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plant Material introduced 



108779 to 108802— Continued. 



108779. Allium victorialis L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 

 One of the most distinctive species of 

 European onions, with stems about 2 feet 

 high, leaves resembling those of the lily- 

 of-the-valley, and white to greenish-white 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 97582. 



108780. Anthemis iberica Bieb. Astera- 

 ceae. 



An alpine perennial, native to Spain, 

 with ascending stems 1 foot high, hairy 

 pinnate leaves, and small flower heads 

 with white rays. 



108781. Anthemis marschalliana Willd. 

 Asteraceae. 



A perennial, native to the Caucasus 

 region, with ascending stems, bipinnate 

 leaves with linear pinnae, and yellow 

 flower heads. 



108782 to 108785. Bellevalia spp. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



108782. Bellevalia fominii Voronov. 



A bulbous plant with three to five 

 narrow basal leaves 8 inches long and 

 about one-half inch wide, and small 

 pinkish flowers in a lax cylindrical ra- 

 ceme. Native to the Transcaucasian 

 region. 



108783. Bellevalia longistyla (Miscz.) 

 Grossh. 



A bulbous plant with lanceolate 

 leaves about a foot high and one-half 

 inch wide and a panicle of 15 to 25 

 small, rusty-purple, campanulate flow- 

 ers. Native to the Caucasus. 



108784. Bellevalia makuensis 

 Voronov. 



A bulbous plant, native to dry places 

 in the Caucasus, with leaves 8 to 12 

 inches high and one-half inch wide and 

 a broad panicle of small brown-violet 

 flowers. 



108785. Bellevalia speciosa 

 Voronov. 



A bulbous plant, native to Armenia 

 and Transcaucasia, with four to five 

 lorate, narrow leaves about 6 inches 

 long with narrow cartilaginous mar- 

 gins and small yellow flowers in a dense 

 raceme about 7 inches long. 



108786. Delphinium flexuosum Bieb. 

 Ranunculaceae. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial with vio- 

 let flowers. Native to the mountains of 

 Armenia. 



For previous introduction see 104849. 



108787. Delphinium linearilobum Busch. 

 Ranunculaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial with deeply 

 palmately lobed leaves, the segments 

 linear, and blue flowers in lax racemes. 

 Native to the Transcaucasian region. 



108788. Digitalis ferruginea L. Scro- 

 phulariaceae. Foxglove. 



A biennial or perennial, 5 to 6 feet 

 high, densely leafy, with long dense ra- 

 cemes of rusty-red flowers. Native to 

 southern Europe. 



For previous introduction see 104574. 



108779 to 108802— Continued. 



108789 to 108791. Gagea spp. Liliaceae. 



108789. Gagea alexeenkoana Miscz. 



A plant about 5 inches high, with 

 narrow-linear leaves slightly exceeding 

 the scape. The small flowers, yellow in- 

 side and green without, are borne in 

 small clusters. Native to the Caucasus. 



108790. Gagea chlorantha (Bieb.) 

 Schult. f. 



A bulbous plant with filiform or nar- 

 row-lanceolate leaves and corymbs of 

 greenish-yellow flowers. Native to dry 

 stony places in the Caucasus. 



For previous introduction see 92984. 



108791. Gagea tenuifolia (Boiss.) 

 Fomin. 



A tufted, bulbous plant with narrow 

 linear, recurved leaves and small flow- 

 ers, yellow within, in small clusters. 

 Native to dry slopes in the Caucasus 

 region. 



108792. Hedera colchica Koch. Aralia- 

 ceae. Colchis ivy. 



A high-climbing vine with the young 

 growth covered by golden-yellow scales, 

 broadly cordate, almost entire bright- 

 green leaves of firm texture, and small 

 umbels of greenish-yellow flowers in pa- 

 niculate clusters, followed by black fruits. 

 It is native to the Caucasus region. 



For previous introduction see 81345. 



108793 to 108798. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



108793 to 108796. Iris pumila L. 



108793. Albidis. A form with white 

 flowers. 



108794. Luteis. A form with light- 

 yellow flowers. 



108795. Pallidis. A form with pale- 

 violet flowers, rarely white. 



108796. Violaceis. A form with violet 

 flowers. 



108797. Iris sulphurea Koch. 



A dwarf hardy iris of the Pogoniris 

 section, with linear leaves 2 to 4 inches 

 long and sulphur-yellow flowers. Na- 

 tive to southern Russia. 



108798. Iris imbricata Lindl. 



A Pogoniris with about six pale-green, 

 broadly ensiform leaves 6 to 8 inches 

 long at flowering time and a stem 12 to 

 20 inches long, bearing clusters of 

 greenish-yellow flowers about 2 inches 

 in length. Native to northern Iran and 

 Transcaucasia. 



For previous introduction see 81349. 



108709. Paeonia abchasica Misch. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial with deep- 

 greed leaves, paler beneath, and yellow 

 flowers about 3 inches across. Native to 

 the Caucasus region. 



108800. Rhododendron caucasicum Pall. 

 Ericaceae. Caucasian rhododendron. 



For previous introduction see 103392. 



108801. Rhododendron flavum G. Don. 

 Ericaceae. 



A shrub 4 to 6 feet high, with ovate- 

 oblong, pilose, ciliated shining-green leaves 

 and handsome yellow flowers. Native to 

 Asia Minor. 



