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100619 to 100632— Continued. 



100627. Grevillea buxifolia (J. E. Smith) 

 R. Br. 



An evergreen shrub about 6 feet high, which 

 stands cutting back well and produces an abun- 

 dance of small pink flowers. It is native to 

 South Australia. 



100628. Grevillea wilsoni A. Cunn. 



An erect shrub 3 to 5 feet high, with glabrous 

 and glaucous branchlets, native to Western 

 Australia. The leaves are 1 to 3 times ternately 

 divided into narrow-linear or subulate, rigid, 

 pungent-pointed segments 1 inch long. The 

 brilliant-red flowers are borne in loose, erect, 

 often-branched racemes. 



100629. Hibiscus huegelii Endl. Malvaceae. 



Variety alba. A tall shrub, native to Australia, 

 with 3- to 5-lobed coarsely toothed leaves 1 to 3 

 inches long and large white flowers, 4 to 5 inches 

 across, with twisted petals. 



For previous introduction see 95327. 



100630. Hovea pungens Benth. Fabaceae. 



A rigidly erect evergreen shrub up to 3 feet high, 

 with linear-lanceolate, coriaceous, sharp-pointed 

 leaves less than an inch long. The branches are 

 covered from the bottom to the top with clusters 

 of brilliant deep-blue flowers. The flowering 

 season is long. 



100631. OxYLOBiUMLANCEOLATUM'(Vent-) Druce 

 (O. callistachys Benth.). Fabaceae. 



A tall evergreen shrub, native to Australia, with 

 whorls of lanceolate leaves, 3 to 5 inches long, and 

 yellow flowers in dense terminal racemes 6 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 90862. 



100632. Viminaria denudata J. E. Smith. Fa- 

 baceae. Rush -broom. 



An Australian shrub with rushlike stems up to 

 20 feet high, long, wiry, pendulous branches, 

 leaves reduced to filiform petioles 6 to 9 inches 

 long, and long, terminal racemes of orange-yellow 

 flowers. 



100633. Amygdalus persica L. 

 dalaceae. 



Amyg- 

 Peach. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by C. C. Taylor, 

 American agricultural attache, United States 

 Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, Union of 

 South Africa. Received June 24, 1932. Num- 

 bered in July 1932. 



Vaall Mammoth. Introduced for the use of De- 

 partment specialists interested in fruit breeding. 



100634 to 



TALE L. 



100636. Sesamum orien- 

 Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 



From Morocco. Seeds presented by Dr. E. Miege, 

 Chef du Service de l'Agriculture, Directeur de la 

 Station de Selection et d'Essais de Semences, 

 Rabat. Received June 28, 1932. Numbered in 

 July 1932. 



100634. Rouge de Damas. 



100635. Du Haouz (Maroc). 



100636. Rouge de Palestine. 

 100637 to 100645. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by the Nikita Botanic Garden, 

 through the Bureau of Introduction, Institute of 

 Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received June 

 30, 1932. Numbered in July 1932. 



100637. Asparagus verticillatus L. Conval- 

 lariaceae. 



No. 266. A semiwoody climbing vine, with 

 stems 10 to 15 feet long, green, angled, flexuose 



42751—34 2 



100637 to 100645— Continued. 



branches, and filiform cladodes 2 inches long. 

 The funnel-shaped, green-yellow flowers are in 

 clusters of 1 to 4 and are followed by red berries a 

 quarter of an inch in diameter. Native to Persia 

 and Siberia. 



For previous introduction see 91398. 



100638. Eremurus tauricus Stev. Liliaceae. 



Desertcandle. 



No. 271. A large xerophytic perennial with a 

 rosette of broadly linear, acute leaves a foot or 

 more long and white flowers in a simple dense 

 raceme over a foot long on a stout scape as long as 

 the leaves. It is native to the mountains of Tur- 

 key and closely related to the yellow-flowered 

 E. spectabilis. 



100639. Lactuca saligna L. Cichoriaceae. 



No. 71. A stiff, erect, biennial plant, 2 to 4 feet 

 high, native to Europe. The lanceolate to oblong 

 leaves are toothed or lobed on the margin and are 

 upright against the stem. The small heads of 

 pale-yellow flowers are crowded so as to appear to 

 be clustered in a simple spike. 



100640. Paeonia tenuifolia L. Ranunculaceae. 



Fringed peony. 



No. 325. A hardy herbaceous perennial a foot or 

 more high, densely leafy, with ternate, much- 

 divided leaves and an erect dark-crimson flower 

 about 3 inches across. It is native to the Cau- 

 casus region. 



For previous introduction see 90640 



TRITERNATA 



100641. Paeonia 

 culaceae. 



Pall. Ranun- 

 Peony. 



No. 324. A perennial herb, native to Siberia, 

 usually about 3 feet high, with triternate leaves 

 and purple flowers. 



For previous introduction see 90641. 



100642. Rosa spinosissima L. Rosaceae. 



Scotch rose. 



No. 350. A low shrub usually 3 to 4 feet high, 

 with spreading or recurving branches and densely 

 prickly branchlets. It is native to Europe. The 

 compound leaves are made up of 5 to 11 orbicular 

 serrate leaflets about an inch long, and the pink, 

 white, or yellow flowers, 2 inches across, are soli- 

 tary but borne on numerous short branchlets 

 along the stems. 



For previous introduction see 90645. 



100648 to 100645. Tulipa spp. Liliaceae. Tulip. 



100643. Tulipa altaica Pall. 



No. 601. A tulip from the Altai Mountains, 

 with oblong-lanceolate leaves slightly exceeding 

 the flowers. The flower segments are alter- 

 nately lanceolate and spatulate-oblong. 



100644. Tulipa micheliana Hoog. 



No. 604. A tulip, native to the Caspian re- 

 gion, with a pubescent scape 12 inches high. 

 The lanceolate to linear-lanceolate leaves, 

 usually four, are striped with brown and have 

 undulate margins. The large, single flowers 

 are lilac-scarlet outside and vermilion-scarlet 

 inside, with black, lanceolate blotches at the 



100645. Tulipa schrenkh Regel. 



No. 281. A tulip from Turkistan, with broad- 

 ly campanulate yellow or purple-yellow flowers 

 borne on a stem nearly a foot high. The leaves 

 are wavy margined. 



100646 to 100658. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds presented by 

 Arthur F. Fischer, director, Bureau of Forestry, 

 Manila. Received June 27, 1932. Numbered in 

 July 1932. 



