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128196 and 128197. Bomarea spp. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented by M. J. Rivero, Cali. Received March 26, 1938. 



128196. Bomarea sp. 



A climber, cultivated for its red flowers. 



128197. Bomarea sp. 



A vine with purple flowers. 



128198. Picea glauca (Moench) Voss. Pinaceae. Spruce. 



From Massachusetts. Seeds purchased from F. W. Schumacher, Jamaica Plain. 

 Received March 28, 1938. 



A silvery blue form received under the name "Hursti." 



128199 to 128322. 



From Bolivia, Argentina, and Peru. Seeds collected by H. L. Blood, Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, Logan, Utah, in cooperation with the Division of Fruit 

 and Vegetable Crops and Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, United States 

 Department of Agriculture. Received March 22, 1938. 



128199 to 128202. Capsicum frutescens L. Solanaceae. Common redpepper. 



128199. No. 322. From the market at Tarija, Bolivia, February 11, 1938. 

 Fruit small, round ; used as a condiment. 



128200. No. 323. From the market at Tarija, Bolivia, February 11, 1938, but 

 grown in Campina. Fruit elongated, orange-colored ; used as a condiment. 



128201. No. 338. From the market at Jujuy, Argentina, February 15, 1938. 

 Fruit locally grown, small, yellow. 



128202. No. 286. From the market at Sucre, Bolivia, February 3, 1938. A 

 locally grown wild fruit, very small, red or yellow. Used pickled by the 

 Indians and sold in the market as "condimento." 



128203 to 128207. Cucurbita spp. Cucurbitaceae. 



From the market at Tucuman, Argentina, February 17, 1938. 



128203. Cucurbita ficifolia Bouche. Alcallota. 



No. 358. A melon, native to Ecuador, where it is cultivated extensively 

 and used for food for man as well as for stock. The melons average 20 to 30 

 pounds each ; when completely ripe, the shell is very hard, the flesh white, 

 and the seeds black. There are two varieties, the white and the green-and- 

 white striped. 



For previous introduction see 115176. 



128204. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne. Squash. 

 No. 361. Fruit round with rugose spots. 



128205. Cucurbita moschata Duchesne. Cushaw. 

 No. 362. Fruit pear-shaped. 



128206 and 128207. Cucurbita pepo L. Pumpkin. 



128206. No. 359. Fruit flatfish, yellow and green mottled. 



128207. No. 360. Fruit dark green, round, rough, covered with warts. 



128208. Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet. Convolvulaceae. 



No. 387. From the Cordoba Gardens, Argentina, February 21, 1938, and also 

 observed growing wild along the railroad right-of-way. A small vigorous 

 ornamental vine with trumpetlike, lavender to white, red-throated flowers and 

 palmately compound leaves. 



For previous introduction see 116515. 



