20 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED, 



28371 to 28531— Continued. 



28430. Hibiscus syriacus L. 



(P. I. G. No. 6546.) "A single-flowered, pure white seedling." 



28431. Hemerocallis aurantiaca (major) X citrina. 

 (P. I. G. No. 6519.) 



28432. Hemerocallis magnifica Hort. 

 (P. I. G. No. 6300.) 



28433. Hemerocallis magnifica X florham. 

 (P. I. G. No. 6298.) 



28434. Hippeastrum rutilum X vittatum. 



(P. I. G. No. 6423.) "Fine, red-flowered varieties, blooming when foliage ia 

 fully developed." 



28435. Hippeastrum vittatum X (?)• 

 (P. I. G. No. 6413.) 



28436. Iris atropurpurea atrofusca Baker. 

 (P. I. G. No. 6397.) 



28437. Iris atropurpurea Baker. 



(P. I. G. No. 6458.) Distribution. — Imported from Syria. 



28438. Iris bartoni Foster. 



(P. I. G. No. 6469.) Distribution. — The vicinity of Kandahar in the south- 

 em part of Afghanistan. 



28439. Iris bismarckla.na Baker. 



(P. I. G. No. 6402.) Distribution. — The province of Lebanon, on the coast of 

 the Mediterranean Sea, in Asiatic Turkey. 



28440. Iris cristata Soland. 



(P. I. G. No. 6459.) Distribution. — Rich woods from Maryland to Georgia 

 and westward to Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri. 



28441. Iris delavayi X sibirica. 

 (P. I. G. 6517.) 



28442. Iris fulva Ker. 



(P. I. G. No. 6516.) "A very large-flowered copper iris, bred by selection 

 from the wild plant." 

 Distribution. — In swamps from Kentucky and Illinois southward to Missouri. 



28443. Iris gracillpes A. Gray. 



(P. I. G. No. 6466.) Distribution. — In damp meadows in Nambu and in 

 the vicinity of Hakodate on the island of Hokushu ( Yezo), Japan. 



28444. Iris grant-duffii Baker. 



(P. I. G. No. 6523.) Distribution. — Along the banks of the River Kishon in 

 Palestine. 



28445. Iris helenae Barbey. 



(P. I. G. No. 6396.) Distribution.— In the vicinities of El Arish, Ouadi-el- 

 Gradi, Ouadi-Cheriah, and Nachel Aboukeila, in the desert between Egypt and 

 Palestine. 



28446. Iris hexagona X missouriensis. 

 (P. I. G. No. 6463.) 



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