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106746. Maackia amurensis buergeri 

 C. Schneid. Fabaceae. 



From Washington, D. C. Seeds collected by 

 O. M. Freeman, Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 in the National Botanic Garden. Re- 

 ceived November 2, 1934. 



A deciduous tree about 15 feet high with 

 odd-pinnate leaves ; the 7 to 11 leaflets are 

 pubescent and 2 to 3 inches long. The 

 small white flowers are borne in dense up- 

 right racemes. Native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 77836. 



106747 to 106801. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Material collected in Turkistan by H. L. 

 Westover and C. R. Enlow, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived October 30, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



106747 to 106749. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



106747. Allium caebuleum Pall. Onion. 



No. 671. July 23, 1934. Bulbs and 

 seeds collected in the mountains south 

 of Alma Ata. A blue-flowered onion 

 with slender grassy leaves and 14-inch 

 stalks bearing close heads of small deep- 

 blue flowers. 



For previous introduction see 104627. 



106748. Allium sp. 



No. 669. July 24, 1934. Bulbs from 

 the foothills southeast of Alma Ata. 



106749. Allium sp. 



No. 867. July 26, 1934. Bulbs from 

 Issyk Kul, east of Alma Ata. 



106750. Amaryllis 



Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 186. June 1934. Bulbs from south 

 of Stalinabad, Tajikistan. 



106751. Amaryllis sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 320. July 15, 1934. Bulbs from 

 Chimgan, east of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 



106752. Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Torr. 

 Araceae. Jack-in-the-pulpit. 



No. 182. July 8, 1934. Bulbs from the 

 Varsov River Canyon, Tajikistan. 



106753. Eremurus sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 541. July 26, 1934. Roots collected 

 at 6,800 feet altitude above Issyk Kul, 

 near Alma Ata. 



106754. Fritillaria sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 191. July 8, 1934. Bulbs and seeds 

 from the Varsov River Canyon, Tajikistan. 



106755. Hyacinthus atroviolaceus 

 (Regel) Macbride. Liliaceae. 



Hyacinth. 



No. 524. July 1934. Bulbs from the 

 Tashkent Botanic Garden. A hyacinth 

 with four to six linear-ligulate leaves 4 

 to 8 inches long and a dense oblong 

 raceme of dark-violet flowers on a scape 

 about the same length as the leaves. 

 Native to Bokhara. 



106756 to 106766. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



106756. Iris alberti Regel. 



No. 546. July 23, 1934. Roots from 

 the mountains of Alma Ata, of a 

 bearded iris with glaucous, sword- 

 shaped leaves about as long as the stem 

 and yellow or purplish flowers, yeliow- 



106747 to 106801— Continued. 



ish toward the base, nearly 2 inches 

 long. Native to Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 105474. 



106757. Iris bucharica Foster. 



No. 244. July 1934. Bulbs and seeds 

 from Tajikistan of one of the most vig- 

 orous of the Juno irises, this bears five 

 to seven flowers on each of the stems. 

 The stems are over a foot high, and the 

 bright-green, narrow leaves are 8 to 12 

 inches long and about 2 inches broad. 

 The bright-yellow, rounded-obovate falls 

 are over 2 inches long, while the small 

 standards are pure white. Native to 

 eastern Bokhara. 



106758. Iris magnifica Vvedensky. 



No. 525. July 1934. Bulbs from the 

 Tashkent Botanic Garden. A stout iris 

 of the Juno section, with light shining- 

 green falcate leaves, 1 to 2 inches wide, 

 and generally two inodorous pale-lilac 

 flowers about 2 inches long, on a stem 

 10 to 16 inches high. Native to 

 Turkistan. 



106759. Iris tenuifolia Pallas. 



No. 881. August 13, 1934. Bulbs 

 from Chelkar. An iris of the Apogon 

 section, usually with a very short stem 

 and rigid narrow-linear leaves a foot 

 long. The flowers are bluish purple. 

 Native to eastern Asia. 



106760. Iris sp. 



No. 179. July 1934. Bulbs collected 

 at 5,500 feet altitude along the Varsov 

 River, Tajikistan. 



106761. Iris sp. 



No. 184. July 8, 1934. Bulbs from 

 the Varsov River Canyon, 50 km north 

 of Stalinabad, Tajikistan. 



106762. Iris sp. 



No. 190. July 8, 1934. Bulbs from 

 the Varsov River Canyon, 5,500 feet 

 altitude, Stalinabad, Tajikistan. 



106763. Iris sp. 



No. 315. July 16, 1934. Roots found 

 in moist soil near Chimgan, east of 

 Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 



106764. Iris sp. 



No. 317. July 15, 1934. Roots and 

 seeds from Chimgan, east of Tashkent, 

 Uzbekistan. 



106765. Iris sp. 



No. 396. July 15, 1934. Bulbs from 

 the rocky slopes of Little Chimgan, east 

 of Tashkent. 



106766. Iris sp. 



No. 700. August 4, 1934. Seeds and 

 roots from the Karakol River, Issyk 

 Kul. 



106767 to 106769. Ixiolirion spp. Ama- 

 ryllidaceae. 



106767. Ixiolirion sp. 



No. 377. July 15, 1934. Seeds and 

 bulbs from Chimgan, east of Tashkent, 

 Uzbekistan. 



106768. Ixiolirion sp. 



No. 824. August 6. 1934. Seeds and 

 bulbs from the Chu River Canyon, east 

 of Tokmak. 



