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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98575 to 98721— Continued; 



. No. 161. Mantequilla. A native potato 

 which is a good but small producer. The small 

 irregularly round yellow tubers have deep eyes 

 and yellow flesh. 



98893. Nos. 162 and 163. Frutilla. Collected 

 March 22, 1932, at Puerto Montt, on the main- 

 land, Chile. A potato of uncertain origin. The 

 small irregularly round tubers have rather deep 

 eyes, pink and white mottled skin, and white 

 flesh. A very disease-resistant potato. 

 No. 162. Collected in the garden of Francisco 



Schwerter. 

 No. 163. Collected on a farm near Puerto 

 Montt. 



98694. No. 164. Corahila. A potato grown com- 

 mercially in the region of Puerto Montt and 

 Puerto Varas. Collected on the farm of Fer- 

 nando Wilhelm, who has grown the same 

 variety for 17 years. This is a disease-resistant 

 potato with large oval flattened red tubers, 

 shallow eyes, and white flesh. 



No. 166. Castrina. Collected south of 

 Ancud, Chiloe Island, March 22, 1932. A po- 

 tato with small oval pink tubers with rather 

 deep eyes and white flesh mottled with pink. 



Nos. 98696 to 98721 are native varieties collected 

 in the northern part of the island of Chiloe. 



98696. No. 167. Nohsas. Long narrow red tubers 

 with shallow eyes and white flesh mottled with 

 red. 



98697. No. 168. Sedas. Small oval tubers mot- 

 tled white and purple, with shallow eyes and 

 white and purple flesh. 



98698. No. 169. Remenda. Small oval tubers 

 with deep eyes, skin mottled white and purple, 

 and white flesh with purple center. 



No. 170. Pahacona. Small oval white 

 tubers with shallow eyes and white flesh. 



98700. No. 171. Caque bianco. Small long-oval 

 red tubers with shallow eyes and white flesh. 



98701. No. 172. Francesa negra. Small round 

 black-purple tubers with white around the 

 shallow eyes and white flesh mottled with 

 purple. 



98702. No. 173. Neregue. Large long-narrow 

 purplish tubers with shallow eyes and white 

 flesh. 



98703. No. 174. Camota. Small round purple 

 tubers with white around the deep eyes and 

 white flesh with a purple vascular ring. 



98704. No. 175. Limene. Small irregularly 

 round red tubers with deep eyes and yellow - 

 white flesh. 



98705. No. 176. Ficocha negra. Small oval red 

 tubers with shallow eyes and white flesh. 



98706. No. 177. Lichaquina. Small oval blue- 

 red tubers with deep eyes and yellow-white 

 flesh. 



98707. No. 178. Maullina. Small irregularly 

 round white tubers mottled with pink, with 

 deep eyes and white flesh. 



No. 179. Ojos azules. Small irregularly 

 round yellow-white tubers with blue, deep 

 eyes and yellow-white flesh. 



98709. No. 180. Alvasea. Small oval flattened 

 white tubers with shallow purple eyes and yel- 

 low-white flesh. 



98710. No. 181. Quilas. Small long-narrow 

 white and pink tubers with deep eyes and 

 white flesh. 



98711. No. 182. Villarruela. Large oval flat red 

 tubers with shallow eyes and white flesh mot- 

 tled with pink. 



98575 to 98721— Continued. 



98712. No. 183. Guapa. Small irregularly oval 

 red tubers with deep eyes and white flesh. 



98713. No. 184. Francesa blanca. Small oval 

 white tubers with shallow eyes and yellow- 

 white flesh. 



98714. No. 185. Chalupa. Small long-narrow 

 curved purple-black tubers with shallow eyes 

 and white flesh with purple vascular ring. 



98715. No. 187. Vastonesa. Small oval light- 

 purple tubers with shallow eyes and white 

 flesh with purple vascular ring. 



98716. No. 188. Mago. Large irregularly round 

 purple-black tubers with deep eyes and yellow- 

 white flesh. 



98717. No. 189. Caballero. Small smooth oval 

 pink tubers with shallow eyes and white flesh. 



98718. No. 190. Quillipicume. Small round red 

 tubers with deep eyes and white flesh with red 

 vascular ring. 



98719. No. 191. Guapa negra. Small round oval 

 purple-black tubers with shallow eyes and white 

 flesh mottled with purple. 



98720. No. 192. Altamirana. Small long-oval 

 pink tubers with shallow eyes and white flesh. 



98721. No. 193. Maidama. Large irregularly 

 oval red tubers with deep eyes and white 

 flesh. 



98722 to 98726. Oryza sativa L. 

 Poaceae. Rice. 



From India. Seeds presented by W. O'Brien, 

 Corsley, Hyderabad, Deccan. Received April 

 21, 1932. 



A collection of paddy rice introduced for the use of 

 Department specialists. 



98722. Badsha. A very fine variety that matures 

 in 5 months. 



98723. Basmali. A fine variety with large grains 

 that matures in 4 months. 



98724. Burmah or Black Poofoo. A very superior 

 variety that matures in 5 months. 



98725. Peshawri. A very fine variety that ma- 

 ures in 5 months. 



98726. Rajaneshal. A medium-fine variety that 

 matures in 4 months. 



98727 to 98729. 



From Tahiti, Society Islands. Seeds collected by 

 Martin L. Grant, University of Minnesota. 

 Received April 15, 1932. 



98727. Canavalia micbocarpa (DC.) Piper. 



No. 5055. A seashore perennial which climbs 

 trees to a height of 20 feet. The purple flowers are 

 in large spikelike racemes and the pods are flat 

 or slightly swollen. It is closely related to C. 

 obtusifolia. 



For previous introduction see 30879. 



98728. Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. Faba- 

 ceae. Indigo. 



No. 4570. A slender, yellow-flowered bushy 

 legume 3 to 5 feet high producing rather scanty 

 growth, making it an indifferent cover crop. 



For previous introduction see 97885. 



98729. Vigna lutea (Swartz) A. Gray (V. marina 

 Merr.). Fabaceae. 



No. 4452. A tropical perennial vine or creeper, 

 native to the Philippines, where it has been found 

 useful as a cover crop. It has also made good 

 forage. 



For previous introduction see 80772. 



