204 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 169 
275642 to 275645. 
From the Republic of South Africa. Seeds collected by A. S. Barclay, agri- 
cultural explorer, Crops Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Belts- 
ville, Md. Received June 29, 1961. 
275642. DIMORPHOTHECA POLYPTERA DC. Asteraceae. 
Col. No. 984. Sandy soil, disturbed roadside, Kalahari thorn veld, 3 
miles south of Nickerkshope, Hay District, Cape Province. Prostrate to 
ascending annual or perennial herb; flowers yellow. 
275643. OSTEOSPERMUM CAULESCENS Harv. Asteraceae. 
Col. No. 965. Grassy roadside, and adjacent field, 2 miles east of Baps- 
fontein, Bronkhorstspruit District, Transvaal. Erect perennial herb; 
stems extending into peduncles which bear the flowers and fruit well above 
the plant body; ray florets white with purple striations on lower surface; 
disk florets yellow. 
275644. OSTEOSPERMUM SINUATUM (DC.) T. Norl. 
Col. No. 988. Sandy soil along water course, Verneuk Pan, 16.5 miles 
north of Swarthkop Post Office, Kenhardt District, C.P. Shrub low, much 
branched; flowers yellow. 
275645. OSTEOSPERMUM THODEI Markotter 
Col. No. 988. Gravelly soil, in semi-barren areas, on mountain side and 
ridge trail leading to Organ Pipes Pass, Cathedral Mountain, Bergville 
District, Natal. Elevation 8,000 feet. Shrub to 1.5 feet high; flowers 
yellow. 
275646 to 275658. 
From Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama. Seeds presented by 
Boll Weevil Research Laboratory, Starkville, Mississippi. Received 
June 29,1961. Source as indicated. 
275646. GOSSYPIUM BARBADENSE L. Malvaceae. Sea-island cotton. 
C.B. 3436. ‘Egyptian Cotton’. Dooryard plant, 15 to 18 years old, near 
Escuela Nacional de Agricultura in Villa Nueva, Guatemala, 1961. 
275647. GOSSYPIUM sp. 
C.B. 3487. Dooryard plant, about 10 years old, South edge of Teculutan, 
Guatemala, 1961. 
275648. GOSSYPIUM sp. 
C.B. 34388. Obtained at a native hut north of Teculutan, Guatemala, 
1961. 
275649. GOSSYPIUM sp. 
C.B. 3489. Dooryard plant, to 9 feet high, west side of Inter-American 
Highway, 6 miles up river from Palmar Norte (Puntarenas), Costa Rica, 
1961. 
275650. GOSSYPIUM sp. 
C.B. 3440. Dooryard plant, to 9 feet high, at Indian Hut, about 2 miles 
southeast of Palmar Sur (Puntarenas), east side of Inter-American High- 
way, Costa Rica, 1961. 
275651. GOSSYPIUM sp. 
C.B. 3442. Field of cultivated perennial cotton. Cooperativa Algo- 
donera, Campo de Multiplicacion de Algodon Perene o Hybrido Nativo 
Seleccionado, 2.5 miles south of Malambo (Atlantico), Colombia, 1961. 
275652. GOSSYPIUM sp. 
C.B. 3448. Wild cotton growing around a small pond in woods near 
Copey Town, east of Algarrobo (Magdalena), Colombia, 1961. 
