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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



99823 to 100103— Continued. 



and 99970. Potentilla fruticosa 

 veitchii (Wils.) Bean. Veitch cinquefoil. 



A very fine form from Hupeh, with silky 

 hairy gray-green leaves and white flowers. 



99969. F. 30621. 99970. F. 30623. 



99971 to 99973. POTENTILLA FRUTICOSA L. 



Shrubby cinquefoil. 



99971. F. 30622. A form with yellow flowers. 



99972. F. 30624. A form with orange-yellow 

 flowers. 



99973. F. 30649. A dwarf variety. 



99974. Potentilla saundersiana Royle. 



Cinquefoil. 



F. 30607. A dwarf alpine perennial herb 

 native to Tibet. The palmately 3- to 5-foliolate 

 leaves have deeply incised leaflets less than an 

 inch long, white tomentose beneath. The yel- 

 low flowers, in corymbs, are about one half inch 

 across. 

 99975. Populus sp. Salicaceae. Poplar. 



F. 30646. 



99976 to 100086. Primula spp. Primulaceae. 



Primrose. 



99976. Primula aemula Balf. and Forr. 



F. 30211. A stout alpine primula 2 feet or 

 more in height, of the section Maximowiczii. 

 The narrow oblong-obovate, somewhat fleshy 

 leaves are up to a foot long, and the bright- 

 yellow flowers are on a stout scape over 2 feet 

 high. Native to Yunnan, at an altitude of 

 about 11,000 feet. 



99978. Primula amethfstina 



99977 and 

 Franch. 



An alpine primula from southwestern China 

 with papery, ovate-oblong leaves an inch long, 

 and amethyst-colored flowers, half an inch 

 across, in small umbels, on scapes 2 to 4 inches 

 high. 



59977. F. 30186. 



99978. F. 30198. 



39979 ana 99980. Primula anisodora Balf. and 

 Forr. 



A primrose about a foot and a half high , native 

 to Yunnan, with broadly oval membranous 

 leaves up to 8 inches long and whorls of aro- 

 matic flowers which are rich maroon crimson 

 ^wath a bright-yellow zone. This primrose 

 belongs to the section Candelabra. 



99979. F. 30217. 



F. 30272. 



99981. Primula aurantiaca W. W. Smith. 



F. 30293. A Chinese primrose of the section 

 Candelabra, with a rosette of large serrate leaves 

 6 to 9 inches long and whorls of orange-yellow 

 flowers on a spike nearly a foot high. Native 

 to marshy places in southwestern China. 



99982. Primula bathangensis Petitm. 



A Chinese primrose with heart-shaped, in- 

 tensely green leaves and numerous clusters of 

 yellow flowers borne on weak scapes. 



99983 Primula beesiana Forrest. 



F. 30304. A remarkable free-flowering and 

 hardy primrose found growing close to the 

 snow line in the mountainous parts of Yunnan. 

 Under favorable circumstances the scape rises to 

 a height of over 3 feet, and produces, in the early 

 summer, its whorls of showy glowing velvety 

 purple flowers with conspicuous yellow eyes. 



For previous introduction see 93925. 



99984. Primula beesiana X bulleyana. 



A natural hybrid. 



99823 to 100103— Continued. 



99985 and 99986. Primula brevifolia Forrest. 



A Chinese primrose with a rosette of bright- 

 green oblong leaves from which rises a purplish 

 scape that ends in a cluster of half a dozen or 

 more drooping flowers; each has a dark-purple 

 calyx and a blue-purple corolla. 



99985. F. 30235. 



99986. F. 30263. 



99987. Primula bryophila Balf. and Forr. 



F. 29925. A Burmese primula with somewhat 

 strap-shaped leaves up to 6 inches long, with 

 the lower surfaces densely yellow farinose. The 

 purplish flowers are on a slender scape about 3 

 inches high. It belongs to the section Nivalis. 



99988. Primula bulleyana Forrest. 



F. 30307. A beautiful primrose from Yun- 

 nan, where it grows between 9,000 and 11,000 

 feet altitude, almost up to the snow line. It is 

 a stout plant and in the early summer is covered 

 with splendid orange-scarlet flowers; the stems 

 of these flowers are sometimes 20 inches long 

 The plant prefers a semi-shaded damp situation. 



99989. Primula burmanica Balf. and Ward. 



A stout moisture-loving Candelabra primrose 

 from western China with oblanceolate leaves 

 up to a foot long and red-purple flowers borne 

 on a scape 2 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 95385. 



99990 to 9 9994. Primula calliantha Franch. 



A primrose 4 to 9 inches high, found in moist 

 open situations in western China from 12,000 

 to 14,000 feet altitude. The linear-lanceolate 

 leaves are glabrous, thin, and green, and the 

 fragrant flowers vary in color from rose lavender 

 to rich purple. 



99993. F. 30227. A fine 

 form. 



99994. F. 30241. 



F. 30194. 

 L. F. 30201. 

 99992. F. 30215. 



99995. Primula cernua Franch. 



F. 30666. Closely allied to P. pinnatifida, from 

 which it differs in having broadly ovate leaves 

 with scarcely crenulate margins and blue flow- 

 ers. It is native to Yunnan. 



99996. Primula chionantha Balf. and Forr. 



F. 30199. A stout herbaceous plant 1 to 2 feet 

 high, with blunt narrowly oval leaves, sulphur 

 farinose beneath, and clusters of white flowers 

 borne in a many-flowered umbel at the apex of 

 a stout scape. It does best in rich moist soil. 



99997. Primula chlorodryas W. W. Smith, 



F. 30232. A dwarf alpine primula of the Dry- 

 adifolia series, from Yunnan, with a dense 

 rosette of ovate leaves less than an inch long 

 which have yellow farinose lower surfaces and 

 pale-yellow flowers on slender scapes 2 inches 

 high. It is closely related to P. dryadifolia 

 Franch. 



99998 to 100000. Primula chungensis Balf. and 

 Ward. 



A primrose from Yunnan, with oval-oblong 

 hairy leaves about 2 inches long and fragrant 

 yellow flowers on a stout scape 18 inches high. 

 It belongs to the section Candelabra. 



99998. F. 30203. 100000. F. 302SS. 



99999. F. 30248. 



100001. Primula conica Balf. and Forr. 



F. 30212. A hairy primula with oblong or 

 oblanceolate leaves about 6 inches long and 

 blue-purple flowers less than an inch long on a 

 scape a foot high. Native to open pastures in 

 Yunnan and a typical member of the section 

 Muscarioides. 



