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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



89550 to 89584 — Continued. 



89563. Solanum sp. 



No. 72. A plant 3 feet high, with white 

 tubers. 



89564. Solanum sp. 



No. 73. A plant about 2 feet high, with 

 purple flowers and white tubers. 



89565. Solanum sp. 



No. 74. A plant about 2 feet high, 

 with oval to oblong white tubers. . 



89566. Solanum sp. 



No. 76. A plant 3 feet high, with oval 

 white tubers. 



89567. Solanum sp. 



No. 78. A plant 3 feet high, with pur- 

 ple flowers, white fruits, and white 

 tubers. 



89568. Solanum sp. 



No. 80. A plant 3 feet high, with 

 green fruit covered with very numerous 

 small white warts and white tubers. 



89569. Solanum sp. 



No. 82. A plant with green fruits cov- 

 ered with very numerous small white 

 warts and white tubers. 



89570. Solanum sp. 



No. 86. Collected near El Mirador, on 

 the road between Mexico City and Puebla, 

 at 12,000 feet altitude, October 15, 1930. 

 A plant with white tubers found in rich 

 soil. 



89571. Solanum sp. 



No. 87. Collected at El Caragon, on the 

 road between Mexico City and Puebla, 

 at 12,000 feet altitude, October 15, 1930. 

 A plant 3 feet high, with green fruit, 

 covered with very numerous small white 

 warts, and white tubers. 



89572. Solanum sp. 



No. 90. Collected at El Mascaron, on 

 the road between Mexico City and Puebla, 

 at 12,000 feet altitude, October 15, 1930. 

 A plant found in the rich loam in an 

 open field with seed balls marked like S. 

 fendleri and white tubers. 



89573. Solanum sp. 



No. 91. From El Polvorin, on the 

 road to Puebla, at 12,000 feet altitude, 

 October 15, 1930. A plant very much 

 like No. 90 [89572], but the green fruit 

 is not marked like 8. fendleri; the tubers 

 are white. 



89574. Solanum sp. 



No. 92. From El Mascaron, on the 

 road between Mexico City and Puebla, at 

 12,000 feet altitude, October 15, 1930. A 

 plant with white tubers. 



89575. Solanum sp. 



No. 54. From El Desierto, Distrito 

 Federal. [Received without further 

 notes.] 



Nos. 89576 to 89582 were collected Oc- 

 tober 17, 1930, on the side of the mountain 

 Pic de Xitle, Distrito Federal. 



89576. Solanum sp. 



No. 102. A plant with smooth green 

 fruits having a slight vertical depression, 

 also small white tubers ; found under a 

 pine tree in lava formation at 9,000 feet 

 altitude. 



89550 to 89584— Continued. 



89577. Solanum sp. 



No. 105. A plant with green fruit,, 

 marked with faint, darker green broad 

 bands ; collected halfway up the moun- 

 tain side under a pine tree in lava rubble, 

 at 8,500 feet altitude. 



89578. Solanum sp. 



No. 106. A plant with smooth green 

 fruit and small white oval tubers ; col- 

 lected in lava rubble at 8,700 feet 

 altitude. 



89579. Solanum sp. 



No. 107. A plant with smooth green 

 oval fruit and white oval tubers ; col- 

 lected in lava rubble at 8,500 feet alti- 

 tude. 



89580. Solanum sp. 



No. 108. A plant with green fruit of 

 a uniform color and a slight vertical de- 

 pression ; tubers small and white ; col- 

 lected in lava rubble at 8,600 feet alti- 

 tude. 



89581. Solanum sp. 



No. 116. A plant with smooth green 

 fruit and purplish tubers ; collected in 

 the volcanic crater at 9,000 feet altitude. 



89582. Solanum sp. 



No. 118. A plant with round white 

 tubers, collected in lava rubble at 9,000 

 feet altitude. 



Nos. 89583 and 89584 were collected. 

 November 3, 1930, in the woods above the 

 Trinidad mine at Real del Monte, Hidalgo, 

 at 9,000 feet altitude. 



89583. Solanum sp. 



No. 221. A plant with round white 

 tubers. 



89584. Solanum sp. 



No. 219. A plant with white tubers. 



89585. Acacia adansonii Guill. and 

 Pen*. Mimosaceae. 



From Gambia, Africa. Seeds presented by 

 the Department of Agriculture. Received 

 November 13, 1930. 



A much-branched tropical tree 30 to 40 

 feet high, with densely pubescent branchlets 

 and bipinnate leaves of 4 to 6 pairs of 

 pinnae each bearing 12 to 16 pairs of small 

 linear-oblong leaflets. The yellow flowers 

 are in heads and the undulate-margined 

 thick brown pods, 5 to 6 inches long, are 

 used for tanning. It is native to the Sene- 

 gambia region of tropical Africa. 



89586. Cyclamen afeicanum Boiss. 

 and Reut. Primulaceae. 



From Haarlem, Netherlands. Bulbs pur- 

 chased from C. G. Van Tubergen (Ltd.). 

 Received October 23, 1930. 

 A summer-blooming tuberous perennial 

 with coarsely toothed kidney-shaped or 

 heart-shaped leaves dull and pale green 

 marbled above and nearly white, purple- 

 tinged flowers an inch long. It is native 

 to Algeria. 



For previous introduction see 79186. 

 89587 and 89588. 



From Belgian Congo, Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by A. Corbisier-Baland, Directeur, 

 Jardin Botanique, D'Eala. Received Oc- 

 tober 23, 1930. 



