JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1952 159 



203289 to 203329. 



From South America. Seeds collected by Alan A. Beetle, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agriculutral Engineering, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Oct. 27, 1952. 



Collected in 1952 ; unless otherwise noted, collected in Rio Grande do Sul, 

 Brazil. 



203289. Agropykon scabriglume (Hack.) Parodi. Poaceae. 

 No. 1220. Canelones, Uruguay. June 8. 



203290. Asparagus sp. Convallariaceae. 



No. 1046. Vicinity of Artigas, Uruguay. June 10. 



203291. Bauhinia candicans Benth. Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 1379. Vicinity of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. June 29. 



203292. Beta sp. Chenopodiaceae. 



No. 999. Montevideo, Uruguay. June 7. 



203293. Calydorea speciosa (Hook.) Herb. Iridaceae. 

 No. 809. Puerto Octay, Osorno, Chile. May 5. 



203294. Cardiospermttm sp. Sapindaceae. 



No. 1011. Vicinity of Artigas, Uruguay. June 9. 



203295. Cassia hirsuta L. Caesalpiniaceae. 

 No. 1157. Vicinity of Santa Ana. June 13. 



203296. Cassia multijuga L. Rich. 



No. 1168. Vicinity of Santa Ana. June 13. 

 203297 and 203298. Datura stramonium L. Solanaceae. 



203297. No. 741. Ten miles east of Los Angeles, Bio-Bio, Chile. May 1. 

 Poisonous. 



203298. No. 917. La Germania Seed Farm, Las Rosas, Santa Fe, Argentina. 

 May 15. 



203299. Daubentonia sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 1186. Parque Grande Britania, Rivera, Uruguay. June 14. 



203300. Elymus agropyroides Presl. Poaceae. 



No. 70. Along the Rio Chico, Santa Cruz, Argentina. 



203301. Gilia sp. Polemoniaceae. 



No. 471. Guichaura ranch, near Tecka, Chubut, Argentina. Apr. 4. 



203302. Gleditsia amorphoides (Griseb.) Taub. Caesalpiniaceae. 

 No. 1043. Artigas, Uruguay. June 10. 



203303. Inodes sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 

 No. 1168. Vicinity of Santa Ana. June 13. 



203304. Ligustrum sp. Oleaceae. 



No. 1169. Vicinity of Santa Ana. June 13. 



203305. Mentha sp. Menthaceae. 



No. 725. Ten miles east of Los Angeles, Bio-Bio, Chile. May 1. Perennial. 



203306. Mutisia sp. Asteraceae. 



No. 406. Lago Futalaufquen, Chubut, Argentina, Mar. 31. 



203307. Mutisia sp. 



No. 689. Villavicencio, Mendoza, Argentina. Apr. 22. 



203308. Mutisia sp. 



No. 792. Banks of Rio de La Laja, Nuble, Chile. May 2. Red flowers. 



