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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



114498 to 114524. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by Dr. C. 

 Skottsberg, Director. Botanic Garden, 

 GOteborg. Received April 11, 1936. 



114498. Crocus etruscus Pari. Iridaceae. 



114499. Crocus biflorus pestalozzae 

 (Boiss.) Maw. Iridaceae. 



A variety with small whitish flowers. 



114500 to 114507. Delphinium spp. Ra- 

 nunculaceae. Larkspur. 



114500. Delphinium bulleyanum For- 

 rest. 



An alpine larkspur 2 to 4 feet high, 

 native to Yunnan, China, between 11,000 

 and 12,000 feet altitude. The long- 

 stemmed leaves are palmately divided 

 and incised serrate, and the deep rich- 

 blue flowers are in a paniculate raceme. 



For previous introduction see 104939. 



114501. Delphinium nuttallii Gray. 



114502. Delphinium geyeri Greene. 



A perennial delphinium up to about 



2 feet high, with rather large, deep-blue 

 flowers in a compact raceme. Native 

 to the high plains of Wyoming and 

 Colorado. 



For previous introduction see 114162. 



114503. Delphinium maackianum Regel. 



An erect perennial delphinium up to 



3 feet high, with three- to five-parted 

 leaves and many blue flowers in racemes. 

 It is closely related to Delphinium 

 elatum. 



For previous introduction see 114163. 



114504. Delphinium puniceum Pall. 



A perennial delphinium with erect 

 branching stems over 2 feet high and 

 deep-violet flowers in dense elongated 

 racemes. Native to the Soviet Union. 



114505. Delphinium pylzowi Maxim. 



A larkspur, native to China, with a 

 leafy stem, five-parted leaves, and at- 

 tractive flowers with violet sepals and 

 blackish petals. 



For previous introduction see 81886. 



114506. Delphinium tatsienense 

 Franch. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 114486. 



114507. Delphinium yunnanensb 

 Franch. 



A perennial alpine with a simple or 

 branched stem and pale-green, finely 

 pubescent leaves that are divided at the 

 middle into five obovate incised seg- 

 ments. The calyx is intensely blue while 

 the petals are bluish violet, the entire 

 flower being four-fifths of an inch, long. 



For previous introduction see 104369. 



114508 to 114510. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



114508. Iris humilis Bieb. 



An iris of the Apogon section with 

 about 12 tufted linear leaves up to a 

 foot long and bright-lilac flowers, the; 

 limbs about 2 inches long. Native to 

 southern Europe and the Caucasus 

 region. 



114509. Iris laevigata Fisch. 



For previous introduction see 28448. 



114498 to 114524— Continued. 

 114510. Iris mellita Janka. 



For previous introduction see 53706. 



114511. Lactuca muralis (L.) Fresen. 

 Cichoriaceae. 



An erect annual or biennial about 2 

 feet high with toothed or lobed triangular 

 or narrow leaves and small yellow flower 

 heads on terminal panicles. Native to 

 Europe and western Asia. 



114512. Lactuca serriola L. Cichoriaceae. 



Prickly lettuce. 



For previous introduction see 104854. 



114513. Passiflora gracilis Jacq. Pas- 

 sifloraceae. Crinkled passionflower. 



For previous introduction see 110807. 



114514 to 114518. RHODODENDRON spp. 



Ericaceae. 



114514. Rhododendron ferrugineum L. 



Rock rhododendron. 



A dwarf evergreen shrub up to 4 

 feet high and wide, with narrow oblong 

 leaves over an inch long and pink or 

 carmine flowers about three-fourths of 

 an inch across in small terminal clusters. 

 Native to the mountains of central 

 Europe. 



114515. Rhododendron impeditum Bait 

 and Smith. 



A low shrub native to the Likiang 

 Snow Range, Yunnan, China, between 

 15,000 and 16,000 feet altitude. The 

 short branchlets are covered with small 

 black scales, and the broadly elliptic 

 leaves, less than an inch long, are 

 densely scaly on both surfaces. The 

 openly funnel-shaped flowers, mauve or 

 light purple blue, are solitary or in twos. 



For previous introduction see 98467. 



114516. Rhododendron luteum Sweet. 



Pontic azalea. 



For previous introduction see 78875. 



114517. Rhododendron ponticum L. 



Pontic rhododendron. 



For previous introduction see 66476. 



114518. Rhododendron s m i r n o w i i 

 Trautv. Smirnow rhododendron. 



For previous introduction see 101962. 



114519 to 114522. Solanum spp. Solana- 

 ceae. 



114519. Solanum aviculare Forst. f. 



Nightshade. 



A bushy shrub 6 to 8 feet high, -with 

 lacinate leaves 10 inches long, small 

 cymes of large dark-purple flowers, and 

 yellowish fruits an inch in diameter, 

 which are used for making marmalade. 



For previous introduction see 114179. 



114520. Solanum gracile Otto. 



For previous introduction see 110813. 



114521. Solanum heterodoxum Dun. 

 For previous introduction see 114473. 



114522. Solanum humile Lam. 



A dwarf shrubby perennial with ovate 

 leaves and violet-colored flowers ; known 

 only in cultivation. 



For previous introduction see 110661. 



