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PLANT INVENTORY NO. 15' 



196451 to 196475.— Continued 



196455. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 2962. San Antonio, near Rivas, Rivas. May 2, 1951. 



196456. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 2964. San Antonio, near Rivas, Rivas. May 2, 1951. 



196457. Erythrina sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 2950. Near Matagalpa, Matagalpa. Apr. 29. 



196458. Gossypium. Malvaceae. Cotton. 



No. 2958. Near Rivas, Rivas. May 2. Plant about 5 feet high, with 

 heavy branches that are deciduous in the dry season. 



196459 and 196460. Phaseolus lunatus L. Fabaceae. Lima bean. 



Near Matagalpa, Matagalpa. Apr. 29. Indigenous type. 



196459. No. 2953. 



196460. No. 2954. 



196461. Phaseolus spectosus H.B.K. 



2956. Near Matagalpa, Matagalpa. Apr. 29. Vine nearly 25 feet 



Common bean. 



No. 2942. 

 No. 2943. 

 No. 2944. 

 No. 2945. 



Castorbean. 



No. 

 long. 



196462 to 196469. Phaseolus vulgaris L. 



From Matagalpa, Matagalpa. Apr. 29. 



196462. No. 2938. 196466. 



196463. No. 2939. 196467. 



196464. No. 2940. 196468. 



196465. No. 2941. 196469. 



196470. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. 

 No. 2959. Near Rivas, Rivas. May 2. 



196471. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poaceae. 

 No. 2946. Matagalpa, Matagalpa. Apr. 29. 



196472. Vigna vexillata (L.) Rich. Fabaceae. 

 No. 2932. El Recreo Experiment Station. Apr. 22. 



196473 to 196475. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 

 From Matagalpa, Matagalpa. Apr. 29. 



196473. No. 2947. 



196474. No. 2948. 



196475. No. 2949. 



196476. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. 



From Denmark. Seeds presented by Trifolium Fr0, Copenhagen. 

 May 22, 1951. 



No. 936. A semilate variety. 



196477 to 196484. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by M. L. Owen, Aquidauana, Mato Grosso. 

 Received May 22, 1951. 



196477. Cucumis anguria L. Cucurbitaceae. 



No. 8. A wild cucumber, eaten cooked with ground meat. 



196478. Digitaria fuscescens (Presl) Henr. Poaceae. 



No. 14. A wild grass that thrives on poor soil; eaten by animals. 



196479. Eleusine sp. Poaceae. 



No. 15. A fast-growing, cultivated grass, good for livestock. 



Corn. 



Red clover. 



Received 



