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126453. Nicandra physalodes ( L. ) Gaertn. Solanaceae. 



No. 63. December 6, 1937. From Chinchao, Peru, on a small tributary of 

 the Rio Huallaga, at 3,500 feet altitude. Plant 3 to 4 feet high ; fruit, a so- 

 called dry berry, enclosed in an angular husk. 



126454. Physalis sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 11. From a field near Carabayllo at 250 feet altitude, November 24. 

 Plant completely dried up ; seed picked from the ground. 



126455. Physalis sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 40. November 30, 1937. From the Franciscan monastery, Ayacucho, 

 Peru. 



126456. Physalis sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 67. From Tingo Maria, Peru, December 6, 1937. Plants iy 2 to 2% 

 feet high. 



126457-126463. Solanum spp. Solanaceae. 



126457. Solanum sp. 



No. 13. November 24, 1937. From the Hacienda Chacas, on the Rio Chil- 

 lon, at 2,000 feet altitude. A plant with yellow and green berries. 



126458. Solanum sp. 



No. 39. Fulmes. November 27, 1937. From Puenta Jauja, south of Oroya, 

 at the entrance into the Jauja Valley, 10,200 feet altitude. A woody, thorny, 

 ■plant about 3 feet high ; leaves lanceolate and tomentose ; flowers purple, 1% 

 inches across. 



126459. Solanum radicans L. f. 



No. 41. From the Franciscan monastery, Ayacucho, Peru, November 30. 

 Plant procumbent and spreading with deeply cleft leaves ; fruit small, yel- 

 low, less than % inch in diameter. 



126460. Solanum sp. 



No. 51. At Perene Colony, Peru, December 2, 1937. A common shrub 6 

 to 8 feet high, with short thorns. Collected along the roadside. 



126461. Solanum sp. 



No. 58. December 3, 1937. East of Herbama, Peru. A coarse herba- 

 ceous plant 



126462. Solanum sp. 



No. 64. December 3, 1937. From the Rio Chinchao, a tributary of the Rio 

 Huallaga, at an altitude of 3,500 feet. Plants abundant, erect, 1 to 2 feet 

 high ; leaves and aspect of plant resemble Solanum nigrum; fruit small and 

 "black. 



126463. Solanum endlicheei Dun. 



No. 65. From Tingo Maria, at the edge of a cornfield, December 6, 1937. 

 A vine with an angular stem and oval fruit the size of a small plum; 

 leaves white ; fruit yellowish white when ripe and up to an inch long, with 

 green stripes radiating from the stem end. 



126464. Saracha procumbens (Cav.) R. and P. Solanaceae. 



No. 66. Mulyacca. From Tingo Maria, along the edge of a banana plan- 

 tation, December 6, 1937. A bushy herbaceous plant 2 to 3% feet tall ; fruit 

 blue black when ripe, the size and shape of a small plum. 



126465. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 12. November 24, 1937. From the Hacienda Chacas, on the Rio Chillon, 

 at 2,000 feet altitude. The blue-black berries are used to make ink. 



