38 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 156 



162770 to 162771. 



From China. Seeds presented by O. M. McConkey, Forage Crop Specialist, 

 Nanking. Received Mar. 5, 1948. 



162770. Lespedeza bicolor Turcs. Fabaceae. 

 Northern China. 



162771. Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi. Fabaceae. Kudzu. 

 Kansu Province. 



162772. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poaceae. 



From India. Seeds presented by the American Consul General, Bombay. 

 Received Mar. 1, 1948. 



162773 to 162799. 



From Argentina and Uruguay. Seeds obtained by J. L. Stephens, Agricultural 

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

 Beltsville, Md., and Dr. William Hartley, Australian Council for Scientific 

 and Industrial Research, Canberra, Australia. Received Mar. 2, 1948. 



Seeds collected in 1948. 



162773 to 162778. From Buenos Aires, Argentina. 



162773 and 162774. Agropyron scabriglume (Hack.) Parodi. Poaceae. 



Cultivated, Lorenzo R. Parodi Grass Garden. Feb. 6. 



162773. No. 197. A bunchgrass with seed heads about 3 feet tall. 



162774. No. 201. Nearly 3 feet tall ; moderately stooled. 

 162775 to 162777. Andropogon spp. Poaceae. 



162775. Andropogon lateralis Nees. 



No. 199. Cultivated, Lorenzo R. Parodi Grass Garden. Feb. 6. Not 

 palatable except when young. 



162776. Andropogon paniculatus Lam. 



No. 202. Cultivated, Lorenzo R. Parodi Grass Garden. Feb. 6. Bunch- 

 grass about 3 feet tall ; palatable only when young. 



162777. Andropogon saccharoides Swartz. Silver beardgrass. 



No. 200. In city park. Feb. 6. Plants 18 to 24 inches tall ; common in 

 native pastures over a major part of Argentina and Uruguay ; palatable. 



162778. Brassica rapa L. Brassicaceae. Turnip. 



No. 163. Nabo. Cale, Alexandre and Company. Feb. 3. Cultivated for 

 oil-seed. 



162779. Bromus auletictjs Nees. Poaceae. 



No. 204. Cultivated, Parodi Grass Garden. Feb. 6. Plants 2 to 3 feet tall, 

 moderately stooled. 



162780. Cannabis sattva L. Moraceae. Hemp. 

 No. 174. Canamo. Cale, Alexandre and Company. Feb. 3. 



162781 and 162782. Chloris spp. Poaceae. 



162781. Chloris berroi Arech. 



No. 155. Cultivated, garden of Faculty of Agronomy, Montevideo, Uruguay. 

 Jan. 20. Tufted perennial. 



162782. Chloris polydactyla (L.) Swartz. 



No. 206. Cultivated, Parodi Grass Garden, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

 Feb. 6. 



162783. Eleusine tristachya Lam. Poaceae. 



No. 189. Roadside near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Feb. 6. A common 

 pasture grass of Uruguay and Argentina. 



