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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



104837 to 104851— Continued. 



104847 to 104851, Delphinium spp. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Larkspur. 



104847. Delphinium duhmbergii Huth. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 104360. 



104848. Delphinium dyctiocarpum 

 Steud. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 104359. 



104849. Delphinium flexuosum Bieb. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 104361. 



104850. Delphinium gatanum Wilmott. 



An annual larkspur, 2 to 3 feet high, 

 with trifid leaves and blue, rosy, or 

 white flowers in numerous dense ra- 

 cemes. Native to central Europe. 



104851. Delphinium tatsienense 

 Franch. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 104366. 



104852 to 104864. 



From England. Seeds presented by the Bo- 

 tanic Garden, Cambridge. Received March 

 19, 1934. 



104852. Celtis glabrata Stev. Ulmaceae. 



Hackberry. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 104843. 



104853. Iris milesii Baker. Iridaceae. 



Himalayan iris. 



A semi-evergreen Himalayan iris re- 

 lated to Iris tectorum, witb seven or eight 

 leaves 2 to 3 feet long on the tall flower 

 stem ; the latter is branched and bears 

 about four heads of flowers, rosy lilac 

 and more or less spotted with darker 

 magenta. 



For previous introduction see 92318. 



104854. Lactuca scariola L. Cichoria- 

 ceae. Prickly lettuce. 



An annual or biennial, sometimes 6 feet 

 high, with a stiff stem, leaves 5 inches 

 long and 1 to 2 inches wide, and incon- 

 spicuous yellow flowers. Native to 

 Europe. 



104855 and 104856. Lycopersicon escu- 

 lentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 



104857. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. 

 Solanaceae. Cherry tomato. 



Variety Gerasiforme. 



104858. Pisum jomardi Schrank. Faba- 

 ceae. Pea, 



A hardy, white-flowered, annual pea 

 about 3 feet high, native to Egypt. 



For previous introduction see 66475. 



104859. Rheum rhaponticum L. Polyg- 

 onaceae. Common rhubarb. 



104860 to 104862. Rubus spp. Rosaceae. 



104860. Rubus biflorus Buch.-Ham. 



A rambling shrub with large leaves, 

 woolly beneath, and subacid yellow ber- 

 ries about the size of a thimble. Na- 

 tive to the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 66604. 



104852 to 104864— Continued. 



104861. Rubus biflorus qdinqdd- 

 florus Focke. 



Tbis ornamental shrub, native to 

 western Szechwan, China, between 5,800 

 and 6,800 feet altitude, produces its 

 clusters of orange-yellow berries 

 through so long a period as to be al- 

 most perpetual-fruiting. Because of 

 its white wax-coated stems, it is one 

 of the most striking plants in the gar- 

 den in autumn and winter. 



104862. Rubus fraxinifolius Poir. 



A sturdy, upright, little-branched 

 bramble, with a stiff stem up to 15 feet 

 high and over half an inch in diameter 

 under favorable conditions. The stems 

 and branches are red, armed with short 

 sharp recurved hooks. The white flow- 

 ers are followed by attractive bright-red 

 fruits, half an inch in diameter, borne 

 in large clusters. They are fairly juicy 

 and edible, but rather tasteless. 



For previous introduction see 68359. 



104863. SOLANUM ATROPURPUREUM 



Schrank. Solanaceae. 



A spiny shrub, with purple stems and 

 deeply pinnatitid leaves. The sulphur- 

 yellow flowers are in small umbels. Na- 

 tive to Brazil. 



104864. SOLANUM NODIFLORUM Jacq. So- 



lanaceae. 



A woody perennial about 2 feet high, 

 with ovate entire leaves 2 to 5 inches 

 long and very small white flowers in 

 small umbels, followed by small black 

 globose berries. Native to tropical Amer- 

 ica. 



104865. Coumaeouna panamensis Pit- 

 tier. Fabaceae. 



From the Canal Zone. Seeds presented by 

 J. E. Higgins, Director, Plant Introduc- 

 tion Gardens, Summit. Received March 

 19, 1934. 



A large tropical tree up to 150 feet high, 

 with alternate compound leaves made up 

 of five to eight obliquely elliptic leaflets 6 

 to 12 inches long, loosely branching terminal 

 panicles of large pink flowers, and flattened, 

 elliptic, chocolate-brown fruits 2 to 3 inches 

 long. It is native to the Canal Zone. 



For previous introduction see 88113. 



104866. Tinnea aethiopica Kotschy 

 and Peyr. Menthaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived March 20, 1934. 



An ornamental, much-branched shrub 

 about 4 feet high, with short-stemmed, ob- 

 long leaves. The dark purplish-brown flow- 

 ers are produced in axillary whorls and 

 have an odor like violets. Native to tropical 

 Africa. 



For previous introduction see 90893. 



104867 to 104879. 



From China. Seeds presented by H. K. Fu, 

 Director, Botanic Garden, Dr. Sun Yat- 

 Sen's Memorial Park, Nanking. Received 

 March 21, 1934. 



