JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1954 211 



217445 to 217447. Dioscorea spp. Dioscoreaceae. 



From Bolivia. Tubers collected by M. Cardenas, Santa Cruz. Received May 

 7, 1954. 



217445. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 1. North of San Ignacio de Velasco. March 1954. 



217446. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 2. San Ignacio de Velasco. Papa Aerea. Cultivated and eaten as 

 potato. March 1954. 



217447. Dioscorea sp. 



No. 3. San Ignacio de Velasco. Chiquitano Indians call this "Tancapi." 

 Eaten in place of cassava. 



217448 to 217459. 



From Argentina. Seeds collected by H. Sleumer, University of Tucuman, 

 Tucuman. Received May 7, 1954. 



217448. Solanum andigenum Juz. & Buk. Solanaceae. 

 217449 and 217450. Solanum depexum Juz. 



217449. No. 1. 



217450. No. 4114. 



217451. Solanum subtilius Bitt. 

 No. 3566. 



217452. Solanum sp. 



No. 2688. Received as Solanum venturii, an apparently unpublished 

 name. 



217453. Solanum sp. 

 No. 3748. 



217454. Solanum sp. 

 No. 3786. 



217455. Solanum sp. 

 No. 3998. 



217456. Solanum sp. 

 No. 3999. 



217457. Solanum sp. 

 No. 4002. 



217458. Solanum sp. 

 No. 4024. 



217459. Solanum sp. 

 No. 4105. 



217460 to 217479. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From New York. Seeds planted at the Regional Plant Introduction Station. 

 Geneva. Numbered May 10, 1954. 



P.I. No. Cornell No. Type or variety Origin 



217460. 47-5337 King Philip New Milford, Pa. 



217461. 47-5338 King Philip Bangor, Pa. 



217462. 47-5339 ^Rainbow Frankfort, N.Y. 



