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99030 to 99058— Continued. 



99048. (Undetermined.) 



No. 26. Collected on the island of Beata, Jan- 

 uary 17, 1932; an epiphytic orchid, flowers not 

 seen. 



Nos. 99049 and 9905.0 were collected on St. Eu- 

 statius, .Netherland West Indies, January 22, 

 1932. 



99049. (Undetermined.) 



No. 37. A large-seeded, attractive orchid grow- 

 ing on the rim of the crater. Flowers not seen. 



99050. (Undetermined.) 



No. 38. An attractive orchid with small green- 

 ish flowers. 



99051. (Undetermined.) 



From Grenada, Windward Islands. An orchid 



99052. (Undetermined.) 

 An orchid. 



99053. (Undetermined.) 



An orchid from Great Inagua, Bahamas. 



99054. (Undetermined.) 



An orchid from Great Inagua, Bahamas. 



99055. (Undetermined.) 



An orchid from Paramaribo, Surinam. 



99056. (Undetermined.) 



No. 3896. From Haiti, March 27, 1932. An 

 orchid found on the overhanging rocks at 100 feet 

 altitude. In habit this reminds one of Vanda 

 teres, with its long slender round stems hanging 

 down in masses from the rocks. Flowers not 

 seen. 



99057. 



No. 



(Undetermined.) 



2763. From Mayero Island, February 6, 

 An epiphytic orchid with very large seed 

 Flowers not seen. 



1932. 

 pods. 



98058. (Undetermined.) 



An orchid, received without notes. 



99059 to 99070. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaceae. 



From Likiang, China. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 Joseph F. Rock. Received May 11, 1932. 



Collected on the western slopes of the Likiang 

 Snow Range, Yunnan Province, in November and 

 December 1931. 



Rhododendron sp. 



A tree 12 to 16 feet high, with oblong to linear 

 glabrous leaves and rich-pink flowers; collected in 

 a limestone valley at 9,500 feet altitude. 



99060. Rhododendron sp. 



A shrub 3 to 5 feet high, with small glabrous 

 leaves and pink to rose flowers, growing with 

 pines and spruces at Atoda, 9,000 feet altitude. 



99061. Rhododendron sp. 



A shrub 3 feet high, with linear to elliptical 

 glabrous leaves and pink flowers, collected at 

 10,000 feet altitude. 



99062. Rhododendron sp. 



A tree 10 feet high, with small leaves and red 

 flowers, collected at 9,800 feet altitude. 



Rhododendron sp. 



A very handsome shrub 3 to 4 feet high, with 

 pink flowers. 



99064. Rhododendron sp. 



From the dense forests of Youngming, Bowutsu 



99059 to 99070 — Continued. 



99065. Rhododendron sp. 



A tree 12 to 15 feet high, found along the streams 

 in the Youngming forests. 



Nos. 99066 to 99068 were collected on Mount 

 Sengeganue at altitudes between 10,000 and 13,000 

 feet. 



99066. Rhododendron sp. 



A shrub 5 to 6 feet high, with purple flowers. 



99067. Rhododendron sp. 



A shrub or tree 6 to 20 feet high, with flowers 

 varying from pale lavender to deep purple. 



99068. Rhododendron sp. 



A shrub 7 to 8 feet tall, with oblong leaves, 

 deeply rufous brown woolly beneath, and pink 

 flowers. 



99069. Rhododendron sp. 



A globose shrub 2 feet high, with blue flowers, 

 found in swampy meadows at 10,000 feet altitude. 



99070. Rhododendron sp. 



A shrub 3 to 5 feet tall, with dull-green leaves 

 and blue flowers, found on sunny exposed slopes 

 at 11,000 feet altitude. 



99071 to 99114. 



From Peru. Tubers collected by H. G. MacMillan 

 and CO. Erlanson, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received May 17, 1932. 



99071 to 99074. Oxalis crenata Jacq. Oxalida- 

 ceae. 



Oca. Cultivated forms from high alpine mead- 

 ows between 10,000 and 11,000 feet altitude. 



Nos. 98071 to 99073 were bought in the market at 

 Tarma, April 22, 1932. 



Valley, at 12,000 feet altitude 

 with pink-purple flowers. 



A tree 15 feet high 



No. 229. An herb 8 inches high, with 

 elongate tubers which have yellow skin 

 mottled with red, deep wide eyes, and •yellow- 

 white flesh. The flowers vary in color. 



99072. No. 230. An ornamental herb, with red 

 elongated edible tubers which have wide pink 

 eyes and yellowish flesh, mottled with red. 



99073. No. 231. An ornamental herb which has 

 elongated edible tubers with yellow skin, 

 wide yellow eyes, and yellow flesh. 



99074. No. 260. Purchased in the market at 

 Huancayo, April 24, 1932. Small oval tubers 

 with yellow skin, shallow eyes, and yellow- 

 white flesh. 



99075 to 99109. Solanum spp. Solanaceae. 



99075. Solanum neoweberbaueri Wittm. 



No. 265. From near Chorillos, April 30, 1932. 

 A rare wild potato native to the dry coastal 

 region in the environs of Lima and Callao, 

 Peru, growing always in stony situations and 

 depending on fog for its water supply. The 

 tubers are small, about one half inch in diameter, 

 several to each plant. The plant belongs to a 

 series of which S. maclia is the most common, 

 occurring in arid sandy situations. 



99076 to 99108. Solanum tuberosum L. 



Potato. 



A collection of cultivated potatoes from the 

 high alpine meadows between 3,000 and 11,000 

 feet altitude. 



99076 and 99077. Chvncho papa". From Rio 

 Colorado, near Merced, April 16. 1932. 

 Cultivated by the Indians at 2.800 feet 

 altitude. 



