﻿62 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28833 
  to 
  28874— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28869. 
  Iris 
  unguicularis 
  Poir. 
  

  

  " 
  Leaves 
  about 
  six 
  in 
  a 
  tuft, 
  finally 
  1£ 
  to 
  2 
  feet 
  long, 
  bright 
  green; 
  tube 
  5 
  to 
  6 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  filiform, 
  exserted 
  from 
  the 
  spa 
  the; 
  limb 
  bright 
  lilac, 
  rarely 
  white; 
  

   outer 
  segments 
  2| 
  to 
  3 
  inches 
  long, 
  1 
  inch 
  broad, 
  with 
  a 
  yellow 
  keel, 
  streaked 
  

   with 
  lilac 
  on 
  a 
  white 
  ground 
  at 
  the 
  throat; 
  inner 
  segments 
  oblong. 
  Blooms 
  

   in 
  January 
  and 
  February. 
  Not 
  hardy." 
  {Bailey.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  fragrant-flowered 
  species 
  coming 
  from 
  Algeria. 
  

  

  28870. 
  Iris 
  xiphium 
  L. 
  Spanish 
  iris. 
  

   "Leaves 
  about 
  1 
  foot 
  long, 
  stem 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  feet 
  high; 
  pedicel 
  long; 
  tube 
  obsolete; 
  

  

  outer 
  segments 
  2 
  to 
  2\ 
  inches 
  long; 
  violet-purple, 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  center; 
  inner 
  

   segments 
  as 
  long, 
  but 
  narrower. 
  Blooms 
  in 
  late 
  June." 
  {Bailey.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Spain 
  and 
  southern 
  France, 
  ascending 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  6,000 
  

   feet, 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28871. 
  Moraea 
  sp. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  This 
  was 
  received 
  as 
  Moraea 
  aurantiaca 
  Eckl., 
  which 
  seems 
  never 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  described 
  . 
  

  

  28872. 
  Pistacia 
  lentiscus 
  L. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  3011 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  from 
  Spain 
  

   through 
  Italy, 
  Greece, 
  and 
  Asia 
  Minor 
  to 
  Syria, 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28873. 
  Salvia 
  sclarea 
  L. 
  

  

  "A 
  plant 
  of 
  exceptional 
  interest. 
  Cultivated 
  for 
  its 
  culinary 
  and 
  medicinal 
  

   value 
  and 
  also 
  for 
  ornament, 
  but 
  its 
  ornamental 
  value 
  lies 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  flowers, 
  

   which 
  are 
  pale 
  purple 
  or 
  bluish, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  colored 
  bracts 
  or 
  floral 
  leaves 
  at 
  

   the 
  tops 
  of 
  the 
  branches." 
  {Bailey.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe 
  and 
  western 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  Germany 
  

   eastward 
  through 
  Austria, 
  Italy, 
  Turkey, 
  and 
  southern 
  Russia 
  to 
  Persia, 
  and 
  

   in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28874. 
  Viburnum 
  tinus 
  L. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  2192 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe, 
  extending 
  from 
  Portugal 
  and 
  Spain 
  through 
  

   southern 
  France 
  and 
  Italy 
  to 
  Dalmatia, 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28875. 
  Belou 
  marmelos 
  (L.) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight, 
  Bael. 
  

  

  From 
  Pusa, 
  Bengal, 
  India, 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Howard, 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  

   Research 
  Institute, 
  through 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  Sibpur, 
  

   Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Received 
  September 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

  

  Dalsing 
  Serai. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  24450 
  for 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  28876. 
  Vitis 
  sp. 
  (?) 
  

  

  From 
  Hollywood, 
  Cal. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  D. 
  Sturtevant. 
  Received 
  Septem- 
  

   ber 
  29, 
  1910. 
  

   "Native 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Said 
  to 
  bear 
  beau- 
  

   tiful 
  scarlet 
  flowers. 
  It 
  is 
  hardy 
  here, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  bloom. 
  It 
  might 
  do 
  so 
  in 
  south 
  

   Florida. 
  " 
  (Sturtevant.) 
  

  

  28877. 
  Cynaea 
  scolymus 
  L. 
  Artichoke. 
  

  

  From 
  Maison 
  Carree, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Mustapha-Alger, 
  

   North 
  Africa. 
  Received 
  September 
  29, 
  1910. 
  

   Violet 
  Provence. 
  

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