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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



100688 to 100709— Continued. 



100895. Libertia sp. Iridaceae. 



No. 119. From near Ancud, Chiloe' Island, 

 Chile, March 13, 1932. A plant about 2 feet high, 

 with narrow linear leaves; the fruit is a 3-valved 

 capsule. Found in moist shaded situations. 

 Flowers not seen. 



100696. Silene armeria L. Silenaceae. 



Sweet-william catchfly. 



No. 32. Collected March 2, 1932, near Puerto 

 Montt, Chile. A naturalized herb 8 inches high, 

 with pink flowers, found in moist meadows. 



100697. Lycopersicon 

 la laceae. 



ESCULENTUM Mill. So- 



Tomato. 



No. 321. From the market at Cuzco, Peru, 

 May 17, 1932. Small round red tomatoes less 

 than an inch in diameter. Grown at 11,000 feet 

 altitude. 



100898. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. So- 

 lanaceae. Tomato. 



No. 31. A cultivated variety from a garden near 

 Temuco, Chile, February 26, 1932. An herb 

 3 feet high, with the stems covered with long- 

 haired pubescence, yellow flowers, and round, 

 perfectly smooth red fruits over an inch in diam- 

 eter. It is said to be indigenous. 



100899. Mutisia viciaefolia Cav. Asteraceae. 



No. 276. From the roadside near Cuzco, Peru, 

 at 11,500 feet altitude, May 4, 1932. A composite 

 from 3 to 6 feet high, with sub-woody purplish 

 stems, vetchlike foliage, and solitary, terminal, 

 or axillary large yellow flowers. 



100700. Nemastylis pearcei Baker. Iridaceae. 



No. 323. Collected May 20, 1932, in open mead- 

 ow at 11,500 feet altitude in the hills near Cuzco, 

 Peru. A bulbous herb 8 inches high, with large 

 dark-blue flowers very similar to an iris. The 

 single root leaf is linear and plicate, and the blue 

 flowers, less than an inch long, are 1 to 4 on the 

 spathe. 



100701. Passiflora mollissima (H. B. K.) 

 Bailey. Passifloraceae. Softleaf passionflower. 



No. 318. From the market at Cuzco, Peru, 

 May 17, 1932. An edible variety with ovate 

 pointed yellow fruits. 



For previous introduction see 99783. 



100702 to 100705. Phaseolus spp. Fabaceae. 



100702 and 100703. Phaseolus lunatus L. 



Lima bean. 



Introduced for comparison with types now 

 being grown on the Pacific coast. 



100702. No. 268. From the market at Are- 

 quipa, Peru, May 7, 1932. White beans. 



100703. No. 322. Pallares. Bought at Cuzco, 

 Peru, May 24, 1932, but grown at lea, Peru. 

 A cultivated variety. 



100704 and 100705. Phaseolus vulgaris L. 



Common bean. 



100704. No. 320. From the market at Cuzco, 

 Peru, May 17, 1932. A mixed sample of 

 beans, grown at 11,000 feet altitude. 



100705. No. 270. From the market at Are- 

 quipa, Peru, May 7, 1932. A mixed sample. 



100706. Rosa sp. Rosaceae. Rose. 



No. 30. From near Lago Puyehue, about 25 

 miles east of Osorno, Chile, February 26, 1932. 

 A shrub 6 feet high, with pink flowers and bright- 

 orange, pyriform-ovate hips, slightly bristly at 

 the base. Growing wild in light loam in a road- 

 side thicket. 



100688 to 100709— Continued. 



100707. Sisyrinchium sp. Iridaceae. 



No. 324. Fron Cuzco, Peru, May 20, 1932. A 

 small herb 6 inches high, suitable for the rock 

 garden, found in an open meadow in the hills at 

 11,500 feet altitude. The flowers are blue. 



100708. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 279. From near Cuzco, Peru, May 19, 1932. 

 A low herb 6 inches high, with purple flowers and 

 yellow berries, collected in moist loam at 11,500 

 feet altitude. 



100709. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 381. From near Cuzco, Peru, May 18, 1932 . 

 A plant 4 feet high, with green-white berries, 

 found in open meadow at 11,000 feet altitude. 



100710. 



Jacks 



Pennisetum chilense (Desv.) 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



100712. Carica PAPAYA L. 



ceae. 



From Chile. Seeds presented by C. de la Barra, 

 commercial secretary, Chilean Embassy, Wash- 

 ington, D.C. Received July 12, 1932. 



Raionera. A glaucous perennial 4 to 7 feet high, 

 native to Chile, with flat or folded leaves and dense, 

 rather stiff, gray to pale-purple panicles 6 to 8 inches 

 long. 



100711. Annona squamosa L. An- 

 nonaceae. Sugar-apple. 



From the West Indies. Seeds collected by David 

 Fair child and P. H. Dorsett, agricultural ex- 

 plorers, Bureau of Plant Industry, with the Alli- 

 son V. Armour expedition, 1931-32. Received 

 February 2, 1932. Numbered in July 1932. 



Introduced for comparison with the hybrid 

 cherimoyas now growing in southern Florida. 



Papaya- 

 Papaya. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by 

 the director of Plant Industry, Manila. Received 

 January 4, 1931. Numbered in July 1932. 



No. 137. A variety with purple fruits. 



100713 to 100718. 



From Bolivia. Tubers collected by H. G. Mac- 

 Millan and CO. Erlanson, Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry. Received July 12, 1932. 



100713 to 100717. Oxalis tuberosa Molina. 

 Oxalidaceae. 



Oca. A plant native to South America, related 

 to the woodsorrel of the United States. It is 

 grown in the Andes for its edible tubers. 



100713 to 100716. Collected at La Paz at 12,500 

 feet altitude, June 10, 1932. 



100713. No. 425. Short yellow tubers with red 

 eyes. 



100714. No. 426. Small, thin, irregular, red 

 and white tubers. 



100715. No. 427. Short, thick, red tubers. 



100716. No. 428. Very long, 

 tubers. 



thin, dark-red 



100717. No. 394. From Cochabamba, June 5, 

 1932, at 8,300 feet altitude. Long, slim, 

 round, yellow tubers with closed red eyes and 

 yellow, carrotlike flesh. 



100718. Canna indica L. Cannaceae. 



No. 468 Ajira. From La Paz, June 20, 1932, at 

 10,000 feet altitude. A root regarded as a great 

 delicacy among the Bolivians. It is used to 

 flavor ice cream. 



