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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



99823 to 100103— Continued. 



LlLIUM 



Leichtlin. 



GIGANTEUM YUNNANENSE 



F. 30143. A variety characterized by the dark 

 stem, the horizontally spread leaves often tinged 

 and blotched with brown purple, and the 

 horizontally disposed flowers which are pure 

 white outside. It is native to shady ravines 

 and moist woods on the mountains of Hupeh 

 and Yunnan. 



99895 and 99896. Lilium hyacinthinum Wilson. 



An alpine lily, native to western China at 

 altitudes between 10,000 and 12,000 feet. The 

 stout erect shining-green stems are 3 to 4 feet 

 tall, the scattered oblong-lanceolate leaves are 

 6 to 8 inches long, and the slightly fragrant, rose- 

 lilac, funnel-shaped flowers, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 are borne in racemes of 12 to 24. 



99895. F. 29923. 



and 99898. Lilium 

 manicum W. W. Smith. 



. F. 30157. 

 NEPALENSE BUR- 



A tall lily, 5 to 8 feet high, having a perianth 

 intermediate between the Martagon and 

 Eulirion sections and heavily blotched inside 

 with purple. 



For previous introduction see 95621. 



F. 29943. 99898. F. 29944. 



. Lilium ochraceum Franch. 



F. 30145. A rare and beautiful lily from Bur 

 ma, not hardy in England except in the most 

 favorable districts; it is an admirable cool 

 greenhouse plant. This is a very variable 

 species, producing flowers which range in color 

 from deep golden yellow to pale yellow stained 

 in varying degrees with deep wine purple. 



For previous introduction see 95622. 



99900 to 99902. Lilium tahense Franch. 



A Martagon lily native to subalpine meadows 

 in western China between 9,000 and 11,000 feet 

 altitude. The stout gray-green stems, 3 to 5 

 feet high, are clothed with dense white scabrid 

 pubescence, and the linear to lanceolate leaves 

 are 2 to 4 inches long. The fragrant nodding 

 purple-spotted white flowers, 2 inches long, are 

 in subverticillate clusters of 2 to 12. 



99900. F. 30156. 99902. F. 30176. 



99901. F. 30161. 

 99903. Lilium sp. 



G. F. 68. 



99904. Lonicera henryi Hemsl. Caprifoliaceae. 



Henry honeysuckle. 



F. 30477. A vine, native to western China, 

 with long dark-green leaves and axillary clusters 

 of odorless flowers which are rose colored when 

 they first open, but soon change to orange-red. 



For previous introduction see 93909. 



99905. Magnolia insignis Wall. Magnoliaceae. 



F. 30508. A large tree, native to India, with 

 lanceolate coriaceous leaves 8 inches long and 

 fragrant pink flowers followed by bright-purple 

 fruits 3 to 4 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 95624. 



99906. Malus yunnanensis 

 Schneid. Malaceae. 



(Franch.) C. 

 Apple. 



F. 30-476. A tree up to 30 feet high, native to 

 western China. The slightly cordate-ovate 

 leaves, 3 to 6 inches long, are sharply doubly 

 serrate, sometimes with 3 to 5 pairs of short 

 lobes, and are tomentose beneath. The small 

 white flowers are in dense clusters 2 inches 

 across and are followed by subglobose red fruits 

 one-half inch in diameter. The leaves turn 

 orange and scarlet in the autumn. 



99823 to 100103— Continued. 



99907. Malus sp. Malaceae. Apple. 



F. 30485 (near M. theifera). 

 99908 to 99943. Meconopsis spp. Papaveraceae. 



99908 to 99910. Meconopsis concinna Prain. 



An attractive little alpine biennial with a 

 rosette of small narrow deep-green leaves and 

 deep purple-blue flowers nearly an inch across 

 on numerous slender scapes 3 to 6 inches high . 

 Native to southwestern China at high altitudes. 



F. 30088. 

 F. 30106. 



F. 30113. 



99911. Meconopsis delavayi Franch. 



F. 30080. A poppylike annual 6 to 10 inches 

 high, with large drooping indigo-blue flowers; 

 found in moist meadows on gravelly slopes be- 

 tween 11,000 and 12,500 feet altitude, usually in 

 small groups or clumps. 



For previous introduction see 58425. 



99912 and 99913. Meconopsis eximia Prain. 



A very handsome poppylike biennial with 

 nodding deep-blue-purple flowers with anthers 

 of grayish yellow. It is found in open stony 

 pastures in southwestern China at altitudes 

 between 12,000 and 14,000 feet. 



F. 30084: 99913. F. 30085. 



99914. Meconopsis forrestii Prain. 



F. 30107. An alpine herb from southwestern 

 China, covered throughout with yellow bristles. 

 The small pale-green leaves are all basal, and 

 the pale-blue flowers are in racemose cymes. 



9991 5 to 99923. Meconopsis horridula Hook. f. 

 and Thorns. 



A low alpine perennial herb, native to the 

 Sikkim Himalayas in India at altitudes between 

 14,000 and 17,000 feet. The lanceolate, nearly 

 entire, prickly leaves are 3 to 5 inches long, and 

 the blue-purple poppylike flowers, 1 to 2 inches 

 across, are borne singly on scapes 4 to 8 inches 

 high. 



99915. F. 29934. 



99916. F. 30089. 



99917. F. 30092. 



99918. F. 30093. 



99919. F. 



F. 30100. A 

 form with prim- 

 rose flowers. 



99921. F. 30104. 



99922. F. 30105. 

 F. 30112. 



99924 to 99927. Meconopsis impedita Prain. 



An alpine biennial, native to Yunnan, with 

 ovate-laneeolate pinnately lobed deep-green 

 basal leaves about 2 inches across and deep-blue 

 flowers over an inch across on numerous scapes 

 6 to 15 inches high. 



99924. F. 30095. 99926. F. 30101. 



99925. F. 30097. 99927. F. 30111. 



99928 to 99935. MECONOPSIS INTEGRIFOLIA 



(Maxim.) Franch. Yellow Chinese-poppy. 



A fine alpine plant over 2 feet high, found 

 rather commonly at altitudes of 14,000 to 14,500 

 feet among limestone boulders. The leaves are 

 linear, with the basal ones forming a rosette, and 

 covered with red hairs. The large bright-yel- 

 low flowers are 4 inches across. 



For previous introduction see 95446. 



99928. F. 30076. 



99929. F. 30083. 



99930. F. 30091. 



99931. F. 30094. A 

 form with long 



99932. F. 30102. A 

 large form . 



99933. F. 30115. 



99934. F. 30087. 



99935. F. 30108. A 



styles. 



magnificent 

 form. 



