42 SEEDS AND PLANTS IM PORTED. 



40536 and 40537. Lathyrus spp. Fabaceae. 



From Ottawa. Canada. Presented by Dr. H. T. Giissow. Dominion Botanist, 

 Central Experiment Farm. Received April 12. 1915. 



40536. Lathyrus drummondi Hurt. Everlasting pea. 

 This everlasting pea is similar to L. rotundifolius, but it is earlier. 



freer of bloom, more vigorous in growth, and sets its seed pods more 

 abundantly. The flowers are of a bright orange-carmine tint. (Adapted 

 from Gardeners' Chronicle, July .}. 1896. p. 20.) 



40537. Lathtbtjs sylvestris L. Everlasting pea. 

 See S. P. I. Nos. 20776 and 32415 for previous introductions. 



40538 to 40541. Orobanche spp. Orobanchacese. 



From Cambridge. England. Presented by Dr. R. Irwin Lynch. Botanic 

 Garden. Received April 12, 1915. 

 Introduced for the experiments of Mr. Orland E. White, assistant curator of 

 plant breeding. Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 



40538. Orobanche flava Martius. 



" On Petasites albus." 



"A genus of singular-looking parasitic plants. All the species agree in 

 having a dingy brownish yellow stem, which is leafless throughout, but 

 furnished with numerous pointed scales, which take the place of leaves. 

 The upper portion of the stem bears a spike of rather large flowers, of 

 which the calyx is of the same russet hue as the stem ; the corolla is 

 2 lipped, of a yellowish color tinged with pink or purple-blue and veined." 

 {Lindley, Treasury of Botany, col. 2, p. 824.) 



40539. Orobanche lucorum A. Braun. 

 " On Beroeris vulgaris." 



40540. ( ►bobanche bamosa L. 



"On hemp. Cannabis sativa, annual." 



40541. Orobanche salviae Schultz. 

 " On Salvia glutinosa." 



40542 to 40548. Chrysanthemum spp. Asteracese. 



From Nancy. France. Presented by Prof. Edmond Gain, director. Botanic 

 Garden. Received April 14. 1915. 

 Introduced for the work of the Insecticide and Fungicide Board, for studies 

 in the production of pyrethrum powder. 



40542. Chrysanthemum anethifoltum Brou^-s. Marguerite. 

 Perennial; rarer in cultivation than C. frutescens, from which it is 



distinguished by its glabrous hue and by the way in which the leaves 

 are cut. 



40543. Chrysanthemum bai.samita L. Costmary. 

 "Tall and stout perennial: leaves sweet scented, oval or oblong, obtuse. 



margined with blunt or sharp teeth, lower ones petioled, upper ones 

 almosl -rssile, the largest leaves 5 to 11 inches long. 1A to 2 inches wide; 

 pappus a short crown." (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, 

 vol. 2, p. 151.) 



Distribution. — An herbaceous perennial found on the slopes of the 

 mountains in Russian and Turkish Armenia. 



