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247135. Sorghum Sudanese (Piper) Stapf Poaceae. Sudangrass. 

 No. 55. 



247136. Soeghum bicolor (L.) Moench 

 No. 53. 



247137. Citeopsis daweana Swing. & M. Kell. Riitaceae. 



From Rhodesia. Seeds presented by G. R. Bates, Causeway, Salisbury. Received 

 Apr. 15, 1958. 



247138 to 247271. 



From Brazil. Plants collected by Llewelyn Williams, collaborator, New Crops 

 Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received Apr. 

 11, 1958. 



From the State of Sao Paulo unless otherwise noted. 



247138. At/pinia speciosa K. Schum. Zingiberaceae. 



Col. No. 18656. 'Cinnamomo'. Pollard's Garden, Sao Paulo. Plant to 10 

 feet high ; flowers white. 



247139. Alstroemeria inodora Herb. Amaryllidaceae. 



Col. No. 18666. 'Madreisilva Japonesa'. Pollard's Garden, Sao Paulo. Plant 

 to 16 inches high ; flowers fragrant, appearing on bare earth ; petals red and 

 white. 



247140. Anthurium sp. Araceae. 



Col. No. 18596. Fazenda da Bonita, Serra da Bocaina. Elevation 4,000 feet. 

 Epiphyte in shade in dense forest. 



247141. Anthurium coriaceum (Graham) Endl. 



Col. No. 18605. Fazenda da Bonita Serra da Bocaina. Elevation 4,000 feet. 

 On tree trunk in dense forest. 



247142. Guadua tagoara Kunth Poaceae. Bamboo. 



Col. No. 18577. 'Taquara'. Fazenda da Bonita, Serra da Bocaina. Eleva- 

 tion 4,000 feet. Forming dense, almost impenetrable, stands in dense forest. 



247143. Begonia bradei Irmscher Begoniaceae. 



Col. No. 18511. Plant to 4 feet high ; flowers almost white. 



247144. Begonia quadrilocuearis Brade 



Col. No. 18516. Plant to 5 feet high. From State of Rio de Janeiro. 



247145. Begonia vellozoana Brade 



Col. No. 18518. Plant low, wide-spreading; leaves brown underneath. 



247146. Begonia sp. 



Col. No. 18510. Plant to 5 feet high ; leaves dark green, pubescent. 



247147. Begonia sp. 



Col. No. 18521. Plant to 2 feet high ; leaves to 12 inches in diameter; flowers 

 whitish. 



247148. Begonia fruticosa A. DC. 



Col. No. 18523. Plant creeping along wall ; leaves lustrous medium green ; 

 flowers orange-yellow. 



247149. Begonia sp. 



Col. No. 18524. Plant creeping along wall; leaves fairly small, lustrous 

 when young. 



247150. Begonia convolvulacea A. DC. 



Col. No. 18531. Plant among rocks in deep shade. 



