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36283 to 36484— Continued. 



36469. "Xo. 75. Selected from Wight's No. 677, from Arequipa, Peru, 

 and Nos. 337, 344, and 389, from Oruro, Bolh-ia. Dun; large." 



36470. "No. 76. Selected from Wight's Nos. 337 and 389, from Oruro, 

 Boli\-ia, No. 357, from Cuzco, Peru, and Nos. 51 and 73, from Concepcion, 

 Chile. Yellow or white, finely mottled; roimdish." 



36471. "No. 86. Mixed, oval, a little larger than Medium beans; colors 

 various, dark." 



36472. "No. 87. Flat, short, light colored, about the size of Medium 

 beans; mixed." 



36473. "No. 88. Globular, a little smaller than Marroivs, colors various, 

 dark." 



36474. "No. 89. Mixed. Dark-red self ; short, rather flat; a little larger 

 than Medium beans." 



36475. * No. 90. Large, yellow ground, mottled; straight, square ends; 

 mixed." 



36476 to 36478. Phaseolus coccixeus L. Bean. 



36476. "No. 77. (Oruro, Bolivia.) ^^te iorm oi Scarlet Runner. 

 Selected from Wight's No. 386." 



36477. "No. 78. (Oruro, Boli-s-ia.) White Runner. Selected from 

 Wight's 388." 



36478. "No. 79. (La Paz, Boli%-ia.) TVhite Runner. Selected from 

 Wight's No. 356." 



36479 to 36484. Phaseolus luxatus L. Lima bean. 



36479. "No. 80. (Ica, Peru.) White; a thick fonn of ordinary flat 

 large Lima, yery large." 



36480. "No. 81. (Oruro, BoliA-ia.) White; a xery large flat Lima. 

 Selected from Wight's No. 388." 



36481. "No. 82. (Arequipa, Peru.) White; large flat Lima. 

 Selected from Wight's No. 286." 



36482. "No. 83. (La Paz, Bolivia.) Almost white, stippled; flat, 

 of peculiar kidney shape. Selected from Wight's No. 356." 



36483. "No. 84. (Oi-uro, BoliA-ia.) White, almost covered with 

 black; kidney shaped, larger at one end. Selected from Wight's 

 No. 385." 



36484. "No. 85. (La Paz, Boli^-ia.) '\l\Tiite, almost covered with 

 red; kidney shaped, larger at one end." 



36485. A^iYGDALus PERsiCA L. Peach. 



{Prunus persica Stokes.) 

 From Kurram Valley, Northwest Frontier Pro\'ince, India. Presented by Mr. 

 Henry D. Baker, American consul, who secured them from Maj. G. J. DaA-is, 

 commandant, Kurram Militia, Parachinar, Kurram Valley. Received October 

 11, 1913. 



"The Shalil grows like a peach, which it much resembles, and has about the same 

 blossom. The flesh is yellow and sweet, but it is not so juicy as that of a peach. Major 

 Davis considers that it would be a particularly valuable fruit for cooking or canning, 

 a3 the flesh, being harder than that of a peach, would probably not break so easily and 

 could be more easily manipulated for such purposes. It grows at about 5,600 feet 

 elevation. The only reference I can find to the Shalil in any book I have on India 



