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101923 to 101962— Continued. 



Norway and Spain to Japan. The soft 

 flat linear-lanceolate leaves are 3- to 

 5-nerved. and the fragrant lilac 

 deeply laciniate flowers are borne in 

 a lax forking panicle. 



101942. Dianthus tener Balbis. 



A rather low pink with subulate- 

 linear leaves and deep-rose flowers 

 with fimbriate petals. Native to th 

 mountains of Tende in France. 



101943. Dianthus tergestinus 

 (Reichenb.) Kern. 



A perennial herb about a foot high 

 with narrow-linear gray-green leaves 

 up to 4 inches long and bright-pink or 

 carmine odorless flowers in pairs. Na- 

 tive to southern Europe in stony 

 •chalky situations. 



101944. Dianthus velebiticus Hort. 



A name generally referred to D. 

 carthusianorum, but without definite 

 description. 



101945. Dianthus velenowskyi Borb. 



A cespitose perennial with soft lin- 

 ear-acuminate leaves in a dense basal 

 tuft. The rose or crimson flowers are 

 in a paniculate cyme on stems 2 to 3 

 feet high. Native to the Balkan 

 region. 



101946. Dianthus virgineus L. 



A perennial herb with upright or 

 ascending stems about 1 foot high, 

 linear tnree-angled leaves and fra- 

 grant red flowers. Native to southern 

 France. 



101947. Dianthus waldsteinii Stern- 

 berg. 



A stout blue-green perennial with 

 stems over a foot high, dichotomously 

 branched above, stiff linear leaves, and 

 purplish or rose-colored flowers in 5- 

 to 13-flowered panicled cymes. Native 

 to southern Europe. 



101948 to 101952. Fuchsia spp. Ona- 

 graceae. 



101848. Fuchsia bacillaris Lindl. 



A compact plant with short-jointed 

 branches and very small, flaring- 

 mouthed, rosy, drooping flowers. Na- 

 tive to Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 97608. 



101949. Fuchsia codringtonii Hort. 



A shrubby hybrid fuchsia, about 18 

 inches high, with small, oval, pale- 

 green, acute leaves less than an inch 

 long and small, deep rose-red, trumpet- 

 shaped, pendulous flowers borne freely 

 in the summer. 



101950 and 101951. Fuchsia corymbi- 

 flora Ruiz and Pav. 



For previous introduction see 97609. 



101950. A handsome Peruvian fuch- 

 sia with large serrate, long-pointed 

 leaves and deep-red flowers. The 

 plant becomes tall but requires 

 support in order to attain full 

 height and is adapted for train- 

 ing on pillars or pergolas in the 

 subtropical parts of the Unite! 

 States. 



101951. Variety alba. A form with 

 the calyx tube and lobes white. 



101923 to 101962— Continued. 



101952. Fuchsia parviflora Lindl. 



A shrubby fuchsia, very similar to 

 F. lycioicleo. It has oblong or ovate 

 leaves, sometimes serrate, and purple 

 flowers with pale-pink calyxes. Native 

 to Mexico. 



101953. Jasminum 

 Oleaceae. 



PUBIGERUM 



D. Don. 

 Jasmine. 



A softly densely-villous, erect shrub na- 

 tive to India. The compound alternate 

 leaves are made up of 3 to 7 suborbicular 

 to oblong leaflets 2 inches long, and the 

 salverform yellow flowers are borne in 

 dense nearly sessile cymes of about 15 

 flowers. 



101954. Ranunculus 

 Ranunculaceae. 



GRAMINEUS L. 



Grassy buttercup. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 101793. 



101955 to 101962. Rhododendron spp. 

 Ericaceae. 



101955. Rhododendron adenogynum 

 Diels. 



A shrub up to 9 feet high native to 

 Yunnan, China. The leathery oblong 

 to lanceolate leaves, 2 to 5 inches long, 

 are dark green and rugulose above and 

 covered beneath with a thick woolly 

 olive-tawny indumentum. The fleshy 

 funnel-campanulate flowers, 2 inches 

 lung, are white shaded rose at the base 

 with many crimson spots and are borne 

 in terminal umbels of about 12. 



101956. Rhododendron calostrotum 

 Ball', and Ward. 



A low shrub about a foot high, na- 

 tive to northeastern Burma between 

 11,000 and 12,000 feet altitude. The 

 obo\ate leaves, 1 inch long, are densely 

 covered above with greenish scales, and 

 the lower surface is pale red with 

 numerous flaky scales. The widely 

 funnel-shaped flowers, 1 inch long, are 

 bright red-purple and are borne in pairs 

 at the ends of the branchlets. 



For previous introduction see 98458. 



101957. Rhododendron caucasicum 

 Pall. Caucasian rhododendron. 



A shrub seldom more than 3 feet 

 high, native to the Caucasus region 

 between 6,000 and 7,000 feet altitude. 

 The ovate, obovate, or oblong leaves, 2 

 to 5 inches long, with more or less re- 

 curved margins, are dark green, gla- 

 brous at maturity and slightly rugulose 

 on the upper surface, the undersurface 

 being covered with a thin fawn to 

 tawny or pale-rusty tomentum. The 

 broadly campanulate flowers are yellow- 

 ish or rose tinted and are borne on 

 long erect stalks in candelabroid 

 trusses. 



For previous introduction see 98482. 



101958. Rhododendron chartophyu- 

 lum Franch. 



A distinct species with the general 

 characteristics of R. yunmanense, but 

 the leaves are usually deciduous, more 

 narrowly oblanceolate, and entirely 

 wanting in bristles on the upper sur- 

 face, which are typical of the true R. 

 yunnanense. The form with leaves 

 completely deciduous is callpd R. char- 



