bluntly bullnosed ; flesh sweet to mildly 

 pungent. 



163186. No. 8273. Jubbulpore, Central Provinces. Nov. 28, 1947. Fruit 

 yellow, 3 by % inches, mildly pungent. 



163187. No. 8274. Jubbulpore, Central Provinces. Nov. 28, 1947. Fruit 

 scarlet to crimson, 3 to 4 inches by % to % inches, hot. 



163188. No. 8275. Jubbulpore, Central Provinces. Nov. 28, 1947. Fruit 

 crimson, 3 by 1 inch at base, attenuated, hot. 



163189. No. 8352. Rithi, Central Provinces. Dec. 15, 1947. Fruit small, 

 conical, red-hot type. 



163190. No. 8357. Amritsar, western Punjab. Dec. 21, 1947. Fruit red, 

 blunt conical, 1 to iy 2 inches, mild. 



163191. No. 8365. Amritsar, western Punjab. Dec. 24, 1947. Fruit yellow, 

 thin, elongate, 3 by % inch, hot. 



163192 to 163197. From Delhi. Dec. 20, 1947. 



163192. No. 8407. 163195. No. 8422. Sweet type. 



163193. No. 8418. Large bull- 163196. No. 8430. 



nosed type. 163197. No. 8434. Bullnosed 



163194. No, 8421. type. 



163198. No. 8536. Patiala, Patiala State. Jan. 20, 1948. Fruit yellow, 3- 

 inches long, hot. 



163199. No. 8537. Patiala, Patiala State. Jan. 20, 1948. 



163200. No. 8480. Bajaura, Kulu Valley, eastern Punjab. Jan. 8, 1948. 



163201. No. 8481. Katla, Kangra District, eastern Punjab. Jan. 10, 1948. 

 163202 to 163205. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



163202. No. 8386. Hinduana. Amritsar, western Punjab. Dec. 25, 1947. 

 163203 to 163205. TWbuza. 



163203. No. 8502. Amritsar, western Punjab. Jan. 17, 1948. 



163204. No. 8509. Amritsar, western Punjab. Jan. 18, 1948. 



163205. No. 8521. Jullundur, central Punjab. Jan. 19, 1948. 



163206 to 163212. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



163206. No. 8289. Kharbuza. Jubbulpore, Central Provinces. Nov. 28, 

 1947. 



163207. No. 8348. Phutkharbuza. Ramanujganj, Surguja. Oct. 1, 1947. 

 Fruit subglobose, 8 inches long, pale-lemon, smooth. Flesh white, mealy, 

 much like boiled potato, apple-scented; cavity solid with seeds. 



163208. No. 8367. Kharbuza. Lahore, Pakistan. Dec. 24, 1947. 



163209. No. 8512. gar da. Amritsar, western Punjab. Jan. 18, 1948. A 

 long-keeping type. 



163210. No. 8513. Kharbuza Marshri. Amritsar, western Punjab. Jan. 

 18, 1948. 



