162402. 



No. 82. 



162403. 



No. 83. 



162404. 



No. 85. 



162405. 



No. 86. 



162406. 



No. 88. 



162407. 



No. 84. 



JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 194 8 23 



162401 to 162422. 



From South America. Seeds collected by J. L. Stephens, Agricultural Explorer, 

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

 Md., and Dr. William Hartley, Australia Council for Scientific and Industrial 

 Research, Canberra, Australia. Received Jan. 29, 1948. 



162401. Acacia moniliformis Griseb. Fabaceae. 



No. 96. Chaco, Argentina. Spiny shrub, 8 to 12 feet high ; pods constricted, 

 5 to 10 seeded. Jan. 9, 1948. 



162402 to 162408. Arachis hypogea L. Fabaceae. Common peanut. 



162402 to 162407. From Bolivia. 



Mani Blanca. Seed store, La Paz. Dec. 30, 1947. 



Seed store, La Paz. Dec. 31, 1947. A black-seeded type. 



Mani Pintar. Market, La Paz. Dec. 31, 1947. Nut striped. 



Mani Pintar. Seed store, La Paz. Dec. 31, 1947. 



Mani Colorada. Market, La Paz. Dec. 31, 1947. 



Mani Blanca. Seed store, La Paz. Dec. 31, 1947. 



162408. From the Province of Entre Rios, Argentina. 



162409. Beloperone sp. Acanthaceae. 



No. 100. On clay soil around Salta, Argentina. Jan. 9, 1948. Weedy plant 



2 feet high with numerous blue flowers similar to those of petunia. 



162410. Bottteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. Poaceae. 



No. 97. Common grass on clay soil around Salta, Argentina. Jan. 8, 1948. 

 Plants 18 inches high. 



162411. Calopogonium^ sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 94. Mountain side, vicinity of Salta, Argentina. Jan. 10, 1948. Vine 



3 to 4 feet long, forming dense ground cover. 



162412. Chenopodium qtjinoa Willd. Chenopodiaceae. Quinoa. 

 No. 92. Market, La Paz, Bolivia. Dec. 30, 1947. 



162413 to 162419. From Argentina. 



162413. Crotalaria incana L. Fabaceae. 



No. 80. Common on red and gray clay soils at base of mountains near 

 Salta. Jan. 10, 1948. Plants small, 2 feet high. 



162414. Indigofer\ parodiana Burkart. Fabaceae. 



No. 91. Along railroad near Salta. Jan. 10, 1948. Vetchlike vine, 

 prostrate, 18 inches long. 



162415. Nicotiana sylvestris Spegaz. Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



No. 93. Growing wild at Cerro de San Bernardo, near San Pedro. Jan. 8, 

 1948. Plant slender, 3 feet tall ; leaves narrow, waxy. 



162416. Paspalum dilatatum Poir. Poaceae. Dallis grass. 

 No. 81. Park at Salta. Jan. 5, 1948. 



162417. Paspalum plicatulum Michx. Black grass. 

 No. 98. Common grass around San Pedro and Salta. Jan. 8, 1948. 



162418. Setaria Argentina Herrm. Poaceae. 



No. 95. Valley around Salta. Jan. 9, 1948. Plants 2 to 3 feet tall ; leaves 

 broad and tender. 



162419. Lyceum cestkoides Schlecht. Solanaceae. 



No. 99. Jan. 8, 1948. Bush 8 to 12 feet high; flowers small, bluish- 

 purple ; berries bright-red ; ornamental. 



