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PLANT INVENTORY NO. 165 



237927. Secale cereale L. Poaceae, 



Rye. 



From Brazil. Seed presented by Harold Goransson, Carazinko, Rio Grande do 

 Sul. Received Mar. 13, 1957. 



Common type. 



237928 to 237970. 



From Central America. Plant material collected by E. P. Imle, agricultural 



explorer, Plant Introduction Section, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Mar. 18, 1957. 



Collected in Guatemala unless otherwise noted, Feb. 25 to Mar. 9, 1957. 



237928. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



Col. No. 6. Finca Monte Bella de Santo Cristobal Alvarado, across valley 

 from Santiagito Volcano. Leaves large, shiny; tubers large; skin gray; flesh 

 white. 



237929. Dioscorea sp. 



Col. No. 7. Along road to Mazatenango from Bolivia. Vines large, thick, 

 vigorous; tubers long, slender, perpendicular. 



237930 to 237937. Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal. Yam. 



Collected in southwest Guatemala. 



237930. Col. No. 9. Single plant; flesh yellow. 



237931. Col. No. 10. Single plant; tubers small, flesh yellow. 



237932. Col. No. 11. Tubers large; flesh yellow. 



237933. Col. No. 12. Single plant; tubers small; flesh yellow. 



237934. Col. No. 13. Tubers small; flesh yellow. 



237935. Col. No. 14. Tubers medium to large; flesh yellow. 



237936. Col. No. 15. Tubers small; flesh yellow. 

 Col. No. 16. Single plant; flesh white. 



237937. 



237938. Dioscorea convolvulacea Cham. & Schlecht. 

 Col. No. 17. 



237939. Dioscorea sp. 

 Col. No. 23. 



237940. Philodendron sp. Araceae. 



Col. No. 24. Near ocean, below La Hulera 



Yam. 



Excellent ornamental. 



Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 



Tubers large ; flesh yellow. 



(Cuttings.) 



237941. Dioscorea floribunda Mart. & Gal. 

 Col. No. 25 & 26. Finca Panama, near Patalul. 



237942. Dioscorea sp. 



Col. No. 28. Tubers large; flesh yellow. 



237943. Philodendron sp. Araceae. 



Col. No. 29. Near Finca Monte Bello, above San Sebastian. (Cuttings.) 



237944. Begonia sp. Begoniaceae. 



Col. No. 30. Near Finca Monte Bello. Deep shade; leaves pale green. 



237945. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 32. Near Finca Monte Bello, north of San Sebastian. Epiphyte; 

 leaves broad. 



237946. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



Col. No. 33. Finca Monte Bello, north of San Sebastian. 



(Tuber.) 



