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189445 and 189446— Continued 



189446. Desmodium trifolium (L.) DC. 



Stems much branched, creeping or prostrate. Native to tropical Asia 

 but naturalized in tropical America. 



189447 to 189449. 



From Uruguay. Seeds presented by Alberto Basso, Montevideo. Received 

 June 1, 1950. 



189447. Hordeum sp. Poaceae. Barley. 



Introduced as H. ichnaterium var. ithaburgense, an apparently unpub- 

 lished name. 



189448. Poa LANIGERA Nees. Poaceae. 



189449. Vicia atropurpurea Desf. Fabaceae. 



189450 to 189466. Oryza satiya L. Poaceae. 



Purple vetch. 



Rice. 



From Portugal. Seeds presented by the Estacao Agronomica Nacional, 

 Sacavem. Received June 1, 1950. 



189450. Raia. 189459. Mortara. 



189451. Familia 181. 189460. Romeno. 



189452. D. Sancho. 189461. Arroz de terra. 



189453. Bertone. 189462. Arpa Shaly. 



189454. Hadzh Akamat. 189463. Amarelo. 



189455. Aljubarrota. 189464. Rajado. 



189456. Karaki Shaly. 189465. Galhardo. 



189457. Rajado de ponta escura. 189466. Barbado. 



189458. Batalha. 



189467. Trifolium sp. Fabaceae. Clover. 



From the British Cameroons. Seeds collected by J. T. Baldwin, Jr., Agricul- 

 tural Explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engi- 

 neering, Beltsville, Md. Received June 1, 1950. 



Bamenda. Dec. 8, 1949. 



189468 to 189473. 



From Mexico. Collected by J. T. Baldwin, Jr., Agricultural Explorer, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received June 2, 1950. 



189468. Dioscorea macrostachya Benth. Dioscoreaceae. 

 No. 1002. (Sprouts.) 



189469. Dioscorea alata L. Dioscoreaceae. 

 No. 1009. (Sprouts.) 



189470 to 189472. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



Market, Progreso, Yucatan. May 3, 1950. (Roots.) 



189470. No. 1. 



189471. No. 2. 



189472. No. 3. 



189473. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 

 Market, Progreso, Yucatan. May 3, 1950. (Tubers.) 



