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54059. SoLAXUM TUBEROSUM L. Solanacese. Potato. 



From Lumbatan. Liniao. Mindanao. I'liillppine Islands. Tubers iiri'.sonted 



by G. O. Kisiuser, suiiervisin;; teacht-r, Camp Keitliley. throu.irh P. J. 



Wester, drector, Lamao Experiment Station, Lamao, Bataan. Rec»?ived 



July 7, 1921. 



" Our smallest Irish potatoes, grown at the Lumbatan Agricultural School, 



Lanao, at an altitude of 2,500 feet." (Risimjer.) 



54060. SoLANUM sp. Solanacese, Potato. 



From Ibarra, Ecuador. Tubers collected by Wilson Popenoe, Agricultural 

 Explorer of the Department of Agriculture. Received July 21, 1921. 



"(No. 620. Hacienda La Rinconada, in the Province of Carchi. June 9, 

 1921.) A true wild potato, growing at an altitude of 11,500 feet. It grows 

 abundantly in certain places, preferring the protection of shrubby vegetation 

 along ravines on the pilramo. The tubers are rarely more than an inch 

 long by half an inch in thickness, and they are whitish brown with white flesh. 

 They are not used by the inhabitants of this region. The plants appear to be 

 attacked by late-blight, as are cultivated potatoes in the same region." 

 (Popenoe.) 



54061 to 54163. 



From Arnold Arboretum. Jamaica Plain, Mass. Seeds collected by H. C. 

 Skeels, of the Office of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction, for use in 

 breeding experiments by experts of the Department of Agriculture. Num- 

 bered September, 1921.' Quoted notes by Sir. Skeels. 



54061 to 54074. Berbekis spp. Berberidacese. Barberry. 



54061. Berberis aggregata C. Schneid. 



"(Arboretum No. 6861: Wilson No. 1050.) A Chinese shrub 3 to 

 5 feet high, which has yellowish brown spines, small oblong leaves, 

 yellow flowers in dense racemes, and salmon-red fruits." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43817. 



54062. Berberis AiitJRENSis Rupr. 



" This northern Chinese and Manchurian shrub, often 8 feet high, 

 has gray branches, slightly reticulated oblong leaves 1 to 3 inches 

 long, and racemes of 8 to 12 ovoid scarlet berries." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 49052. 



54063. Berberis amubensis japonica (Regel) Rehder. 



" A stout compact shrub native to Japan, with leaves obovate and 

 more leathery than in B. amurensis. The scarlet berries have a 

 slight bloom." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 49053. 



54064. Berberis brachypoda Maxim. 



"(Arboretum No. 7175; Wilson No. 554a.) A shrub from western 

 China 4 to 7 feet high, with ovate serrate leaves, long slender 

 panicles of yellow flowers, and scarlet fruits often half an inch in 

 diameter." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 43818. 



54065. Bk-rberis dictyophtlla Franch. 



"A native of Yunnan. China, this barberry is a medium-sized 

 shrub, often broader than high, with small ovate leaves in clusters, 

 pale-yellow flowers, and ovoid red fruits." 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 49056. 



