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36283 to 36484— Continued. 



36469. "No. 75. Selected from Wight's No. 677, from Arequipa, Peru, 

 and Nos. 337, 344, and 389, from Oruro, Bolivia. Dim; large." 



36470. "No. 76. Selected from Wight's Nos. 337 and 389, from Oruro, 

 Bolivia, No. 357, from Cuzco, Peru, and Nos. 51 and 73, from Concepcion, 

 Chile. Yellow or white, finely mottled; roundish." 



36471. "No. 86. Mixed, oval, a little larger than Medium beans; colors 

 various, dark." 



36472. "No. 87. Flat, short, light colored, about the size of Medium 

 beans; mixed." 



36473. "No. 88. Globular, a little smaller than Marrows, colors various, 

 dark." 



36474. "No. 89. Mixed. Dark-red self; short, rather flat; a little larger 

 than Medium beans." 



36475. "No. 90. Large, yellow ground, mottled; straight, square ends; 

 mixed." 



36476 to 36478. Phaseolus coccineus L. Bean. 



36476. "No. 77. (Oruro, Bolivia.) White form of Scarlet Runner. 

 Selected from Wight's No. 386." 



36477. "No. 78. (Oruro, Bolivia.) White Runner. Selected from 

 Wight's 388." 



36478. "No. 79. (La Paz, Bolivia.) White Runner. Selected from 

 Wight's No. 356." 



36479 to 36484. Phaseolus lunatus L. Lima bean. 



36479. "No. 80. (Ica, Peru.) White; a thick form of ordinary flat 

 large Lima, very large." 



36480. "No. 81. (Oruro, Bolivia.) White; a very large flat Lima. 

 Selected from Wight's No. 3S8." 



36481. "No. 82. (Arequipa, Peru.) White; large flat Lima. 

 Selected from Wight's No. 286." 



36482. "No. 83. (La Paz, Bolivia.) Almost white, stippled; flat, 

 of peculiar kidney shape. Selected from Wight's No. 356." 



36483. "No. 84. (Oruro, Bolivia.) White, almost covered with 

 black; kidney shaped, larger at one end. Selected from Wight's 

 No. 385." 



36484. "No. 85. (La Paz, Bolivia.) White, almost covered with 

 red; kidney shaped, larger at one end." 



36485. Amygdalus persica L. Peach. 



(Prunus persica Stokes.) 



From Kurram Valley, Northwest Frontier Province, India. Presented by Mr. 



Henry D. Baker, American consul, who secured them from Maj. G. J. Davis, 



commandant, Kurram Militia, Parachinar, Kurram Valley. Received October 



11, 1913. 



"The Shalil grows like a peach, which it much resembles, and lias about the Bame 



blossom. The flesh is yellow and sweet, but it is not so juicy as 1 hat of a peach. Major 



Davis considers that it would be a particularly valuable fruit for cooking or canning, 



as the flesh, being harder than that of a peach, would probably ao1 break bo easily and 



could be more easily manipulated for such purposes. It grows at about 5,600 feet 



elevation. The only reference I can find to the Shalil in any book I have on India 



