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249409. Tibouchina sp. 



Col. No. 18790. Campinas Grande do Sul, Serra do Mar, Parana. Herb 

 or subshrub to 18 inches high ; stems and fruit covered with light brown 

 pubeseens ; flowers purplish. 



249410. Tibouchina sp. 



Col. No. 18918. Riberao do Rancho, Corupa, Santa Catharina. Elevation 

 1,900 feet. Straggly shrub to 6 feet high. 



249411. Tibouchina sp. 



•Col. No. 18919. 'Tinhorao'. Riberao do Rancho, Corupa, Santa Catharina. 

 Elevation 2,200 feet. Tree to 20 feet high ; flowers lilac. 



249412. Tibouchina sp. 



Col. No. 18931. Riberao do Rancho, Santa Catharina. Tree to 12 feet 

 high ; flowers dark red. 



249413. Vitex montevidensis Cham. Verbenaceae. 



Col. No. 18555. 'Tarumao'. Alto da Serra, Paranapiacaba, Sao Paulo. 

 Tree to 15 feet high ; crown flat ; fruits dark purplish. 



249414. Momoedica charantia L. Cucurbitaceae. Balsam-pear. 



Col. No. 18139. Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro. Climber ; flowers yellow ; 

 fruits large, deep-yellow. 



249415. ( Undetermined. ) 



Col. No. 18554. Alta da Serra, Paranapiacaba, Sao Paulo. Small shrub; 

 crown dense ; leaves small, dark green ; fruits small, pinkish-red when ripe. 



249416. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 18590. Fazenda da Bonita, Serra da Bocaina, Sao Paulo. Eleva- 

 tion 3,700 feet. Shrub ; flowers purplish to pink. 



249417. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 18784. Aracatuba, Serra do Mar, Parana. Elevation 2,800 feet. 

 Shrub to 30 inches high ; fruits dark, almost black. 



249418. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 18819. 'Toinate do Japao'. Cuatro Barras, Serra do Mar, Parana. 

 Elevation 2,800 feet. Wide-spreading bush to 8 feet high ; fruits ovoid, deep 

 pink, edible ; seeds small, flat. 



249419. Tibouchina mutabilis Cogn. Melastomataceae. 

 Col. No. 18484. 



249420. Duboisia hopwoodii F. Muell. Solanaceae. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Commonwealth Scientific and Indus- 

 trial Research Organization, Canberra. Received July 21, 1958. 



Collected in the Mt. Wege area in 1955. Received from the Northern Territory 

 Herbarium, Alice Springs. 



249421. Degeneria vitiensis I. W. Bail. & A. C. Sm. Degeneriaceae. 



From Fiji. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Suva. Received 

 July 21, 1958. 



Grown at Naduna. 



249422. Gossypium (hybrid). Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented by the Instituto Colombiano de Antropologia, 

 Cartagena. Received July 22, 1958. 



From the Cuna Indians, headwaters of Rio Arquia, Darien, Choco. 



