60 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



40627 to 40644— Continued. 



40640. Chrysanthemum maximum Ramond. 



"This perennial species has narrower leaves than C. lacustre, and 

 they are narrowed at the base ; height, 1 foot ; stems more angled than 

 the above, simple or branched at the base, always 1-headed and leafless 

 for 3 to 4 inches below the head; lower leaves petioled, wedge shaped 

 at the hiise, or long oblanceolate; the upper leaves becoming few, lanceo- 

 late, but usually not very prominently pointed, the teeth not very large 

 or striking; pappus, none; involucral scales narrower and longer, whitish 

 transparent at the margin, while those of C. lacustre are broader, more 

 rounded at the apex, and with a light-brown scarious margin. Pyrenees." 

 (Bailey, Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol 2, p. 757.) 



40641. Chrysanthemum myconis L. 



Plant erect or ascending, glabrous or pubescent, simple or strictly 

 branched. Leaves serrate; the lower petiolate, obovate-cuneate ; the 

 upper semiclasping, obovate-oblong, oblong, or linear. Rays yellow. Med- 

 iterranean region. (Adapted from Hdlacsy, Conspectus Florae Graecae, 

 vol. 2, p. 69, 1902.) 



40642. Chrysanthemum fallens Gay. 



Plants erect, more or less hispid, one to few headed. Lower leaves 

 petiolate. obovate-cuneate, crenate ; the others sessile, ligulate, dentate, 

 or the uppermost often entire. Rays white. Europe. (Adapted from 

 Hdlacsy, Conspectus Florae Graecae, vol. 2, p. 68, 1902.) 



40643. Chrysanthemum parthexium (L.) Bernh. Feverfew. 

 "Glabrous strong-scented perennial, 1 to 3 feet, much branched in the 



taller forms; leaves ovate or oblong-ovate in outline, pinnatisect or bi- 

 pinnatisect, smooth or lightly pubescent; segments oblong or elliptic-ob- 

 long, pinnatifid or cut, the uppermost more or less confluent : Sower heads 

 small, many stalked, corymbose; disk yellow; rays white, oblong, equaling 

 or exceeding the disk. Europe to the Caucasus.*' (Bailey, Standard 

 Cyclopedia of Horticulture, vol. 2, p. 756.) 



40644. Chrysanthemum praealtum Vent. 



See S. P. I. No. 40545 for previous introduction and description. 



40645 to 40649. Hordeum vulgare L. Poaceae. Barley. 



From Backe, Kramfors, Sweden. Presented by Mr. J. Mannerheim, director, 

 Kramfors Joint Stock Company. Received May S, 1915. Quoted notes 

 by Mr. Mannerheim. 



40645. "Grain introduced from Snanse, Norway. 36 years ago. Since 

 that cultivated near the Tasjoberg." 



40646. " Grain from Backe village in Fjallsjo Parish. Whence the grain 

 originally came, the farmers can not say. It has nevertheless now been 

 sown for over 30 years from its own seed." 



40647. "Grain cultivated at Alanas parsonage and the seed brought 

 from Jormvattnet, Frostvikens Parish, about 10 years ago." 



40648. "This grain has grown for many years in Bergvettnets village, 

 Dorotea Parish, on the farm of J. Gustafson. This grain sprang from 

 a variety the name of which is not given." 



40649. "The grain came from Aldernas village, Tas.jo Parish, and has 

 grown in Risbock on the farm of Th. Tjauden for three years." 



