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80726 to 80759— Continued. 



80732. No. 12483. Triticum compac- 

 tion. From Paulet, at an altitude 

 of about 7,800 feet. Spring wheat. 



80733. No. 12486. From Piandzhau, at 

 an altitude of about 9,000 feet. 

 Semibearded spring wheat for irri- 

 gated fields. 



80734. No. 12491. Triticum compac- 

 tion. From Kabul District, at an 

 altitude of about 6.000 feet. Mix- 

 ture of winter and spring wheat. 



80735. No. 12587. From Khadzhi-Dur- 

 bar, at an altitude of about 3,300 

 feet. Spring wheat for nonirri- 

 gated fields. 



80736. No. 12611. From Masai- and 

 Sheriff, at an altitude of about 1,500 

 feet. Mixture of spring and winter 

 wheat for nonirrigated fields. 



80737. No. 12621. From Sukhte- 

 Tchinar, at an altitude of about 

 8,700 feet. Winter wheat for irri- 

 gated fields. 



80738. No. 12629. Triticum compac- 

 tion. From Navi, at an altitude of 

 about 7,000 feet. Winter wheat. 



80739. No. 12636. From Tcharikar, at 

 an altitude of about 5,700 feet. 

 Mixture of spring and winter wheat 

 for irrigated fields. 



80740. No. 12657. Speltiforme. From 

 Du Ab. at an altitude of about 6,600 

 feet. Spring wheat for nonirrigated 

 fields. 



80741. No. 12667. From Masar and 

 Sheriff, at an altitude of about 1.500 

 feet. Mixture of spring and winter 

 wheat for nonirrigated fields. 



80742. No. 12668. From Masar and 

 Sheriff, at an altitude of about 1,500 

 feet. Winter wheat for nonirrigated 

 fields. 



80743. No. 12669. Triticum compac- 

 tion. From Masar and Sheriff, at an 

 altitude of about 1.500 feet. Spring 

 wheat for nonirrigated fields. 



80744. No. 12687. From Kabul Dis- 

 trict, at an altitude of about 5,700 

 feet. Winter wheat. 



80745. No. 12715. Triticum compac- 

 tum. From Sheikhabad, Kandagar 

 Road, at an altitude of about 6,300 

 feet. Winter wheat. 



80746. No. 12721. From Kabul Dis- 

 trict, at an altitude of about 5,700 

 feet. 



80747. No. 12722. From Kabul Dis- 

 trict, at an altitude of about 5.700 

 feet. 



80748. No. 12749. From Kabul Dis- 

 trict. Inflatum type of a beardless 

 wheat, harvested in 1924, obtained 

 from a German orchardist. 



80749. No. 12768. From Kandagar, 

 along the Argendabu River, at an 

 altitude of about 3,000 feet. Mix- 

 ture of spring and winter wheat. 

 Winter wheat for irrigated fields. 



80750. No. 12772. From Darvagi. Mix- 

 ture of spring and winter wheat. 

 Winter wheat for irrigated fields. 



80751. No. 12841. From Mashet Dis- 

 trict, vicinity of Faisabad, at an al- 

 titude of about 4,200 feet. Spring 

 wheat. 



80726 to 80759— Continued. 



80752. No. 12842. From Argu, at an 

 altitude of about 5,700 feet. Spring 

 wheat for nonirrigated fields. 



80753. No. 12846. South of Faisabad, 

 at an altitude of about 3,800 feet. 

 Winter wheat for irrigated fields. 

 Great admixture of rye. 



80754. No. 12850. From Dzhurum, Ba- 

 dakhshan, at an altitude of about 

 4,400 feet. Spring wheat for non- 

 irrigated fields. 



80755. No. 12857. From Dan, at an 

 altitude of about 8,400 feet. Spring 

 wheat, liguleless, for irrigated fields. 



80756. No. 12874. From Tchekhosarai, 

 at an altitude of about 4,500 feet. 

 Mixture of winter and spring wheat. 

 Winter wheat for irrigated fields. 



80757 to 80759. TRITICUM TURGiDUM L. 



Poulard wheat. 



80757. No. 12379. From Gherat, Ba- 

 zaar, at an altitude of about 2,800 

 feet. Mixture of spring and winter 

 wheat. 



. 80758. No. 12385. Triticum compac- 

 tum. East of Gherat, at an altitude 

 of about 3,600 feet. Admixture of 

 black-eared forms. Mixture of spring 

 and winter wheat. 



80759. No. 12489. Triticum compac- 

 tion. Between Seri-Tcheshme and 

 Koti-Ashrou, at an altitude of about 

 8,400 feet. Winter wheat with an 

 admixture of beardless wheat. 



80760. Avena sp. Poaceae. 



Oats. 



From Cowra, New South Wales, Australia. 

 Seeds presented by J. T. Pridham, Experi- 

 mental Farm, through T. R. Stanton, Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry. Received March 

 21, 1929. 



Kareela C. 28. 



80761 to 80768. 



From Georgetown, Demerara, British Gui- 

 ana. Seeds presented by J. S. Dash, 

 Director of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture. Received June 5, 1929. 



80761. Acrocomia vinifera Oerst. Phoe- 

 nicaceae. Palm. 



A palm 40 feet high, native to Central 

 America, with a spiny ringed trunk, large 

 arching pinnate leaves with numerous 

 linear pinnae, and a spathe about 3 feet 

 high. It is closely related to Acrocomia 

 lasiospatha. 



80762. Astrocaryum aureum Gris. and 

 Wendl. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



A palm, closely related to Elaeis, with 

 a prickly trunk and pinnately divided 

 leaves of linear-lanceolate segments, shin- 

 ing above and greenish-golden beneath. 

 It is native to Trinidad. 



80763. Euterpe ventricosa C. H. Wright. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



An erect slender spineless pinnate- 

 leaved palm, 20 to 30 feet high, with ob- 

 long-lanceolat'e pinnae about 2 feet long, 

 a much-branched spadix, small white 

 flowers, and brown pealike fruits one- 

 fourth of an inch in diameter. It is 

 native to tropical South America. 



