64 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 156 



163383 to 163393. Rhododendron spp. Ericaceae. 



From Taiwan. Plants presented by the TAI War Supply Office, Shanghai. 

 Received Apr. 30, 1948. 



163383. Rhododendron sp. 163389. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 1. No. 7. 



163384. Rhododendron sp. 163390. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 2. No. 8. 



163385. Rhododendron sp. 163391. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 3. No. 9. 



163386. Rhododendron sp. 163392. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 4. No. 10. 



163387. Rhododendron sp. 163393. Rhododendron sp. 

 No. 5. No. 11. 



163388. RHODODENDRON Sp. 



No. 6. 



163394 to 163397. Medicago ealcata L. Fabaceae. 



From Canada. Seeds presented by W. J. White, Dominion Forage Crop Labora- 

 tory, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Received Apr. 27, 1948. 



163394. S-3-1. 163396. S-43-27. 



163395. S-43-23. 163397. S^3-35. 



163398 and 163399. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Pretoria, Transvaal. Received May 10, 1948. 



163398. No. 6912. B. Cape Straw. 



163399. No. 3618. A. Early Cape Flat. 



163400 to 163403. Arachis spp. Fabaceae. 



From Brazil. Plants collected 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 Apr. 1, 1948. 



163400. Arachis sp. 



No. 278. Cuyaba, Matto Grosso. Mar. 14, 1948. Plants prostrate, with 

 taproot. 



163401. Arachis sp. 



No. 279. In crevices of rotten shale outcrop, 10 km. east of Cuyaba. Mar. 

 14, 1948. Plants small and delicate, with large tubercules on roots; not im- 

 portant as grazing plant. 



163402. Arachis sp. 



No. 280. Shrub-covered land along road to Iron Mountain, about 20 km. 

 from Corumba, Matto Grosso. Mar. 18, 1948. 



163403. Arachis sp. 



No. 281. Open land at Campo Grande, Matto Grosso. Among bushes on 

 sandy clay soil. Mar. 21, 1948. Plants 1 foot high, common. 



163404 to 163441. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Comision Nacional de Granos y 

 Elevadores, Buenos Aires. Received Apr. 8, 1948. 

 163404 and 163405. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Common oats. 



Yellow type. Bahia Blanca. 



163404. No. 1. 



163405. No. 2. 



