﻿56 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27996 
  to 
  28015— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28003. 
  Gossypium 
  sp. 
  Kidney 
  cotton. 
  

   From 
  Madre 
  de 
  Dios 
  River. 
  

  

  28004. 
  Hordeum 
  vulgare 
  L. 
  Barley. 
  

   From 
  Cuzco 
  Valley. 
  

  

  28005. 
  Lagenaria 
  vulgaris 
  Ser. 
  

   From 
  Urubamba 
  River. 
  

  

  28006 
  to 
  28008. 
  Lycopersicon 
  sp. 
  

  

  28006. 
  From 
  Urubamba 
  Valley. 
  

  

  28007. 
  From 
  Urubamba 
  Valley. 
  

  

  28008. 
  From 
  St. 
  Ana 
  on 
  Urubamba 
  River. 
  

   Grow 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  cherry. 
  

  

  28009. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  confinis 
  (Koch) 
  Burnat. 
  

  

  28010. 
  Passiflora 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Mishajua 
  (?) 
  River. 
  Small 
  pomegranate-like 
  fruits 
  that 
  grow 
  on 
  a 
  vine. 
  

   Very 
  good. 
  

  

  28011. 
  Rubtjs 
  sp. 
  Wild 
  raspberry. 
  

   Growing 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  11,000 
  feet, 
  13° 
  S. 
  lat. 
  Red, 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  

  

  common 
  sort, 
  good 
  flavor, 
  but 
  sour. 
  

  

  28012. 
  Sicana 
  odorifera 
  (Veil.) 
  Naud. 
  Cassabanana. 
  

   From 
  Urubamba 
  River. 
  Seed 
  from 
  a 
  red 
  gourd 
  or 
  pumpkin, 
  grows 
  on 
  a 
  vine 
  

  

  which 
  makes 
  good 
  shade. 
  The 
  fruits 
  are 
  good 
  to 
  eat 
  and 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  pleasant 
  

   odor 
  when 
  taken 
  off 
  the 
  vine, 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  sun 
  a 
  short 
  time, 
  and 
  then 
  brought 
  into 
  

   the 
  house 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  days. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  27969 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28013. 
  Triticum 
  sp. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Cuzco 
  Valley. 
  

  

  28014. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

   From 
  Urubamba 
  River. 
  A 
  small 
  -white 
  bean 
  which 
  grows 
  on 
  the 
  sandy 
  

  

  banks 
  and 
  needs 
  hot 
  sun. 
  Contains 
  a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  oil. 
  

  

  28015. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

   From 
  Cuzco 
  Valley. 
  Large, 
  white 
  seeded. 
  

  

  28016. 
  Protea 
  mellifera 
  Thunb. 
  

  

  From 
  Cape 
  Town, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Conservator 
  of 
  Forests, 
  at 
  the 
  

   request 
  of 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  May 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

  

  A 
  South-African 
  bush, 
  useful 
  both 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  bee 
  plant. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  26207 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28017. 
  Chenopodium 
  quinoa 
  Willd. 
  Quinoa. 
  

  

  From 
  Bolivia, 
  South 
  America. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Sefior 
  Don 
  Ygnacio 
  Calder6n, 
  

   E. 
  E. 
  and 
  M. 
  P., 
  Bolivian 
  Legation, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  Received 
  May 
  24, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  grain 
  is 
  very 
  nutritious, 
  the 
  plant 
  grows 
  well 
  in 
  high 
  altitudes, 
  and 
  requires 
  

   little 
  moisture." 
  (W. 
  A. 
  Rei'J, 
  of 
  the 
  Legation.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Cultivated 
  in 
  Colombia, 
  Peru, 
  and 
  Chile; 
  probably 
  native 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  region. 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  18530 
  and 
  18537 
  for 
  further 
  description. 
  

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