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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29923 
  to 
  29979— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Open 
  and 
  wooded 
  hillsides 
  in 
  Asia 
  Minor 
  and 
  Syria. 
  

  

  29927. 
  Clematis 
  integrifolia 
  x 
  viticella. 
  

  

  29928. 
  Elsholtzia 
  patrinii 
  (Lepech.) 
  Garcke. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Temperate 
  and 
  tropical 
  Himalayas, 
  where 
  it 
  ascends 
  

   to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  11,000 
  feet, 
  Siberia, 
  Manchuria, 
  China, 
  and 
  Japan; 
  

   also 
  naturalized 
  in 
  Germany 
  and 
  the 
  Scandinavian 
  Peninsula 
  

  

  29929. 
  Perdicium 
  anandria 
  (L.) 
  R. 
  Br. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Eastern 
  Siberia, 
  China, 
  Manchuria, 
  Chosen 
  (Korea), 
  and 
  

   Japan. 
  

  

  29930. 
  Perdicium 
  niveum 
  (DC.) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Oreoseris 
  nivea 
  DC. 
  Prodromus, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  p. 
  18, 
  1838.) 
  

   (Gerbera 
  nivea 
  Sch.-Bip. 
  Flora, 
  vol. 
  27, 
  p. 
  780, 
  1844.) 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Perdicium 
  was 
  established 
  by 
  Linnseus 
  in 
  1760 
  (Plantae 
  

   Africanae 
  Rariores 
  22, 
  reprinted 
  in 
  Amoenitates 
  Academicae, 
  vol. 
  6, 
  

   p. 
  103, 
  1764), 
  with 
  a 
  single 
  species, 
  P. 
  semiflosculare. 
  The 
  genus 
  Gerberia, 
  

   usually 
  spelled 
  Gerbera, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  species 
  given 
  above 
  is 
  referred 
  by 
  

   most 
  authors, 
  was 
  first 
  published 
  by 
  Linnaeus 
  (Corollarium 
  Generum, 
  

   p. 
  16) 
  in 
  1737 
  and 
  credited 
  to 
  Gronovius. 
  In 
  the 
  Species 
  Plantarum 
  of 
  

   1753, 
  however, 
  it 
  was 
  united 
  with 
  Arnica 
  and 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  

   been 
  again 
  recognized 
  until 
  1817, 
  when 
  Cassini 
  (Bulletin 
  Societe 
  Philo- 
  

   matique, 
  p. 
  34) 
  reestablished 
  the 
  genus 
  and 
  included 
  in 
  it 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  Lin- 
  

   nsean 
  species 
  of 
  Arnica, 
  namely, 
  A. 
  gerbera, 
  A. 
  piloselloides, 
  A. 
  coronopi- 
  

   folia, 
  and 
  A. 
  crocea, 
  referring 
  to 
  it 
  also 
  the 
  genus 
  Aphyllocaulon 
  of 
  Lagasca, 
  

   1811, 
  which, 
  he 
  says, 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  distinguished. 
  Since 
  the 
  three 
  species, 
  

   Perdicium 
  semiflosculare 
  L., 
  Arnica 
  gerbera 
  L., 
  and 
  Oreoseris 
  nivea 
  DC, 
  

   are 
  considered 
  to 
  be 
  congeneric, 
  and 
  since 
  the 
  genus 
  Oreoseris, 
  which 
  is 
  

   not 
  now 
  considered 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  genus 
  under 
  consideration, 
  was 
  not 
  

   published 
  by 
  De 
  Candolle 
  until 
  1838, 
  these 
  plants 
  must 
  be 
  known 
  as 
  

   species 
  of 
  Perdicium, 
  that 
  being 
  the 
  earliest 
  name 
  after 
  the 
  publication 
  

   of 
  the 
  Species 
  Plantarum 
  in 
  1753 
  that 
  has 
  been 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  group. 
  

  

  Perdicium 
  niveum 
  was 
  apparently 
  first 
  collected 
  by 
  Wallich 
  on 
  the 
  

   mountains 
  near 
  Gossain-Than, 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Nepal, 
  India, 
  and 
  is 
  

   known 
  to 
  occur 
  on 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  7,000 
  to 
  12,000 
  feet 
  

   between 
  Bhutan 
  and 
  Kashmir. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  ornamental, 
  herbaceous 
  

   perennial 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  sunflower 
  family. 
  

  

  29931. 
  Herniaria 
  hirsuta 
  L. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From 
  Spain 
  and 
  Italy 
  eastward 
  through 
  southern 
  

   Europe 
  to 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region 
  and 
  to 
  Syria. 
  

  

  29932. 
  Lallemantia 
  iberica 
  (Bieb.) 
  Fisch. 
  and 
  Meyer. 
  

  

  "This 
  plant, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  being 
  cultivated 
  in 
  southern 
  Russia 
  for 
  its 
  

   oil-producing 
  seed, 
  is 
  introduced 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  test 
  its 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  oil 
  crop, 
  

   the 
  oil 
  being 
  considered 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  highest 
  grade 
  drying 
  oils. 
  As 
  it 
  

   occurs 
  native 
  in 
  the 
  drier 
  parts 
  of 
  Palestine, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  great 
  impor- 
  

   tance 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  Southwest." 
  (S. 
  C. 
  Stuntz.) 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  2826 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Rugged 
  and 
  rocky 
  localities 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  and 
  subal- 
  

   pine 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  Armenia, 
  Persia, 
  and 
  Syria. 
  

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