Field No. 32-H-T Latin name Aggytia puberula DC. Local name P.I. No. Locality data 50 kms South of la Serena, on the road from Ovalle to La Serena, Cuesta de los Cardas, Ciguimbo, Chile Plant description small plant with dark velvet-red flowers and large tubers- supposed to contain alkaloids Special notes Small part for "Heart project" Wild? rest for "ERRL"- see it Cult? Plant can be propagated from rhizomes Collector E.E. Smith & Talia Gutierrez Date 10/29/53 QN PLANT EXPLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 8-3495