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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



101916 to 101921— Continued. 



From Tiflis, Sachurarao, Caucasus. A 

 deciduous shrub up to 10 feet high, native 

 to the Caucasus region. The oblong-ovate 

 finely toothed leaves are 2 to 4 inches 

 long and turn purple-red in the autumn. 

 Tbe small bell-sbaped flowers are borne 

 in racemes 2 inches long and are white 

 with a purple tinge. The globose purple 

 berries are nearly- one-half inch in diam- 

 eter. 



For previous introduction see 100278. 



101921. Vicia sp. Fabaceae. Vetch. 



From Bakouryany, Caucasus. 



101922. Lolium perenne L. Poaceae. 

 Perennial ryegrass. 



From New Zealand. Seeds presented by 

 Wright, Stephenson & Co., Ltd., Welling- 

 ton. Received February 7, 1933. 



Introduced for the use of forage-crop 

 specialists. 



101923 to 101962. 



From Scotland. Seeds presented by the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Re- 

 ceived February 8, 1933. 



101923 to 101947. Dianthus spp. Silena- 

 ceae. Pink. 



101923. Dianthus anatolicds Boiss. 



A somewhat woody, cespitose peren- 

 nial with narrow-linear acute leaves 

 and pale-rose flowers on rough stem» 

 a foot or more high. Native to Asia 

 Minor. 



101924. Dianthus beevicaulis Fenzl. 



A low cespitose plant, with erect, 

 glaucous, linear-grooved leaves and 

 small red-purple flowers borne singly. 

 Native to the Taurus Mountains of 

 Asia Minor. 



101925. Dianthus c a e s i u s J. B. 

 Smith. Cheddar pink. 



A glaucous tufted perennial a foot 

 high native to Europe. The simple or 

 forked four-angled stems have linear- 

 lanceolate leaves and bear 1 or 2 

 fragrant rose-colored flowers with 

 irregularly dentate petals. 



101926. Dianthus calocephalus 

 Boiss. 



A perennial herb 2 to 3 feet high, 

 with linear acute leaves 2 to 3 inches 

 long and numerous fire-red flowers. 

 Native to Asia Minor. 



101927. Dianthus ceinitus J. E. 

 Smith. 



A dwarf plant with very short linear 

 leaves and a smooth stem bearing 2 to 

 4 erect purplish flowers. Native to 

 Armenia. 



101928. Dianthus gallicus Pers. 



A perennial with a long woody rhi- 

 szome from which arise several ascend- 

 ing stems 6 to 8 inches high, termi- 

 nated by 1 or 2 white or pale-pink 

 flowers. The leaves are linear, ob- 

 tuse, and glaucous. Native to the 

 coast of southwestern France. 



101929. Dianthus geacilis Sibth. and 

 Smith. 



A more or less woody perennial over 

 a foot high, with rigid linear acute 



101923 to 101962— Continued. 



leaves and rose-colored flowers in small 

 clusters. Native to the Balkans. 



101930. Dianthus lumnitzeei Wiesb. 



A cespitose perennial with blue-green 

 stems about 8 inches high, narrow-lin- 

 ear blue-green leaves up to 2 inches 

 long, and white flowers with fringed 

 petals. Native to stony places in 

 Austria. 



101931. Dianthus monspessulanus 

 alpesteis (Hoppe and Sternb.) F. N. 

 Williams. 



A perennial herb about a foot high, 

 with long grasslike foliage and solitary 

 rosy or white flowers. Native to Mont- 

 pellier. 



101932. Dianthus pallens Sibth. and 

 Smith. 



A gray-green plant with simple up- 

 right steins, linear almost flat leaves, 

 and while night-blooming flowers with 

 the undersides of the petals greenish 

 purple. Native to Greece. 



101933. Dianthus pelvifoemis Heuff. 



A cespitose perennial with stems a 

 foot high and linear leaves. The dark 

 purplish flowers are in dense terminal 

 heads. Native to Serbia. 



101934. Dianthus spiculipolius 

 Schur (D. petraeus spiculifolius 

 Hort.). 



A cespitose perennial with numer- 

 ous branched stems 6 to 12 inche^ 

 high, green linear-subulate leaves, and 

 white or rosy flowers. Native to 

 Transylvania and Rumania. 



101935. Dianthus pubescens Sibth. 

 and Smith. 



A cespitose perennial with numer- 

 ous decumbent simple stems 6 to 9 

 inches high, linear acute leaves, and 

 purplish flowers. Native to Greece. 



101936. Dianthus pungens L. 



A bushy perennial, native to south- 

 ern Spain, with linear subulate leaves 

 and flowers in small clusters. 



101937. Dianthus eupicolus Bivona. 



A shrubby glabrous perennial about 

 1 foot high, with lanceolate or linear- 

 lanceolate acute leaves and. fragrant 

 red flowers in corymbs. Native to 

 Sicily. 



101938. Dianthus squaeeosus Bieb. 



A sand-loving perennial with ascend- 

 ing stems, crowded rigid sharp-pointed 

 green leaves, and white flowers similar 

 to those of D. plwmarius. Native to 

 the Caucasus. 



101939. Dianthus stbumabius Hort. 



A name for which a place of publica- 

 tion and a description have not been 

 found. 



101940. Dianthus subacaulis Vill. 



A dwarf, somewhat woody, perennial 

 with the habit of Arenaria juniperina. 

 The short narrow leaves are glabrous, 

 and the small flowers are purplish 

 pink. Native to France. 



101941. Dianthus supeebus L. 



A glabrous light-green perennial herb 

 10 to 20 inches high, native from 



