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246475. Rauvolfia grandiflora Mart. Apocynaceae. Devilpepper. 



Col. No. 18026. Shrub to 5 feet high, usually among rocks in shade. 

 246476. Ipomoea tiliacea (Willd.) Choisy Convolvulaceae. 



Morning-glory. 

 From Puerto Rico. Seeds presented by the Rio Piedras Experiment Station, 

 Rio Piedras. Received March 11, 1958. 



246477 to 246557. 



From Peru. Tubers collected by Donovan S. Correll and E. E. Smith, collab- 

 orators, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received March 11, 1958. 



246477 and 246478. Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. Convolvulaceae. 



Sweetpotato. 



246477. Col. No. P-152. Cavelo, near Santiago. Roots fusiform; skin 

 purplish red ; flesh deep orange-yellow. 



246478. Col. No. P-175. Comote. Oconra market, Arequipa. Roots with 

 cream-colored skin ; flesh orange-yellow. 



246479 to 246483. Solanum acaule Bitter Solanaceae. 



246479. Col. No. P-154. Ninety kms. from Nasca, road to Puquio. 

 Elevation 3,900 meters. Plants prostrate; flowers purplish-blue. 



246480. Col. No. P-155. One hundred seventeen kms. from Nasca, road to 

 Puquio. Elevation 4,500 meters. Plants prostrate; tubers small. 



246481. Col. No. P-178. Alpine meadow, Canaguas, Arequipa. 

 Elevation 4,075 meters. Plants prostrate ; tubers to 2 cm. long. 



246482. Col. No. P-181. Among boulders. Six kms. from Puno, road to 

 Arequipa. Plants prostrate. 



246483. Col. No. P-192. Four kms. from Puno, road to Arequipa. Eleva- 

 tion 3,900 meters. Plants prostrate ; fruits ellipsoid. 



246484. Solanum calcense Hawkes 



Col. No. P-230. Near Calca. Elevation 3,000 meters. Flowers purple. 



246485. Solanum lechnoviczii Hawkes 



Col. No. P-229. Near Calca, on road to Pisac. Elevation 3,000 meters. 

 Flowers purplish-blue. 



246486. Solanum lignicalule Vargas. 



Col. No. P-227. Slopes above Pisac. Elevation 3,050 meters. Tubers globu- 

 lar, to 3 cm. in diameter ; flowers white. 



246487 and 246488. Solanum raphanifolium Card. & Hawkes. 



246487. Col. P-218. Fort Sacsayhuaman, above Cuzco. Plant to 1 meter 

 high ; tubers globular ; flowers deep purple, 3 cm. across ; fruits green, marked 

 purple. 



246488. Col. No. P-218. (Seeds.) 



246489. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. P-240. Above Huancaro on way to Paruro. Elevation 3,300 meters. 

 Flowers dark purple, rotate-stellate. 



246490. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. P-233. Between San Geronjino and Sailla, Cuzco. Tubers globular, 

 purplish ; stems purplish ; flowers deep purple. 



246491. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. P-148. Road to Puquio, 45 kms. from Nasca. Elevation 2,200 

 meters. Plants tuberous. 



246492. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. P-153. Road to Puquio, 90 kms. from Nasca. Elevation 3,900 

 meters. Leaves purplish on back ; tubers small. 



