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62031 to 62059 — Continued. 



62041. Chloris ciliata Swartz. 



j A perennial grass with erect stems 

 10 to 20 inches high. Native to Uru- 

 guay. 



62042. Chlokis uliginosa Hack. 



An erect, probably annual, grass 

 about a foot high, with rigid linear 

 leaves. Native to Uruguay. 



62043. Eeiochloa punctata (L.) Hamilt. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass with erect stems, 

 about 4 feet high ; distributed throughout 

 tropical and subtropical America. Grows 

 usually in damp places and is said to be 

 good forage. 



62044. Manisuris selloana (Hack.) 

 Kuntze. Poaceae. Grass. 



A cespitose suberect grass, common in 

 Uruguay. The slender canes are about 

 a foot high. 



62045. Panicum bergi Arech. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



A rather densely cespitose grass, 1 to 

 2 feet high, with a bulbous rhizome and 

 very narrow leaves. Native to Uruguay. 



62046 to 62052. Paspalum spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



62046. Paspalum barbigerum Kunth. 



A smooth, cespitose grass, native to 

 South America, with stiff, erect culms 

 20 to 40 inches high. 



62047. Paspalum dilatatum Poir. 



This grass has long been introduced 

 in the Southern States, where it is 

 widely distributed. It is a valuable 

 -grass for pasturage, particularly on 

 rich land, and not infrequently is cut 

 for hay. It goes very commonly under 

 the name of Ballis grass but is some- 

 times called water grass and not infre- 

 quently simply paspalum. The grass 

 is a native of Argentina, but is now 

 extensively cultivated in Australia, New 

 Zealand, South Africa, and in general 

 throughout the Tropics. (C. V. Piper, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry.) 



62048. Paspalum larranagai Arech. 



A hardy grass, 5 or 6 feet in height, 

 uruch relished by stock ; good for grow- 

 ing in moist land. 



62049. Paspalum notatum Fluegge. 



A perennial grass which has shown 

 promise as a pasture grass in the 

 southern United States ; now intro- 

 duced for further testing in that region. 



62050. Paspalum plicatulum Michx. 



An upright, cespitose, perennial Uru- 

 guayan grass, about 3 feet high. 



62051. Paspalum proliferum Arech. 



A stoloniferous, cespitose, perennial 

 grass with numerous, slender culms 

 and very narrow leaves. Native to 

 Uruguay, and grows in sandy places. 



62052. Paspalum sp. 



62053. Sporobolus berteroanus (Trin.) 

 Hitchc. and Chase. Poaceae. Grass. 



An annual, erect, bunch grass, with 

 long, slender, spikelike panicles. 



62031 to 62059— Continued. 



62054. Stenotaphrum secundatum 

 (Walt.) Kuntze. Poaceae. Grass. 



A broad-leaved grass, extensively em- 

 ployed in Rio de Janeiro as a lawn grass. 



62055 to 62058. Stipa spp. Poaceae. Grass. 



62055. Stipa charruana Arech. 



A perennial, slender-stemmed, Uru- 

 guayan grass with woody rhizomes and 

 erect culms, about 2 feet high. 



62056. Stipa hyalina Nees. 



The somewhat bulbous rhizomes of 

 this South American perennial grass 

 send up rather woody culms about 2 

 feet high with very narrow leaves. 



62057. Stipa papposa Nees. 



A perennial Uruguayan grass of ces- 

 pitose habit, with a fibrous rhizome, 

 and slender culms about 20 inches 



high. 



62058. Stipa setigera Presl. 



A perennial J subcespitose grass, about 

 20 inches high. Native to southern 

 South America. 



. Triodia brasiliensis (Nees) 

 Lindm. Poaceae. Grass. 



An erect, tufted perennial grass, native 

 to Brazil, with flat leaves. 



62060 to 62073. 



From Argentina. Seeds collected by H. L. 

 Westover, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 25, 1924. 



62060. Andropogon consanguineus Kunth. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 18. Near Teniente Origone. A 

 slender-stemmed grass, 6 to 20 inches in 

 height, native to southern South America. 



62061. Andropogon saccharoides 

 Swartz. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 20. Teniente Origone. A rather 

 coarse, perennial grass, native to tropical 

 America, with stems 1 to 3 feet high and 

 attractive dense, silvery panicles. 



. Aristida sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 11. Near Choele Choel. 



Aristida sp. Poaceae. 



Near Teniente Origone. 



Grass. 



. Bromus unioloides (Willd.) H. 

 B. K. Poaceae. Rescue grass. 



No. 7. Puerto Madryn. An annual or 

 biennial grass, 1 to 2 feet high, native 

 to South America ; it has been cultivated 

 occasionally in the Southern States for 

 winter forage. 



62065. Bromus sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



Near Teniente Origone. 



. Chloris Argentina (Hack.) Lillo 

 and Parodi. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 19. Teniente Origone. An erect, 

 perennial grass, 1 to 3 feet high, native 

 to sandy places in Argentina. 



62067. Hordeum murinum L. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



No. 10, Near Puerto Madryn. An an- 

 nual European grass, a foot or more in 

 height, with numerous rhizomes,, and flat 

 leaves about 6 inches long. 



