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103359 to 103402— Continued. 



103374. Variety olympica; large 

 light-lilac or bright-purple and 

 white flowers. 



103375. Variety stellata. 



103376. COTONEASTER MELANOCABPA 



Lodd. Malaceae. 



A spreading shrub 6 to 8 feet high, 

 native to Europe and Asia. The broadly 

 ovate leaves^ 1 to 2 inches long, are dull 

 dark green above and whitish tomentose 

 beneath, and the nodding pinkish flowers, 

 in clusters of 3 to 8, are followed by 

 subglobose black fruits. 



103377. Iris bungei Maxim. Iridaceae. 



A Mongolian iris of the Apogon sec- 

 tion, wth linear basal leaves and pale- 

 blue flowers, violet within. 



103378. Iris sp. Iridaceae. 



103379 to 103383. Lilium spp. Liliaceae. 



Lily. 

 103379. Lilium bulbiferum L. 



A bulbous perennial, native to 

 Europe, with a furrowed stem 2 to 4 

 feet high, the upper part covered with 

 white down and bearing bulblets in 

 the leaf-axils. The lanceolate leaves 

 are 3 to 4 inches long, and the 1 to 4 

 bright orange-red flowers, 3 to 4 inches 

 across, are spotted with purple and 

 tinged in the center with yellow. 



103380 and 103381. Lilium martagon 

 L. Martagon lily. 



The martagon lily grows wild from 

 central and southern Europe to south- 

 western Siberia. The stem is 3 to 6 

 feet high, often purple spotted, with 

 horizontal deep-green leaves 3 to 6 

 inches long. The dull claret-purple 

 flowers, spotted purplish black, with 

 red anthers, appear in late June and 

 July and from 3 to 20 flowers blossom 

 at one time. 



For previous introduction see 101995. 



103380. The typical form. 



103381. A fasciated form. 



103382. Lilium monadelphum Bieb. 



Great Caucasian lily. 



A lily with canary-yellow flowers 

 thickly dotted with purple. 



For previous introduction see 

 101919. 



103383. Lilium tigrinum Ker. 



Tiger lily. 



A lily native to southwestern China 

 where it is found along watercourses 

 at 9,000 feet altitude. The large 

 orange and purple black-spotted 

 flowers are very attractive. 



103384 to 103386. Nepeta spp. Mentha- 

 ceae. 



103384. Nepeta barbata Regel and 

 Winkl. 



An erect or ascending herb over a 

 foot high, with ovate acute short- 

 stemmed leaves about 1 foot long and 

 small flowers in lax cymelike racemes. 

 Native to eastern Turkistan. 



103385. Nepeta cyanea Stev. 



A perennial mint, native to the 

 eastern Caucasus, with hairy ovate 

 cuneate leaves and showy blue flowers 

 in small cymes. 



103359 to 103402— ContinnecL 



103336. Nepeta grandiflora Bieb. 



A green nearly glabrous perennial 1 

 to 2 feet high, native to the Caucasus 

 region. The heart-shaped leaves are 

 crenate, and the two-lipped flowers are 

 violet and blue. 



103387 to 103391. Paeonia spp. Ranun- 

 culaceae. Peony. 



103387. Paeonia albiflora Pall. 



Chinese peony. 



A perennial herb 2 to 3 feet high, 

 native to eastern Asia. The biternate 

 leaves are made up of oblong-lanceolate 

 leaflets, 3 to 4 inches long, often red 

 veined. The 2 to 5 flowers have eight 

 or more white or pink petals, the sta- 

 mens are golden yellow, and the 3 to 5 

 ovoid follicles are recurved-spreading. 



103388. Paeonia anomala L. 



A perennial herb, native to Europe 

 and Asia, with one-flowered stems 2 to 

 3 feet high. The biternate leaves are 

 cut into numerous lanceolate long- 

 pointed segments, and the large bright- 

 crimson flowers are borne in June and 

 July. 



103389. Paeonia beresowskii Kom. 



A herbaceous perennial about 3 feet 

 high, native to western China. The 

 light-green leaves are 3- to 8-foliolate, 

 and the white or pale-rose flowers are- 

 2 to 3 inches across. 



103390. Paeonia peregrina Mill. 



A perennial herb, native to Europe, 

 with stems 1 to 2 feet high, bearing 

 1 to 5 biternately divided deep-green- 

 leaves and dark-crimson flowers. 



103391. Paeonia veitchii Lynch. 



A herbaceous peony, native to west- 

 ern China, about 2 feet high, with 

 shining light-green leaves and purple- 

 crimson flowers about 4 inches across. 



103392. Rhododendron caucasicum Pall. 

 Ericaceae. Caucasican 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 recurved margins, 

 are dark green, glabrous at maturity, and 

 slightly rugulose on the upper surface, 

 the under surface being covered with a 

 thin fawn to tawny or pale rusty tomen- 

 tum. The broadly campanulate flowers 

 are yellowish or rose tinted and are 

 borne on long erect stalks in candelabroid 

 trusses. 



For previous introduction see 101957. 



103393 to 103398. Salvia spp. Mentha- 

 ceae. Sage. 



103393. Salvia austriaca Jacq. 



A perennial herb 2 to 3 feet high, 

 native to southern Europe, with broad- 

 ly ovate leaves, and the two-lipped 

 yellow flowers have the upper lip spot- 

 ted with red. 



103394. Salvia axillaris Moc. and 

 Sesse. 



A low bushy herb with small linear- 

 oblong acute entire leaves and small 

 axillary bluish flowers. Native to> 

 Mexico. 



