Classification III 



I. sambucina* (elder- seen ted). — Standards sombre 



purplish yellow; falls mostly shades of purple. 

 I. trojana (of Troy). — Standards pale blue; falls 

 bright red-purple. Distinguished from cypriana 

 by the long, narrow, purple-flushed buds and by 

 the broader foliage. 

 Of the foregoing so-called species, albicans is believed 

 to be an Arabian plant but there is much uncertainty 

 as to its origin. It was found growing in Spain, but 

 it may have been brought there by the Moors — who 

 conquered the country in the eighth century. Cengialti 

 was found in the north-eastern part of Italy in the 

 neighborhood of Monte Cengialti. Cypriana was found 

 growing in Cyprus. Germanica is probably from 

 southern Europe along the shore of the Mediterranean. 

 A number of forms (as, Amas, Kharput) found in 

 Asia Minor are believed to have been taken there 

 from the northern shore of the Mediterranean, and 

 to be merely varieties of germanica. Mesopotamica 

 probably comes from Asia Minor or Syria. Plicata 

 is thought to be a form (hybrid or sport) of pallida, 

 and pallida is supposed to be native to the southern 

 part of central Europe bordering on Italy. Trojana 

 is probably from the neighborhood of Troy in Asia 

 Minor. Variegata comes from central Europe (Austria, 

 Hungary and the Balkan States). The origin of the 

 others is unknown — amcena may be a sport of varie- 

 gata, and the others may be hybrids: pallida and 

 variegata parents of flavescens, neglecta, sambucina 

 and squalens; variegata one of the parents of lurida. 



*See foot nole, p. 109. 



