﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1910. 
  49 
  

  

  28766— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  sent 
  for 
  identification 
  a 
  large 
  tuber 
  or 
  'yam' 
  weighing 
  about 
  10 
  pounds, 
  stating 
  that 
  

   similar 
  'yams' 
  were 
  eaten 
  both 
  by 
  settlers 
  and 
  aborigines. 
  The 
  interior 
  is 
  composed 
  

   of 
  a 
  whitish 
  substance, 
  the 
  chemical 
  analysis 
  of 
  which 
  shows 
  only 
  4J 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  car- 
  

   bonaceous 
  principles. 
  It 
  tastes 
  very 
  much 
  like 
  a 
  turnip, 
  both 
  in 
  the 
  raw 
  and 
  cooked 
  

   condition. 
  The 
  color 
  and 
  consistency 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  specimens 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  

   common 
  mangel-wurzel." 
  (R. 
  T. 
  Baker.) 
  

  

  " 
  A 
  vine 
  generally 
  found 
  growing 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  and 
  twisting 
  itself 
  around 
  some 
  

   small 
  tree, 
  and 
  that 
  tree 
  in 
  nine 
  cases 
  out 
  of 
  ten 
  a 
  'wilga' 
  (Geijera 
  parviflora 
  Lindl.). 
  

   The 
  top 
  'yam' 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  we 
  dug 
  was 
  4 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  surface, 
  and 
  the 
  deepest 
  

   that 
  we 
  could 
  find 
  was 
  21 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  surface. 
  We 
  dug 
  up 
  all 
  that 
  we 
  could 
  

   find, 
  carried 
  them 
  home, 
  and 
  weighed 
  each 
  one 
  separately, 
  29 
  'yams' 
  in 
  all. 
  The 
  

   total 
  weight 
  was 
  101J 
  pounds; 
  the 
  heaviest 
  one 
  weighed 
  12J 
  pounds." 
  (A. 
  Paddison.) 
  

  

  28767 
  and 
  28768. 
  Melinis 
  minutiflora 
  Beauv. 
  Molasses 
  grass. 
  

  

  From 
  Sao 
  Paulo, 
  Brazil. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  M. 
  Lane, 
  Mackenzie 
  College. 
  

  

  Received 
  September 
  3, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28767. 
  " 
  Negro 
  Head." 
  28768. 
  Ordinary 
  variety. 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  23201 
  and 
  23381 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  28770. 
  Solanum 
  jamesii 
  Torr. 
  Wild 
  potato. 
  

  

  Collected 
  in 
  the 
  Chiricahua 
  National 
  Forest. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Arthur 
  H. 
  

   Zachau, 
  forest 
  supervisor, 
  Portal, 
  Ariz., 
  through 
  the 
  Forest 
  Service. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  September 
  15, 
  1910. 
  

  

  28771. 
  Solanum 
  sp. 
  Wild 
  potato. 
  

  

  From 
  Zacatecas, 
  Mexico. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  E. 
  Lloyd. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   J. 
  N. 
  Rose, 
  associate 
  curator, 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum, 
  Washington, 
  

   D. 
  C. 
  Received 
  September 
  10, 
  1910. 
  

   (Rose 
  No. 
  08.219.) 
  

  

  28772 
  to 
  28779. 
  

  

  From 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose" 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Limavida, 
  via 
  Molina, 
  

   Chile, 
  September 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Husbands: 
  

  

  28772. 
  Gevuina 
  avellana 
  Molina. 
  

  

  "(H. 
  No. 
  595.) 
  Avellano. 
  These 
  are 
  fresh 
  seed 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  and 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  hardier 
  than 
  those 
  sent 
  heretofore 
  from 
  central 
  Chile 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  25611)." 
  

  

  28773. 
  Drimys 
  winteri 
  Forster. 
  

   "(H. 
  No. 
  599.) 
  Canelo 
  del 
  Sur." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Damp 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  exposed 
  valleys 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  

   Strait 
  of 
  Magellan 
  in 
  southern 
  Chile. 
  

  

  28774. 
  Geranium 
  robertianum 
  L. 
  

   "(H. 
  No. 
  601.) 
  Alfilerillo 
  single.'* 
  

  

  28775. 
  Erodium 
  sp. 
  

  

  "(H. 
  No. 
  602.) 
  Alfilerillo 
  double." 
  

  

  28776. 
  Aristotelia 
  macqui 
  L'Herit. 
  

   "(H. 
  No. 
  603.) 
  White 
  maqui." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  26306 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

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