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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



89432 to 89530 — Continued. 



89517. Vribsia rex L. Duval. 



A hybrid between Vriesia morrena- 

 barilleti and V. cardinalis. It is a 

 very vigorous plant, developing large 

 numbers of vivid carmine bracts. 



89518. Vriesia saundersii (Andre) 

 Morren (Encholirion saundersii. An- 

 dre). 



A Brazilian vriesia with a dense 

 rosette of about 20 flexible recurved 

 strap-shaped leaves a foot long, dull 

 green above and copiously spotted with 

 claret brown beneath. The yellow 

 flowers with yellow bracts are in a 

 lax panicle a foot long. 



89519 and 89520. Vriesia splendens 

 (Brongn.) Lemaire. 



89519. A plant with 12 to 30 leaves 

 over a foot long, marked with 

 distinct broad purplish-black, 

 transverse bands, especially on the 

 back. The pale-yellow flowers, 

 with petals 2 inches long, are in 

 a dense spike 6 to 12 inches long, 

 with bright-red oblong-lanceolate 

 bracts. Native to French Guiana. 



89520. Variety major. 



89521. Vriesia tessellata (Linden) 

 Morren (Tillandsia tessellata Lin- 

 den). 



A tillandsialike epiphyte from south- 

 ern Brazil, with 20 to 40 short, rather 

 broad, stiff leaves, tessellated with 

 yellow and green, and yellow flowers in 

 a panicle over 3 feet long. 



89522 to 89530. 



The following were received under 

 names for which places of publication and 

 descriptions have not been found. 



89522. Billbergia nobilis Hort. 



89523. Canistrum cappei Hort. 



89524. Cryptanthus candidus Hort. 



89525. Crtptanthus pumilus Hort. 



89526. Hechtia mexicana Hort. 



89527. NlDULARIUM ANGUSTINUM Hort. 



89528. NlDULARIUM AUREO-STRIATUM 



Hort. 



89529. NlDULARIUM LONGIFOLIUM PIC- 



tum Hort. 



89530. Vriesia poelmanni Hort. 



89531 to 89542. Solanum spp. Sola- 

 naceae. 



From Mexico. Tubers collected by Dr. 

 Donald Reddick, Cornell University, in 

 collaboration with Paul Russell and Max 

 Souviron, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October 16, 1930. 



89531 to 89535. Solanum demissum Lindl. 



89531. No. 29. Papa silvestre. From 

 Rio Frio, Puebla, October 8, 1930. 

 Tubers found growing in rich sandy 

 loam in open woods at 9,000 feet 

 altitude. 



89532. No. 10. From El Desierto, Dis- 

 trito Federal, October 6, 1930. No 

 flowers or fruit seen. 



89533. No. 40. From Rio Frio, Puebla, 

 about a mile above the village, Oc- 

 tober 8, 1930. Smooth white tubers 



89531 to 89542— Continued. 



found on the dry bank of a ditch in 

 open sandy loam. The oval fruit was 

 smooth and green. 



89534. No. 42. From Rio Frio, Puebla, 

 October 8, 1930. A white tuber 

 found in rich sandy loam in an 

 open field at 9,000 feet altitude. 

 Flowers not seen. 



89535. No. 44. From Rio Frio, Puebla. 

 October 8, 1930. A white tuber 

 found in very rich soil at 9,000 feet 

 altitude. The oval fruits were 

 smooth and green. 



89536 to 89542, Solanum spp. 



89536. Solanum sp. 



No. 9. From El Desierto, Distrito 

 Federal, October 6, 1930. Tubers found 

 growing in very rich soil under a large 

 fir tree at 8,000 feet altitude. 



89537. Solanum sp. 



No. 11. From near Cuernavaca, Mor- 

 elos, October 7, 1930. Seeds and tubers 

 collected at 9,000 feet altitude. The 

 flowers are white and perfectly 

 smooth ; the fruit is green with no 

 spots nor streaks. 



89538. Solanum sp. 



No. 30. From above Rio Frio, Puebla, 

 on the road from Mexico City to Pue- 

 bla, October 8, 1930. A plant about a 

 foot high with smooth green berries, 

 somewhat laterally depressed, and 

 small tubers ; found at 9,000 feet alti- 

 tude in rich sandy soil in open woods 

 at the base of a large spruce. 



89539. Solanum sp. 



No. 31. Papa. From east of Rio 

 Frio, Puebla, on the road from Mexico 

 City to Puebla, October 8, 1930. A 

 plant about 8 inches high with smooth 

 green obconic fruits covered with whit- 

 ish flecks, found at 9,000 feet altitude 

 in rich sandy loam in open woods at 

 the base of a large spruce. 



89540. Solanum sp. 



No. 38. From above Rio Frio, Pue- 

 bla, at 9,000 feet altitude, October 8, 

 1930. A plant with pink flowers and 

 white tubers, found in rich soil. 



89541. Solanum sp. 



No. 41. From Rio Frio, Puebla, Oc- 

 tober 8, 1930. A plant with green 

 oval seed pods and large pink tubers, 

 found at 9,000 feet altitude growing 

 along a ditch bank in rich soil in an 

 open field. 



89542. Solanum sp. 



No. 45. From Rio Frio, Puebla, Oc- 

 tober 8, 1930. Found growing in rich 

 soil in an open field along a ditch. 

 As the tubers were almost 2 inches in 

 diameter, it is probably an escape from 

 cultivation. 



89543. Peperomia sp. Piperaceae. 



From Mexico. Plants collected by Dr. Don- 

 ald Reddick. Cornell University, in col- 

 laboration with Paul Russell and Max 

 Souviron, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October 16, 1930. 



From north of Cuernavaca, Morelos, Octo- 

 ber 7, 1930. 



