OCTOBER 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 19 3 3 



103861 to 103900— Continued. 



103865. Anemone patens intermedia 

 Mak. 



A herbaceous perennial "with silky 

 hairy stems and leaves about 5 inches 

 high. The lower leaves are petioled, 

 the upper ones sessile, all much divided 

 into narrow linear acute lobes. The 

 yellowish-white flower is about 1 inch 

 across. 



103863. Arnica unalaschensis Less. 

 Asteraceae. 



A low perennial, about 6 inches high, 

 with a simple stem and hairy, decussate, 

 membranous, somewhat spa tula te leaves 

 less than an inch long. The small soli- 

 tary flower heads are sulphur yellow. 

 Native also to northern Alaska. 



103867. Campanula dasyantha Bieb. 

 Campanulaceae. 



A hardy perennial campanula, with the 

 lower leaves spatulate, the upper linear- 

 lanceolate, and all crenate and pubescent. 

 The flowers are sky blue, with the calyx 

 and petal margins very hairy. 



103868. Cassiope lycopodioides (Pall.) 

 D. Don. Ericaceae. 



A low creeping plant with slender 

 stems, scalelike crowded leaves, and 

 nodding, white, bell-shaped flowers borne 

 singly on erect peduncles. Native to 

 northeastern Asia. 



For previous introduction see 102296. 



103869. Chrysanthemum weyrichii 

 (Max.) Miyabe. 



A hardy perennial about 8 inches high, 

 with fleshy pinnately parted leaves about 

 2 inches long and flower heads 1% inches 

 across, with lilac ray flowers and yellow 

 disks. Native to Sakhalin Island. 



103870. Corydalis remota Fisch. Papa- 

 veraceae. 



A perennial herb with a tuberous root- 

 stock and variously incised biternate 

 leaves, often red margined. The exterior 

 petals of the violet flowers are two-lobed 

 and minutely toothed. Native to south- 

 eastern Asia. 



103871. Crawfurdia trinervis (Blume) 

 Hassk. Gentianaceae. 



Creeping gentian. A low-growing vine 

 with pale gentianlike flowers followed by 

 large oblong deep-red fruits, white inside, 

 with many seeds. 



For previous introduction see 67762. 



103872. Dianthus sdperbus monticola 

 Makino and Nemoto. Silenaceae. 



A dwarf variety of the lilac pink with 

 larger flowers that vary in color from 

 rose pink to purplish pink. 



103873. Diapensia obovata Nakai. Dia- 



pensiaceae. 



A small compact evergreen, more or 

 less woody perennial that forms a 

 cushionlike tuft 1 to 2 inches high, with 

 small white flowers on stems 1 to 2 

 inches high. The small entire leaves are 

 flat and obovate-cuneate. Native to 

 northeastern Asia. 



103861 to 103900— Continued. 



103874. Dicentra pusilla Sieb. and Zucc. 

 Papaveraceae. 



A charming bardy perennial with the 

 leaves finely divided into linear seg- 

 ments and with large clear-pink flowers. 



103875. Epigaea asiatica Maxim. Erica- 

 ceae. 



An Asiatic trailing arbutus, very simi- 

 lar to the American species but differing 

 chiefly by being stouter throughout. The 

 racemes usually consist of 6 to 12 flowers. 



pinnatifida Maxim. 



103876. Eranthis 

 Ranunculaceae. 



A dainty herbaceous perennial, allied 

 to the anemone, with long-stemmed, pin- 

 natifid leaves about 2 inches across and 

 white flowers about an inch wide. 



103877. Geum pentapetalum (L.) Mak. 

 Rosaceae. 



A low creeping shrubby perennial with 

 pinnate, roselike foliage and solitary 

 rather large white flowers about 1 inch 

 across, with 8 to 10 petals borne in April 

 on a slender stem. Native also to Kam- 

 chatka. 



103878. Jeffersonia dubia (Max.) Benth. 

 and Hook. Berberidaceae. 



A stemless alpine perennial native to 

 northeastern Asia, with a slender rhi- 

 zome and numerous long-stemmed, cor- 

 date-reniform leaves about 3 inches long 

 and wide. The large blue flowers are on 

 a scape 6 inches high. 



103879. Leontopodium fauriei Hand.- 

 Mazz. Asteraceae. 



An alpine perennial, white, hairy 

 throughout, with a slender stem up to 

 8 inches high and a rosette of erect,, 

 spreading narrowly spatulate, acute' 

 leaves up to 2y 2 inches long. The small 

 whitish flower heads are in a small dense 

 cluster. 



103880. Leontopodium japonicum Miq. 

 Asteraceae. 



An alpine plant related to the edel- 

 weiss, with an erect stem less than a 

 foot high and lanceolate dark-green 

 leaves over an inch long having densely 

 woolly lower surfaces. The grayish 

 flower heads, in terminal corymbs, are 

 also densely woolly. 



103881 to 103883. 



Rosaceae. 



Potentilla spp. 



103881. Potentilla dickinsii Franch. 

 and Sav. 



A perennial herb with a stolonifer- 

 ous rhizome and slender, erect little- 

 branched stems. The basal leaves are 

 pinnate with 2 or 3 rhomboid leaflets, 

 while the stem leaves are ternate with 

 the lower stem leaves long-stemmed. 

 The light-yellow flowers are in lax 

 corymbs. 



103882. Potentilla megalantha 

 Takeda. 



A stout perennial with a fleshy root- 

 stock from which arise numerous heavy 

 stems often more than a foot high. 

 The thick radical leaves, often long- 

 stemmed, are cordate, ternate, and up 

 to 3 inches across, w T hile the stem 

 leaves are simple, sessile, and much 

 smaller. The large yellow flowers are 

 over 1 inch across. 



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