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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



59934 to 60167 — Continued. 



60100 to 80103. Sicuani, Peru. April 12, 1924. 

 Four ears of corn bought in an Indian market 

 and said to have come from Cusipata, Peru. 



60100. No. 64a. 



60101. No. 64b. 



60102. No. 64c. 



60103. No. 64d. 



60104 to 60106. Sicuani, Peru. April 12, 1924. 

 Three ears, red and yellow, bought in an 

 Indian market; said to have been grown locally. 



60104. No. 65a. 



60105. No. 65b. 



60106. No. 65c. 



60107 to 60115. Sicuani, Peru. April 12, 1924. 

 Nine ears bought in an Indian market, said 

 to have been grown near San Pabla. 



60107. No. 66a. 



60108. No. 66b. 



60109. No. 66c. 



60110. No. 66d. 



60111. No. 66e. 



60112. No. 66f. 



60113. No. 66g. 



60114. No. 66h. 



60115. No. 66i. 



60116 to 60120. Sicuani, Peru. April 12, 1924. 

 Five ears from an Indian market, said to have 

 come from Asomayo, Peru, 4 leagues west of 

 Chuquicahuana. 



60116. No. 67a. 



60117. No. 67b. 



60118. No. 67c. 



60119. No. 67d. 



60120. No. 67e. 



60121 to 60123. Cuzco, Peru. April, 1924. Two 

 ears of sweet corn and one ear of mixed sweet 

 and flour corn from Sr. Ochoa. 



60121. No. 68a. 60123. No. 68c. 



60122. No. 68b. 



60124 to 60127. Cuzco, Peru. April, 1924. Four 

 ears of white and colored corn from Sr. Ochoa. 



60124. No. 69a. 



60125. No. 69b. 



60126. No. 69c. 



60127. No. 69d. 



80128. No. 70. Near Arequipa, Peru. April, 

 1924. Chicha maize. From Elias C. Bedregal. 

 Seeds very large, red and purple. Matures in 

 about six months. Altitude 7,000 feet. 



60129. No. 71. Arequipa, Peru. April, 1924. 

 Chulpe maize. From Elias C. Bedregal. This 

 type is boiled and then dried. Seeds medium 

 size, yellow, some are wrinkled (sugar type). 

 Requires about seven months to mature. 



60130. No. 72. Arequipa, Peru. April, 1924. 

 Amarillo maize. From Elias C . Bedregal. Seeds 

 intermediate in size between those of No. 70 

 (S. P. I. No. 60128) and No. 71 (S. P. I. No. 

 60129). The mixture of nonyellow seeds in 

 this sample is said to be artificial. 



60131. No. 73. Calea, Peru. April, 1924. Cuzco 

 type, yellow-dent cross F-51, from T. E. Payne. 



60132 to 60136. Huancayo, Peru. April 27, 1924. 

 Five ears of red variegated maize, purchased 

 in the Indian market and said to have come 

 from within a few miles of town; altitude 10,700 

 feet. 



60132. No. 74a. 



60133. No. 74b. 



60134. No. 74c. 



60135. No. 74d. 



60136. No. 74e. 



60137. No. 75. Huancayo, Peru. April 27, 1924. 

 Six ears of yellow, rice-pointed pop corn, bought 

 in an Indian market. Said to have come from 

 within a few miles of town; altitude 10,700 feet. 



60138. No. 76. Huancayo, Peru. April 27, 1924. 

 White maize. Bulk seeds from the Indian 

 market, said to have been grown within a few 

 miles of town; altitude 10,700 feet. 



59934 to 60167— Continued. 



60139 to 60143. Huancayo, Peru. April 27, 1924. 

 Five ears of brown maize (one with red cob) 

 bought in the Indian market. 



60139. No. 77a. 



60140. No. 77b. 



60141. No. 77c. 



60142. 

 60143. 



No. 77d. 

 No. 77e. 



60144 to 60151. Huancayo, Peru. April 27, 1924. 

 Eight ears of red, purple, and rose-colored 

 maize. From the Indian market. 



60144. No. 78a. 



60145. No. 78b. 



60146. No. 78c. 



60147. No. 78d. 



60148. No. 78e. 



60149. No. 78f. 



60150. No. 78g. 



60151. No. 78h. 



60152. No. 79. Huancayo, Peru. April 27, 1924. 

 Bulk seed of purple maize from the Indian 

 market. Said to have been grown a few miles 

 from town; altitude 10,700 feet. 



60153 to 60156. Huancayo, Peru. April 27, 1924. 

 Four ears, white, splashed with purple. One 

 with rose-colored bands around kernels. 

 Bought in the Indian market and said to have 

 come from within a few miles of town; altitude 

 10,700 feet. 



60153. No. 80a. 



60154. No. 80b. 



60155. No. 80c. 



60156. No. 80d. 



60157 and 60158. Lima, Peru. April, 1924. Two 

 ears of yellow maize from Escuela Nacional de 

 Agricultura. Grown locally. 



60157. No. 81a. 



60158. No. 81b. 



60159 and 60160. Lima, Peru. April, 1924. Yel- 

 low maize. Two ears, one with purple cob 

 from Escuela Nacional de Agricultura. Grown 

 locally. 



60159. No. 82a. 



60180. No. 82b. 



60161 and 60162. Lima, Peru. April, 1924. Pur- 

 ple maize. Two ears bought in a store. Said 

 to have come from Arequipa, Peru. 



60161. No. 83a. 



60162. No. 83b. 



60163 and 60164. Atucha, Province of Buenos 

 Aires, Argentina, April, 1924. Pinmontes flint, 

 two ears. 



60163. No. 84a. 



60164. No. 84b. 



60165 and 60166. Casilda, Argentina. April, 

 1924. Colorado Casilda from Escuela Nacional 

 de Agricultura. 



60165. No. 85a. 



60166. No. 85b. 



60167. No. 86. Pontant, Province of Buenos 

 Aires, Argentina. April, 1924. Quaranton 

 maize from the experimental farm. Bulk 

 sample. 



60168 and 60169. 



THYRSOIDES Jacq. 



Ornithogalum 

 Liliacese. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South Africa. 

 Bulbs presented by I. B. Pole Evans, chief, 

 Division of Botany. Received May 26, 1924. 



In South Africa, where this bulbous ornamental 

 is native, it is known as one of the "chinkerichees." 

 The globose bulb is about 2 inches thick, and the 

 five or six very narrow leaves are 6 inches to a foot 

 in length. The flowers, sometimes an inch long 

 under cultivation, are borne in rather dense racemes 

 on a scape about a foot high. In a dried condition 

 these make excellent "everlasting flowers." 



60168. A pure-white variety. 



60189. A black-eye variety. 



