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99823 to 100103— Continued. 



99866 and 99867. Gentiana phyllocalyx C. B. 

 Clarke. 



A low alpine herb, 1 to 5 inches high, native to 

 the slopes of the Himalayas in Sikkim, India, 

 between 13,000 and 15,000 feet altitude. The 

 obovate leaves are less than an inch long, and 

 the tubular blue flowers, 1 to 2 inches long, are 

 inflated in the middle and contracted at the 

 mouth. 



. G. F. 58. 



99867. G. F. 



99868 and 99869. Gentiana stylophora C. B. 

 Clarke. 



For previous introduction and description see 

 99663. 



G. F. 61. 99869. F. 30766. 



99870. Gentiana sp. 

 G. F. 62. 



99871. Gentiana sp. 



G. F. 63. Related to G. phyllocalyx. 



99872. Gentiana sp. 



G. F. 64 (Chungtien). 



99873. Gentiana sp. 



F. 30596. An annual. 



99874. Gentiana sp. 



F. 30601. An annual. 



99875. Gentiana sp. 



F. 31008. Closely related to G. microdonta. 



99876. Ilex venulosa Hook. f. Aquifoliaceae. 



Holly. 



F. 30479. A handsome tree native to the Khasia 

 Hills in India. The elliptic-oblong glabrous 

 leaves, 5 to 8 inches long, are abruptly contracted 

 at the tip into a taillike appendage nearly 2 inches 

 long. The crowded green-white flowers are fol- 

 lowed by small red fruits. 



99877. INCARVILLEA GRANDIFLORA BREVIPES 



Sprague. Bignoniaceae. 



F. 30655. A low perennial herb native to Yun- 

 nan, China. The pinnately divided leaves, 1 

 foot long, are made up of ovate, nearly entire 

 segments, and the brilliant-crimson, trumpet- 

 shaped flowers, 2 to 3 inches long, are borne in 

 clusters of 8 to 12 on scapes a foot high. 



99878. Incarvillea lutea Bur. and Franch. 

 Bignoniaceae. 



F. 30642. A perennial herb native to south- 

 western China at altitudes between 10,000 and 

 12,000 feet. The long-petioled radical leaves, 8 

 to 15 inches long, are pinnately divided into 

 broad-lanceolate crenate segments, and the pen- 

 dulous yellow flowers, 2 inches across, are borne 

 in clusters of 6 to 20 on scapes 2 to 4 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 59418. 



99879. Inula hookeri C. B. Clarke. Asteraceae. 



F. 30439. A simple or branched perennial herb 

 native to the Sikkim Himalayas in India between 

 7,000 and 10,000 feet altitude. The shaggy stem 

 is 1 to 2 feet high, with elliptic-lanceolate mem- 

 branous leaves 3 to 5 inches long and terminal 

 clusters of 1 to 3 sunflowerlike heads 1 to 2 inches 

 across. 



99880 to 99882. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



99880. Iris chrysographes Dykes. 



Gold vein iris. 



F. 30516. One of the handsomest of the beard- 

 less irises: the velvety dark-purple flowers are 



99823 to 100103— Continued. 



brightened by golden reticulations at the throat, 

 running into a signal patch in the blade. 



For previous introduction see 93902. 



99881. Iris forrestii Dykes. Yunnan iris. 



F. 30626. An iris native to the Likiang Moun- 

 tains, in Yunnan, between 12,000 and 13,000 

 feet altitude. The stem, 12 to 18 inches high,, 

 bears a single head of two flowers, although a 

 lateral flowered branch sometimes develops. 

 The short haft bears two central lines and 

 broken lateral veins of brown-purple on a clear 

 yellow ground. The oblong, ovate blade of the 

 falls is often very long and drooping, of a clear 

 lemon-yellow which becomes deeper around the 

 end of the style branches, and is there marked 

 with brown-purple veins. The oblanceolate 

 yellow blade of the standards narrows to a 

 deeply channeled yellow haft, shorter than the 

 falls and slightly divergent. The broad, short- 

 keeled deep-yellow styles, often discolored with, 

 purple, curve down onto the falls. 



For previous introduction see 66577, 



99882. Iris delavayi Micheli. Delavay iris. 



F. 30662. An iris 2 to 4 feet high, with violet 

 and white flowers. Native to southwestern 

 China. 



For previous introduction see 91431. 



99883. Isopyrum grandiflorum Fisch. Ranun- 

 culaceae. 



F. 30629. A low alpine perennial herb native 

 to the western Himalayas in India at altitudes 

 between 13,000 and 17,000 feet. The densely 

 tufted radical leaves, 3 to 4 inches long, are finely 

 ternately divided into cuneate-obovate lobes, and 

 the solitary white flowers, an inch across, are 

 borne on scapes 3 to 4 inches high. 



99884 to 99903. Lilium spp. Liliaceae. Lily. 



99884 to 99886. Liltum BAKERIANUM delavayi 

 (Franch.) Wilson. 



A bell-shaped lily native to alpine meadows 

 between 8,500 and 11,500 feet altitude inYun- 

 nan. The stems are 2 to 3 feet high, the sessile 

 leaves, 2 to 3 inches long, are linear to lanceolate, 

 and the fragrant nodding cream-white flowers, 

 2 to 4 inches long, are heavily spotted and 

 splashed with reddish purple on the inside. 



F. 30167. 99886. F. 30181. 



99885. F. 30172. 



99887 and 99888. Lilium brownh colchesteri 

 Wilson. 



A trumpet-flowered lily, native throughout 

 China from sea level to an altitude of 5,000 feet, 

 often cultivated for the bulbs, which are con- 

 sidered a table delicacy. The stems are 3 to 4 

 feet high, and the fragrant flowers, 4 to 6 inches 

 long, are rose purple outside and creamy white 

 inside, with the reflexed ends of the segments 

 pure white. 



99887. F. 29898. 99888. F. 30144. 



99889 to 99891. Lilium duchartrei Franch. 



A lily of the section Martagon, native to 

 alpine and subalpine regions of western China. 

 The stems are 2 to 5 feet high, the scattered 

 lanceolate leaves are 2 to 4 inches long, and the 

 fragrant nodding marble-white flowers, spotted 

 and lined with vinous purple, are borne in 

 umbels of 1 to 12. 



99889. F. 30138. 99891. F. 30162. 



99890. F. 30140. 



99892 and 99893. Lilium giganteum Wall. 



Giant lily, 



For previous introduction and description see 

 98740. 



99892. F. 30151. 99893. F. 30168. 



