Field notebooks : Chile, Bolivia, and Peru, 1953-1954
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Field No. 5-H-T Latin name Dioscorea bryoniaefolia Local name P.I. No. Locality data Same as #3, but higher up the valley and along the streams rather than by the lake. N.W.H. Botanical Garden at Chillan, via del Maule, Valparaiso, Chile. Plant description The plants were not in fruit or flower and the trusses looked as if they had been recently moved into this house soil of the weathered granite Special notes Propagate for flowers/fruit. Wild? [illegible] Cult? Collector E.E. Smith Date Oct. 25, 1953 PLANT EXPLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 8-3495