NICOTIANA SPP. (Solanaceae. ) Seed of tobaccos introduced 
for the work of the Office of Tobacco Investigations in "breeding , 
a strain resistant to the so-called Granville tobacco wilt dis- 
ease. All for distribution later. 
No. 29489. Prom Mexico. Presented by Mr. W. W. Mackie, 
Director, Yaqui Valley Experiment Station, Esperanza, . Sonora, 
Mexico. "Native tobacco seed secured from the Yaqui Indians. 
This tobacco is called 'Macuchi 1 and has been prized by the Mayos 
and Yaquis for centuries. The Mayos and Yaquis are branches of 
the same tribe living on rivers of the same names." (Mackie.) 
No. 29525. Prom Medan, Sumatra. Presented by Mr. J. G. C. 
Vriens, Director of the Deli-Proef-Station. "Deli, This variety 
is very susceptible to the Granville tobacco wilt disease." 
(Vriens.) 
Nos. 29527-528. Prom Huimanguillo , Tabasco, Mexico. Pre- 
sented by Mr. A. G. Weiss. No. 29527. "Seed from whioh this lot 
was grown was obtained from Valle National, Mexico. The dealer 
from whom I procured this variety is experimenting with it to try 
and find a native tobacco which will produce a better wrapper 
than the local tobacco." (Weiss.) No. 29528. Seed from Huiman- 
guillo section, reputed to be very hardy and very resistant to 
disease of all kinds. 
No. 29632. Prom Cuernavaca, Mexico, Presented by Sr. 
Guillermo Gandara, through Mr. W. E. Safford. A wild variety. 
PAPYRUS ANT I QUORUM. (Cyperaceae . ) 29484. Seed of the 
papyrus of the ancients. Presented by Mr. H. A. Dreer. Introduced 
for the work of the Office of Crop Technology in the cultivation 
and trial of paper-plants. Por distribution later. 
PASSIPLORA SP. (Passifloraceae. ) 29538. Seed of a passion 
fruit from Wellington Point, near Brisbane, Queensland. Presented 
by Mr. James Pink. "This is a great improvement on any we have 
here, and this is the history of it: we have two varieties of 
passion fruit here and working on the Darwin theory that crossing 
varieties revitalizes the offspring, I crossed the two varieties 
two years ago and the fruit from which these seeds were taken is 
the result "of the cross. w (Pink.) Por distribution later. 
PASSIPLORA SP. (Passifloraceae,) 29532, Seed of passion 
fruit from Mollendo, Peru. Presented by Mr. William Morrison, 
Acting Consular Agent. "The owner of the tree from which this 
seed was procured does not know where he got the original seed 
but is inclined to believe that he received it from Tacna." 
(Morrison.) Por distribution later. 
PISTAC1A TEREBINTHUS. (Anacardiaceae , ) 29476. Seed of 
pistache from Aintab, Central Turkey- in- Asia. Received through 
Mr. H. H. Bakkalian, Secretary to Mrs. P. A. Shepard. "Melengish. 
