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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



101736 to 101797— Continued. 



branched racemes sometimes bearing as 

 many as 50 flowers. 



101782. Iris kumaonbnsis Wall. 

 Iridaceae. 



A dwarf iris 2 to 12 inches high, 

 native to the western Himalayas from 

 Kashmir to Kumaon between 8,000 and 

 12,000 feet altitude. The flaccid linear 

 leaves are 12 to 14 inches long, and the 

 solitary flowers have a perianth tube 2 

 to 3 inches long. The bright-lilac falls, 

 1 to 2 inches long, are blotched with 

 darker lilac, and the claw has a beard 

 of yellow-tipped hairs on a white crest. 

 The erect oblong standards are one-half 

 inch broad. 



101783. Iris nepalensis D. Don. 

 Iridaceae. 



A dwarf iris with a slender stem 6 

 to 12 inches high, native to India and 

 western Tibet between 5,000 and 10,000 

 feet altitude. The linear leaves, 6 inches 

 long at flowering time, become 2 feet 

 long and are streaked with purple lines 

 and dots. The spathes bear 1 to 3 pale- 

 lilac flowers, the falls having a yellow 

 crest. The erect oblong petals are one 

 third of an inch broad. 



101784 to 101788. Lilium spp. Liliaceae. 



Lily. 



101784. Lilium albanicum Griseb. 



An alpine lily with an erect stem a 

 foot high, lanceolate acuminate leaves 

 about 2 inches long, and solitary nod- 

 ding yellow flowers an inch or more 

 in length. Native to southeastern 

 Europe. 



101785. Lilium carniolicum Bernh. 



A lily with a stem 2 to 3 feet high, 

 native to southern Europe. The 30 to 

 40 lanceolate erect leaves are 2 to 3 

 inches long, the 1 to 10 orange-red 

 flowers, 2 inches across, are dotted 

 with purple black, and the waxy re- 

 flexed segments are papillose inside. 

 The odor is said to be rich and heavy 

 but not unpleasant. 



101786. Lilium heldreichii Freyn. 



A lily, native to Greece, with stems 

 2 to 3 feet high, bearing narrow scat- 

 tered leaves and 1 to 4 orange-red 

 flowers, tinged with yellow outside, 

 which appear early in July. 



For previous introduction see 95490. 



101787. Lilium monadelphum Bieb. 



Great Caucasian lily. 



Variety szovitzianum. A form which 

 differs from the type in having larger 

 yellow flowers more thickly dotted with 

 purple. 



101788. Lilium sp. 



101789. Narcissus juncifolius rupi- 

 colus (Dufour) Baker. Amaryllida- 

 ceae. 



A small slender bulbous perennial, na- 

 tive to Spain and Portugal. The narrow 

 rushlike leaves are 6 inches long, the 

 slender terete scape is 6 to 12 inches 

 high, the 1 to 4 bright-orange flowers, 

 less than an inch across, have very short 

 pedicels, and the crown is six lobed. 



101790 to 101792. Pentstemon spp. 

 Scrophulariaceae. 



101790. Pentstemon centranthifol- 

 ius Benth. Scarlet-bugler. 



101736 to 101797— Continued. 



A glaucous perennial herb 1 to 3" 

 feet high, native to California. The- 

 ovate to oblong-lanceolate leaves, 2 to 

 3 inches long, have a subcordate clasp- 

 ing base, and the tubular bright-ver- 

 milion flowers are 1 inch long. 



101791. Pentstemon cyananthus 

 Hook. 



A glaucous herbaceous perennial, 2 

 to 3 feet high, native to the Rocky 

 Mountains. The lower leaves are ob- 

 long to spatulate and the upper are 

 ovate to subcordate. The slightly 

 bulging funnelform flowers, an inch 

 long, are bluish purple. 



101792. Pentstemon fruticosus 

 (Pursh) Greene. 



A perennial herb, 6 to 16 inches 

 high, with simple stems ascending fromt 

 a branched woody base, native to 

 northwestern America. The glabrous 

 coriaceous leaves, 1 to 2 inches long, 

 are lanceolate to ovate, and the 

 tubular-funnelform, dull-purple flow- 

 ers, 1 to 2 inches long, are borne in a 

 racemose panicle. 



101793. Ranunculus gramineus L. 

 Ranunculaceae. Grassy buttercup.. 



A smooth herbaceous perennial with 

 rosettes of linear to lanceolate leaves 

 and bright-yellow flowers on stalks 6 to 

 12 inches high. It is native to Europe. 



For previous introduction see 97620. 



101794. Salvia hians Royle. Mentha- 

 ceae. Sage. 



A viscid-hairy perennial herb 2 to 3 

 feet high, native to the temperate Hima- 

 layas in India between 8,000 and 11,000 

 feet altitude. The cordate, toothed leaves, 

 4 to 7 inches long, have petioles often 

 10 inches long, and the blue flowers, 1 

 to 2 inches long, with very inflated: 

 throats, are borne in large spreading 

 panicles. 



101795. Salvia moorcroftiana Wall. 

 Menthaceae. Sage.. 



A tall robust woolly perennial herb, 

 native to the lower Himalayas in India. 

 The cordate-oblong, doubly crenate leaves 

 are 6 to 12 inches long, the upper ones 

 being 1 inch in diameter and white or 

 rose colored. The slender rose-colored 

 flowers, 1 inch long, are borne in 

 branched panicles. 



101796. Tricyrtis hirta Hook., Melan- 

 thiaceae. Hairy toadlily. 



A perennial herb, 1 to 3 feet high, 

 covered with soft whitish spreading hairs. 

 The cordate-lanceolate leaves clasp the 

 stem, and the white lilylike flowers' are 

 covered with purple spots. It is native 

 to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 95678. 



101797. Viola delphinantha Boiss. 

 Violaceae. Violet. 



An alpine violet from the mountains of 

 Greece, with a woody rhizome, an erect 

 stem crowded with linear-lanceolate 

 leaves, and blue flowers appearing in 

 July and August. 



101798. &ESAMUM ORIENTALE L. Ped- 



aliaceae. Sesame.. 



