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246980. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. E-449. Paramo of Cotopaxi between Latacunga and Quito. Eleva- 

 tion 3,750 meters. Tubers ellipsoid, about 3 cm. long ; fruits ovoid, 2 cm. long. 



246981. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. E-449. (Seeds.) 



246982. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. E-453. 'Jose Catota'. Vicinity of Saquisili, Cotopaxi. Elevation 

 3,000 meters. Tubers ellipsoid ; skin purplish-red ; eyes shallow ; flesh creamy- 

 white. 



246983. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. E-454. 'Tacanquilla'. Vicinity of Saquisili, Cotopaxi, Elevation 

 3,000 meters. Tubers ellipsoid; skin mottled with pink; eyes deep; flesh 

 whitish. 



246984. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. E-455. 'Clavache'. Vicinity or Saquisili, Cotopaxi. Elevation 

 3,000 meters. Tubers banana-shaped; skin pink-bronze; eyes obscure; flesh 

 yellowish-white. 



246985. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. E-456. 'Allco Chaqui'. Grown by Indians above Saquisili, Coto- 

 paxi. Elevation 3,000 meters. Tubers reddish and purplish-black; flesh 

 yellow. 



246986. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. E-457. 'Sole Blanca'. Vicinity of Saquisili, Cotopaxi. Elevation 

 3,000 meters. Tubers ellipsoid ; skin white ; eyes deep set ; flesh whitish. 



246987. Solanum sp. 



Col. No. E-458. 'Olashuyo Negra'. Vicinity of Saquisili, Cotopaxi. Eleva- 

 tion 3,000 meters. Tubers ellipsoid ; skin purplish-black ; eyes shallow ; flesh 

 whitish. 



246988. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. E-452. From a native of Quito, who says they are 'Papas del 

 Monte'. 



246989 to 246992. 



From Belgian Congo. Plants collected by Louis Williams and Norris Gilbert, 

 agricultural explorers, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Divi- 

 sion, Beltsville, Md. Received April 2, 1958. 



Forty-three km. northeast of Elizabethville. 



246989. Sanseviekia sp. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 21446. Broad, mottled leaves to 50 cm. long and 10 cm. wide. 



246990. Sansevieria sp. 



Col. No. 21448. Leaves about 70 cm. long, canaliculate, and thick at the 

 hase. 



246991. Sansevieria sp. 



Col. No. 21449. A terete-leaved species. Leaves to 1 meter long and 5 cm. 

 in diameter. 



246992. Sansevieria sp. 



Col. No. 21457. ( No field note. ) 



246993. Sechium edule (Jacq.) Sw. Cucurbitaceae. Chayote. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by J. W. Lowe, Homestead. Received April 28, 

 1958. 



246994. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



From Greece. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Attache, Athens. Received 

 April 3, 1958. 

 Originally from the Island of Rhodes. Ten to 14 days earlier than 'New Hamp- 

 shire Victory' under similar conditions. 



