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(459 S+5)(W02,1+2) Solanaceae
Field No. 136-H-T Latin name Solanum sp.
Local name P.I. No.
Locality data Gruta de los Panguos, 4 miles below the Hotel on the road to the Termae de Chillan, Maule prov., Chile - Elev. +/- 4200'
Plant description Large blue flowered potato plant, but with Rhizomes instead of tubers.
Special notes For propagation - D.S.Currell - Wild? PEI. (Herbarium spec. 4 tubers are numbered 1 & 2 to separate two separate plants.) Cult?
Collector E.E. Smith + Benth. Sparrna Date Jan. 16, 1954
PLANT EXPLORATION AND INTRODUCTION, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY Two bags
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE #142
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 8-3495