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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



104921 to 104938— Continued. 



104934. Hyacinthds tbifoliatus Tenore. 

 Liliaceae. 



An Italian hyacinth, 8 to 16 inches 

 high, with usually three linear-lanceolate 

 leaves and violet flowers in a loose head 

 of 10' to 30 flowers. 



104935 to 104938. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



104935. Iris lutescens Lam. 



A dwarf iris of the Pogoniris section, 

 with leaves 6 to 9 inches long, the stem 

 being about the same length as the 

 leaves. The flowers are bright yellow 

 with outer segments obovate-cuneate, 

 over 2 inches long, and streaked with 

 pale brown ; the inner segments are 

 broader and abruptly narrowed to a 

 claw, which is streaked with purple. 

 Native to the stony mountain slopes of 

 southern France. 



104936. Iris chamabiris olbiensis 

 (Henon) Baker. 



An iris of the Pogoniris section, with 

 a stout rhizome, broadly ensiform, pale- 

 green leaves, and dark-violet flowers on 

 a stem about 6 inches high. Native to 

 south-central Europe. 



104937 and 104938. Iris unguicdlaris 

 Poir. Algerian iris. 



An iris with bright-green leaves 2 

 feet long, growing in tufts of about six ; 

 tube up to 6 inches long, filiform, ex- 

 serted from the spathe ; limb bright 

 lilac, rarely white ; outer segments 3 

 inches long, 1 inch broad, with a yellow 

 keel streaked with lilac on a white 

 ground at the throat ; inner segments 

 oblong. The fragrant flowers appear in 

 January and February. Native to the 

 Mediterranean countries. 



104937. Typical form. 



104938. Variety alia. A white-flowered 

 form. 



104939 to 104947. 



From Germany. Seeds presented by Dir*k- 

 tor des Botanischen Gartens, Berlin- 

 Dahlem. Received March 27, 1934. 



104939 to 104943. Delphinium spp. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Larkspur. 



104939. Delphinium bulleyanum For- 

 rest. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 104356. 



104940. Delphinium delavayi Franch. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 104358. 



104941. Delphinium fissum Waldst. 



A perennial larkspur with a thick- 

 ened rootstock, three- to five-parted 

 hairy leaves, and blue flowers in dense 

 elongated racemes. Native to south- 

 eastern Europe. 



104942. Delphinium sulphureum 

 Boiss. 



An annual larkspur not more than 8 

 inches high, with racemes of three to 

 five sulphur-yellow flowers. Native to 

 Syria. 



104943. Delphinium triste Fisch. 



A perennial larkspur with three- to 



five-parted leaves and lax racemes of 



dark reddish-tan flowers. Native to 

 Siberia. 



104939 to 104947— Continued. 



104944 to 104947. Syringa spp. Olea- 

 coae. Lilac. 



104944. Syringa pinetorum W. W. 

 Smith. 



A shrub related to S. micro pliylla, 

 about 10 feet high, with densely pilose 

 branchlets, ovate to ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long, and purplish 

 flowers in panicles about 9 inches long. 

 It is native to southwestern China. 



For previous introduction see 97629. 



104945. Syringa tomentella Bur. and 

 Franch. Felty lilac. 



A bushy shrub about 10 feet high, 

 with elliptic leaves which are hairy be- 

 neath, and loose long-branched spikes 

 of fine mauve-pink flowers, produced in 

 late May and early June. It is native 

 to western China. 



For previous introduction see 97628. 



104948. Syringa wolfi C. Schneid. 



An ornamental shrub remarkable for 

 its peculiar foliage ; the elliptic oblong 

 leaves are up to 6 inches long, cuneate, 

 and grayish green beneath. The fra- 

 grant dark-lilac flowers are in much- 

 branched panicles. Native to Manchu- 

 ria and Chosen. 



For previous introduction see 80717. 



104947. Syringa yunnanensis Franch. 



A shrub from 3 to 8 feet high, with 

 fragrant pink flowers. Native to south- 

 western China. 



For previous introduction see 103350. 

 104948 to 104960. 



From the Netherlands. Seeds presented by 

 Prof. Dr. L. G. M. Baes Becking. Botani- 

 cal Gardens, Leiden. Received March 26, 

 1934. 



104948 and 104949. Antirrhinum majus 

 L. Scrophulariaceae. 



Common snapdragon. 



104950 to 104953. Delphinium spp. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Larkspur. 



104950. Delphinium brunonianum 

 Royle. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 104355. 



104951. Delphinium consolida L. 



Field larkspur. 



An erect hairy annual over a foot 

 high with blue or white flowers in loose 

 panicles. It is native to Europe. 



For previous introduction see 81884. 



104952. Delphinium tricolor Bernh. 



A name for which a description and 

 a place of publication have not been 

 found. 



104953. Delphinium triste Fisch. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 104943. 



104954 to 104960. Digitalis spp. Scroph- 

 ulariaceae. Foxglove. 



104954. Digitalis fontanesii Steud. 



A name for which a description and 

 a place of publication have not been 

 found. 



