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SEEDS Ai!TD PLANTS IMPOETED. 



36283 to 36484— Continued. 



36376. Sapindus saponaria L. 



*'(No. 592. Oruro, Bolivia.)" 



36377. RiciNUS communis L. 



Castor bean. 



Soapberry. 



"(No. 315. Areqiiipa, Peru.) Ygerilla. Obtained from an Indian medicine 

 woman at Arequipa, from whom no reliable information could be obtained." 



"From Cnzco, Peru. Used in washing." 

 36379 to 36383. Solanum spp. 



36379. "(No. 336. Sicuani, Peni.) Seeds of a wild species from near 

 Sicuani." 



36380. "(No. 362. Oruro, Bolivia.) A wild tuber-bearing species of 

 Solanum, found on the mountain above Oruro at an elevation of about 

 13,000 feet. It evidently grows only 8 or 10 inches high in its dry, 

 rocky habitat, and the tubers found were about one-half inch in diame- 

 ter." 



36381. "(No. 376. Quiquijana, Peru.) A wild species of Solanum. No 

 tubers were found." 



36382. "(No. 580. Arequipa, Peru.) A wild Solanum from Arequipa, 

 of no value except for its botanical interest." 



36383. "(No. 646. Oruro, Bolivia.) A wild Solanum from the moun- 

 tain above Oruro at an elevation of 13,500 feet. It is not tuber bearing 

 and is only of botanical interest." 



36384. Solanum tuberosum L. Potato. 



"(No. 670. Arequipa, Peru.) Seeds from a field near Arequipa." 

 36385 and 36386. Stipa sp. Grass. 

 36386. "(No. 595a. Oruro, Bolivia.)" 

 36386. "(No. 682-. Tiahuanaco, Bolivia.)" 

 36387. ToLUTPERA sp. 



"(No. 395. Oruro, Bolivia). Seed, probably of a tropical tree, obtained 

 from an Indian woman." 



36388 to 36390. Triticum spp. Wheat. 



36388. "(No. 304. Peru.)" 



36389. "(No. 394. Oruro, Bolivia.)" 



36390. "(No. 396. Oruro, Bolivia.)" 



36391. Tropaeolum sp. Nasturtium. 

 "(No. 353. La Paz, Bolivia.) This nasturtium grew wild on the mountain 



side above La Paz and was seen in other localities. The petals are deeply 

 laciniate." 



36392. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat. 

 (T. vulgare Vill.) 



"(No. 398. Oruro, Bolivia.)" 



36393. YiciA FABA L, Broad bean. 

 "(No. 342. Cuzco, Peru.) Avas. A variety grown about 12 miles from 



Cuzco and said to be good." 



36394. Ormosia sp. 



"(No. 365. Cuzco, Peru.) Large red seeds, probably of a tropical tree, 

 obtained from an Indian medicine woman in Cuzco." 



36378. Sapindus saponaria L. 



Soapberry. 



