42 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 156 



162871 to 162873. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi. Fabaceae. 



Cowpea. 



Seeds presented by the IAIAS, Turrialba. Received Mar. 16, 



From Costa R 

 1948. 



ea 



162871. 



No. 



1. 



162872. 



No. 



2. 



162873. 



No. 



3. 



162874 and 162875. Peunus persica (L.) Batsch. Rosaceae. 



Peach. 



From Maryland. Trees growing at the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and 

 Agricultural Engineering, Beltsville, Md. Numbered Mar. 24, 1948. 



Selections made by the Division of Fruit and Vegetable Crops and Diseases. 



162874. B. 385. 



162875. B. 2819. 



162876 to 162932. 



From Paraguay. 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 Indus- 

 trial Research, Canberra, Australia. Received Mar. 12, 1948. 



Collected in 1948. 



162876. Aceocomia totai Mart. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



No. 211. Cocoa. Market, Asuncion. Feb. 11. Palm 30 to 50 feet high ; the 

 nuts are harvested for vegetable oil. 



162877. Aeschynomene sensitiva Sw. Fabaceae. 



No. 227. Between Caacupe" and Piribebuy, La Cordillera. Feb. 14. 

 162878 to 162880. Andropogon spp. Poaceae. 

 162878 and 162879. Andropogon lateralis Nees. 



162878. No. 218. Between Caacupe and Paraguari. Feb. 14. Plants 6 

 to 7 feet high, cespitose ; herbage coarse and unpalatable when old. 



162879. No. 269. Between Villarrica and Mbocayaty. Feb. 25. Tall 

 bunchgrass. 



162880. Andropogon sp. 



No. 239. Open prairie near Fonciera. Feb. 19. Bunchgrass, up to 4 feet 

 high. 



162881 to 162883. Arachis spp. Fabaceae. 



162881. Arachis glabrata Benth. Peanut. 

 No. 245. Open prairie, Fonciera. Feb. 19. Taproots up to 1 inch thick. 



162882 and 162883. Arachis htpogaea L. Common peanut. 



162882. No. 207. Cultivated, vicinity of Asunci6n. Feb. 10. 



162883. No. 208. Cultivated by T. Rojas, near Asuncion. Feb. 11. A 

 type cultivated at the Mennonite Colony Filadelphia in the Northern 

 Chaco where it is one of major crops. 



162884. Axonoptjs affinis Chase. Poaceae. 



No. 213. Roadside between Caacupe and Paraguari. Feb. 14. Plants pros- 

 trate, stoloniferous, forming dense sod. 



162885. Calea tjniflora Less. Asteraceae. 



No. 263. Between Villarrica and Mbocayaty. Feb. 25. Ornamental herb 

 with a basal rosette and white daisylike flowers. 



