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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



113869 to 113876— Continued. 



113870. Incarvillea olgab Kegel. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



An erect biennial 3 to 4 feet high, with 

 opposite pinnate leaves, the leaflets linear, 

 oblong and acute. The bell-shaped purple 

 flowers are about an inch long. Native to 

 Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 107550. 

 113871 to 113873. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



113871. Iris kolpakowskiana Kegel. 



An iris of the Xiphium group with 

 4 to 6 narrow linear-subterete leaves 

 and a short, one-flowered scape. The 

 outer perianth segments are deep vio- 

 let purple with a beardless, bright-yel- 

 low keel, and the inner ones are pale 

 lilac. Native to the mountains of 

 Turkistan. 



113872. Iris narbuti O. Fedtsch. 



A dwarf iris of the Juno section with 

 lanceolate curved leaves and one to 

 three showy flowers with yellow falls 

 and violet standards. Native to Turkis- 

 tan. 



113873. Iris songarica Schrenk. 



A densely tufted Apogon iris about a 

 foot high, with narrow-linear, strongly 

 ribbed leaves up to a foot in length and 

 two to three lilac-colored flowers over an 

 inch long. Native to central Asia. 



For previous introduction see 110982. 



113874. Ixiolirion tataricum (Pall.) Her- 

 bert. Amaryllidaceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 113519. 



113875. Tulipa korolkovii Kegel. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



A low crimson-flowered tulip from Tur- 

 kistan, 4 to 6 inches high, with narrowly 

 lanceolate leaves exceeding the flowers. 



For previous introduction see 109799. 



113876. Tulipa turkestanica Kegel. Lili- 

 aceae. 



A tulip with two or rarely three linear- 

 lanceolate leaves and yellow flowers, violet 

 within, on a scape 3 to 12 inches high. 

 Native to Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 107592. 

 113877. Dianthus sp. Silenaceae. 



From Costa Rica. Plants collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 4, 1936. 



No. 3708. Clavel lila. From San Isidro 

 de Coronado, February 26, 1936. A plant 

 with lavender-colored flowers ; common in 

 the State of Puebla, where it has been cul- 

 tivated for generations. 



113878 to 113888. 



From Poland. Seeds presented by the K6r- 

 nik Gardens and Arboretum, Kornik. Re- 

 ceived February 24, 1936. 



113878 to 113881. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



113878. Allium canadbjnse L. 



Meadow garlic. 



For previous introduction see 110766. 



113878 to 113888— Continued. 



113879. Allium karataviense Kegel. 



Onion. 



An onion native to Turkistan, with 

 very ornamental broad leaves of a strik- 

 ing blue-green color and dense umbels 

 of dull-pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see 82013. 



113880. Allium montanum F. W. 

 Schmidt. 



A rather variable species distributed 

 from eastern Europe through Siberia in 

 dry rocky places. It is usually a low 

 plant with narrow leaves and a hemi- 

 spherical head of blue-purple flowers. 



For previous introduction see 58876. 



113881. Allium sativum L. Garlic. 



113882 to 113888. Festuca spp. Poaceae. 



Fescue. 



113882 and 113883. Festuca ovina L. 

 Sheep fescue. 



113884. Festuca ovina alpina (Sut.) 

 Wimm. and Grab. 



A variety with stems about 4 inches 

 high. Native to Europe. 



113885. Festuca ovina glauca (Lam.) 

 Koch. 



For previous introduction see 111974. 



113886. Festuca ovina vallbsiaca 

 (Schleich.) Link. 



For previous introduction see 111976. 



113887. Festuca rubra L. Red fescue. 



113888. Festuca rubra hetbrophtlla 

 (Lam.) Mutel. 



113889 to 113892. Solanum tuberosum 

 L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Scotland. Tubers presented by Dr. 

 George Cockerhan, Scottish Society for 

 Research in Plant Breeding, Craigs House, 

 Corstorphine. Received February 26, 1936. 



113889. Oardinal. 



113890. Chance. 



113891. Kepplestone Kidney. 



113892. Shamrock. 



113893 to 113895. Corx lacryma-jobi L. 

 Poaceae. Jobs-tears. 



From the Philippine Islands. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the Economic Garden, Los 

 Bafios, Laguna. Received February 27, 

 1936. 



113893. Lukfao. 



113894. A glutinous variety of adlay. 



113895. A native variety of adlay. 



113896. Aristolochia bingens Vahl. 

 Aristolochiaceae. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by W. Paul 

 Phillips, Orlando. Received February 29, 

 1936. 



A tall slender twining glabrous plant with 

 broadly orbicular-reniform leaves, dull green 

 above and glaucous below. The flowers are 

 7 to 10 inches long, pale green, marbled and 

 reticulated with black purple. Native to 

 tropical America. 



For previous introduction see 97533. 



