JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1934 



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106510 to 106519 — Continued. 



106519. CONOMORPHA MAGNOLIIFOLIA Mez. 



Myrsinaceae. 



No. 2437. Cuttings. Near Mazaruni 

 Forest Station August 10, 1934. 



For previous introduction of seeds and 

 a description see 106375. 



106520 to 106535. 



From Europe. Material collected by Edgar 

 Anderson, Arnold Arboretum Balkan Ex- 

 pedition. Received September 18, 1934. 



Unless otherwise mentioned, the follow- 

 ing were introduced as seeds. All were col- 

 lected in situations unusually far north for 

 the particular species. 



106520. Actaea spicata L. Ranuncula- 

 ceae. Black baneberry. 



No. 33. August 13, 1934. Rila Monas- 

 tery. Bulgaria, at 4,500 feet altitude in 

 gravelly loam. A herbaceous perennial 1 

 to 2 feet high, with racemes of deep-blue 

 fruits in autumn. 



For previous introduction see 81947. 



106521. Coronilla varia L. Fabaceae. 



Crownvetch. 



No. 28. August 13, 1934. Rila Monas- 

 tery. Bulgaria, at 4,200 feet altitude in 

 stony soil. A prostrate or ascending per- 

 ennial up to 4 feet high, with a thick 

 rootstock, compound leaves, and pinkish 

 flowers in dense umbels. It is native to 

 central Europe. 



For previous introduction see 104933. 



106522. Crocus banaticus Heuff. Irida- 

 ceae. 



No. 63. Bulbs collected in Turda, Ru- 

 mania. A Hungarian crocus with two or 

 three linear-lanceolate leaves and short- 

 stalked flowers, dark purple with several 

 heart-shaped darker spots near the tips of 

 the segments. The anthers are orange, a 

 little longer than the white filaments, and 

 the short orange-yellow style branches are 

 somewhat fringed at the tips. 



106523. Digitalis ambigua Murr. Scro- 

 phulariaceae. 



No. 51. August 18, 1934. Gabrovo 

 Monastery, Bulgaria, at 3,000 feet altitude 

 on a steep sunny slope in gravelly loam. 

 A perennial or biennial 2 to 3 feet high, 

 with sessile or clasping, ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves and large flowers, yellowish marked 

 with brown and 2 inches long. An unusu- 

 ally fine-flowered form. Native to Europe. 



106524. Digitalis viridiflora L i n d 1. 

 Scrophulariaceae. 



No. 27. August 13. 1934. Rila Monas- 

 tery, Bulgaria, at 4,200 feet altitude, on 

 a gentle slope in stony soil. An alpine, 

 native to Greece, with hairy oblong den- 

 tate basal leaves, narrower above, and 

 small yellowish-green flowers. 



106525. Geranium macrorrhizum L. Ger- 

 aniaceae. 



No. 32. August 13. 1934. Rila Monas- 

 tery, Bulgaria, at 4,500 feet altitude. A 

 large-rooted herbaceous perennial with a 

 woody base and stems up to 2 feet high. 

 The 3- to 5-lobed leaves are often colored 

 red, and the blood-red flowers are in 

 bunches at the end of the stems. Native 

 to southern Europe. 



For previous introduction see 91427. 



106520 to 106535 — Continued. 



106526. Lunaria rediviva L. Brassica- 

 ceae. 



No. 39. August 14, 1934. Bank of the 

 na River, near the Rila Monastery, Bul- 

 garia, at 4,200 feet altitude, in deep shade. 

 A herbaceous perennial with large broadly 

 cordate leaves, terminal racemes of gray- 

 purple flowers, and large flat disk-shaped 

 translucent fruits. Native to southern 

 Europe. 



106527. Primula veris suaveolens 

 Reichb. Primulaceae. Primrose. 



No. 29. August 13, 1934. Rila Monas- 

 tery, Bulgaria, at 4,200 feet altitude. A 

 variety of the cowslip primrose with the 

 calyx campanulate and the corolla almost 

 flat. The cordate leaves are densely white 

 tomentose beneath. 



106528. Rheum rhaponticum L. Poly- 

 gonaceae. Rhubarb. 



No. 31. August 13, 1934. Ilenvi, Vrch- 

 Rila, Bulgaria, at 6,000 feet altitude. Cul- 

 tivated from wild plants by a monk at St. 

 Luke's Shrine. 



106529. Saxifraga rotundifolia L. Saxi- 

 fragaceae. 



No. 40. August 14, 1934. Banks of 

 the Iliiha River, near the Rila Monastery, 

 Bulgaria, at 4,200 feet altitude, in deep 

 shade. A herbaceous perennial 8 to 12 

 inches high, erect from a thickened rhi- 

 zome, with thick, more or less hairy, round- 

 ish leaves and white flowers, spotted red 

 or purple, in a branched panicle. Native 

 to Europe. 



106530. Sempervivum blandum Schott. 

 Crassulaceae. 



From Turda, Rumania. Plants of ' an 

 Austrian sempervivum with obovate, spat- 

 ulate, pale gray-green leaves up to 2 inches 

 long. The pink flowers, marked with a 

 central stripe of bright carmine, are borne 

 on a stem 7 to 10 inches high. 



106531. SOLDANELLA MONTANA Willd. 



Primulaceae. 



No. 30. August 13, 1934. Rila Monas- 

 tery. Bulgaria, at 4,500 feet altitude. An 

 alpine perennial up to 14 inches high with 

 long-stemmed, roundish leaves, and violet 

 flowers on slender scapes. Native to 

 southeastern Europe. 



106532. Thymus moesiacus Velen. Men- 

 thaceae. 



No. 41. August 13. 1934. Rila Monas- 

 tery. Bulgaria, at 4,200 feet altitude. A 

 Bulgarian thyme resembling Thymus cha- 

 maedrys in habit and size, with simple 

 prostrate creeping stems and obovate-spat- 

 ulate leaves. 



106533. Thymus sp. Menthaceae. 



No. 12. August 9, 1934. Sofia, Bul- 

 garia, at 2,000 feet altitude. A shrub 

 found on a stony gravelly slope in the full 

 sun. 



106534. Verbascum lychnitis L. Scro- 

 phulariaceae. 



No. 25. August 13, 1934. Rila Monas- 

 tery, Bulgaria, at 4,200 feet altitude. A 

 tomentose biennial found in turf in full 

 sun, with oblong-elliptic crenate leaves and 

 panicles of small yellow flowers. Native to 

 Europe and the Caucasus. 



106535. Veronica urticifolia Jacq. Scro- 

 phulariaceae. 



No. 44. August 14, 1934. Found in 

 gravelly loam in deep shade on the banks 



