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338252 to 338303— Continued 



338296. Arachis sp. 



Col. 564. Mato Grosso. Along highway BR-34, 63 km. west of Jardim 

 toward Porto Murtinho, in grasslands. Stony, red soil, in Campos, grazed 

 area. Eight km. east of Cerrado. Perennial. Low growing, leaflets acute, 

 glabrate; rhizomes. 



338297. Arachis sp. 



Col. 565. Mato Grosso. River bank about 43 km. east of Porto Mur- 

 tinho on highway BR-34. Perennial. To 15 cm. high; leaves woolly below, 

 glabrate above with ciliate margins ; taprooted. 



338298. Arachis sp. 



Col, 566. Mato Grosso. River bank about 43 km. east of Porto Mur- 

 tinho on highway BR-34. Perennial. To 38 cm. high; leaves glabrate 

 above and below. Taproot to 2.54 cm. diameter in old plant. 



338299. Arachis sp. 



Col. 567. Mato Grosso. Along highway BR-34, fifty-one km. east of 

 Porto Murtinho, on rocky roadside by small river. Perennial. Rhizoma- 

 tous. Leaves glabrate. Low growing. 



338300. Arachis sp. 



Col. 568. Mato Grosso. Along highway BR-34, by small river 51 km. 

 east of Porto Murtinho. Perennial. Taprooted; with rhizomes. 



338301. Arachis sp. 



Col. 569. Mato Grosso. Along highway BR^34, by small river, 51 km. 

 east of Porto Murtinho. Perennial. Low growing; rhizomes; leaflets 

 obovate, pointed at reflexed tips, glabrous, dark green. Leaflet margins 

 with bristles. 



338302. Arachis sp. 



Col. 572. Mato Grosso. Along highway BR-34, 87 km. east of Porto 

 Murtinho. Perennial. Erect; to 30 cm. high. Leaflets elongate, linear, 

 narrow, pointed at tip. Roots just forming, not tuberous. 



338303. Arachis sp. 



Col. 577. Mato Grosso. South of Ponta Pora at Rio Amambai bridge. 

 Perennial, to 4 cm. high. Leaflets large, 3.5 by 1.7 cm. Rhizomes 1.0 m. 

 long. May be natural interspecific hybrid. 



338304 to 338319. 



From Argentina. Plant material collected by R. O. Hammons and W. R. 

 Langford, Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, 

 Tifton, Ga., and Experiment, Ga. Numbered Nov. 20, 1968. 



338304 and 338305. Arachis glabrata var. haganbeckii (Harms) F. J. 

 Herman 



338304. Col. 334. Corrientes. On Route 5, half-way between Paso 

 Florentin and General Paz. Perennial. Rhizomatous. Leaflets 2.54 

 cm. long, tapered to acute angle. No flowers, pods or seed. 



338305. Col. 349. Saladas, Corrientes Province. Route 17, 400 m. south- 

 east of railroad crossing. Perennial, low growing. Rhizomatous; 

 branches slender. 



338306 to 338308. Arachis paraguariensis Chod. & Hassl. 



338306. Col. 208. From collection of A. Krapovickas, Faculty Agricul- 

 ture and Veterinary, Nordeste University, Corrientes. GKP No. 11462. 

 Perennial. Erect. Taprooted (deep, carrotlike). No rhizomes. 

 Leaves coriaceous, linear. Plants four years old. No pegs or pods 

 seen. 



Faculty of Agronomy and Veterinary, Genetics Garden, Corrientes. 



