Calvin Ross Sperling field notebooks, 1980-1984
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Bolivia Dec 6, 1981 with Steve King Poo. 67a Peak going up from Sorata ca 10-15 km up road. alt. 3,570 m. distributed grazed vegetation & agriculture near road. 5349 Ullucus tuberosus (Caldas) Looking not to have been planted but plants that had sprouted from tubers left after the previous harvest. Stem reddish. a few plants starting to form small white tubers from underground stolons. Flowers yellowish green, red tinged. 5350 Brockytum, Shrub to 2.0m alongside road. Calyx red, corolla deep red to blackish. Melastomaceae. 5381 Composite, shrub to 2.5 m. along road Flower cream white.