18 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 135 



128586 to 128665— Continued 



128656. Lycopersicon pertjvianum (L.) Mill. 



No. 486 and 487. From Chacarilla, Tarapaca Province, Chile, March 25, 

 1938, southeast of Arica, at 300 feet altitude, in a field recently flooded by 

 high water. 



128657 to 128660. Lycopersicon spp. 



Collected west of Tacna, Peru, March 26, 1938. 



128657. No. 508. Fruit about % inch in diameter, yellowish white with 

 purple stripe. 



128658. No. 509. A prostrate plant with erect floral branches ; fruit about 

 y 2 inch in diameter, dark red, purplish over all except the tip. 



128659. No. 510. A prostrate plant with erect floral branches ; fruit about 

 y 2 inch in diameter, yellowish white. 



128660. No. 511. A mixed sample from a group of plants. 

 128661 to 128663. Lycopersicon pertjvianum var. dentatum Dun. 



128661. No. 512. Collected east of Tacna, Peru, March 26, 1938, in dry 

 gravelly clay soil. Fruit about y 2 inch in diameter, blotched with red, 

 with purple red stripes. 



128662. No. 513. From the desert between Buena Vista and Tecumba, 

 Peru, March 27, 1938, at 1,000 feet altitude. Plant developing from a 

 woody crown, stems erect ; fruit % inch in diameter. 



128663. No. 514. From about 8 miles west of Moquegua, in gravelly soil 

 bordering the desert. Fruit about % inch in diameter, 2-celled, with 

 purplish markings. 



128664. Lycopersicon sp. 



No. 549. From north of Huacho, Peru, April 4, 1938. Fruit cherry-formed, 

 red, calyx lobes often 6, long and slender. 



128665. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 411. From the San Cristobal hill, near Santiago, Chile. March 11, 

 1938. A coarse plant 3 to 7 feet high. 



128666 to 128668. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by Dr. Mario Ercoli, Curator, La Mortola, Venti- 

 miglia. Received April 18, 1938. 



128666. Aquilegia vulgaris L. Ranunculaceae. European columbine. 



Var. Hybrida. A form with stout lilac-purple spurs as long as the sepals, 

 only slightly incurved. Possibly a hybrid of Aquilegia vulgaris with A, 

 canadensis. 



128667. Callistephus chinensis (L.) Nees. Asteraceae. 

 For previous introduction and description see 128527. 



128668. Impatiens roylei Walp. Impatientaceae. Snapweed. 

 For previous introduction and description see 128503. 



128669. Eragrostis obtusa Munro. Poaceae. Grass. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Curator, McGregor 

 Museum, Kimberley, Cape Province. Received April 15, 1938. 



A densely cespltose perennial grass, native to South Africa, with wiry stems 

 6 to 18 inches high and linear, long-pointed leaves 2 to 5 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 106087. 



128670. Tephrosia sp. Fabaceae. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds purchased from Miss K. C. Stanford, 

 Stellenbosch. Received April 19, 1938. 



