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27903. Solanum etuberosum Lindl. (?) 



From near the baths of Chillian, Chile, at an altitude of about 2,200 metres above 

 sea level. Received through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, Chile, May 2, 

 1910. 



"A friend of mine procured these seeds from a plant which, he says, is very much 

 like a potato. The tubers could not be obtained, as they were growing in the dirt, 

 within the crevices of rocks, very deep down. This may possibly be Solanum etube- 

 rosum." (Husbands.) 



27904 to 27924. Cryptocarya rubra (Mol.) Skeels. 



From central Chile. Received through Mr. Jose D. Husbands, Limavida, Chile, 

 May 12, 1910. 



''Seeds of different strains of this tree each showing some variation in fruit, leaf, 

 growth, etc." (Husbands.) 



Distribution. — Found in the woods and along streams, in the vicinity of Antuco, in 

 central Chile. 



See Nos. 23897 and 24310 for previous introductions. 



27925. Quercus cornea Lour. Oak. 



From Hongkong, China. Purchased from Mr. W. J. Tutcher, superintendent, 

 Botanical and Forestry Department. Received at the Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den, Chico, Cal., April, 1910. 



See No. 10633 for description. (Seed.) 



Distribution. — In the vicinity of Hongkong and Hainan in China, in the province of 

 Tongking in Cochin China, and in the islands of Borneo and Java. 



27926 to 27928. Mangifera indica L. Mango. 



From Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. Received May 12, 

 1910. 



Seed of the following: 



27926. Aristide. "The best of 27927. Baissac. 



our mangos." (Regnard.) 27928. Maison Rouge. 



27929. Flacourtia ramontchi L'Herit. 



From Port Louis, Mauritius. Presented by Mr. G. Regnard. Received May 12, 

 1910. 



See No. 26655 for previous introduction. (Seeds.) 



27930. Vigxa unguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



From Atlanta, Ga. Purchased from Messrs. H. G. Hastings & Co. Received 

 May 11, 1910. 



" The Quick pea. — This is strictly a new variety found by us in the hands of an Atlanta 

 market gardener. We call it the Quick pea, because it is the quickest in market. It 

 is of rather low, bushy growth, but every pod is ripened up above the foliage, long 

 stems being thrown up. Every pod grows entirely in the sun. It makes quick, plenty 

 of long, slender, meaty, fine-flavored pods for use as snaps, coming in before anything 

 else. Three crops a year can be grown." (Hastings's Catalogue No. 87, Spring, 1909.) 

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