JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 3 0, 193 6 



116982. Vaccinium arctostaphylos L. 

 Vacciniaceae. 



Caucasian whortleberry. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics, Institute of Agriculture, Moscow, 

 through Dr. G. L. Slate, New York Ex- 

 periment Station, Geneva, N. Y. Received 

 August 8, 1936. 



A deciduous shrub up to 10 feet high, 

 native to the Caucasus region. The oblong- 

 ovate, finely toothed leaves are 2 to 4 inches 

 long and turn purple red in the autumn. 

 The small beil-shaped flowers are borne in 

 racemes 2 inches long and are white with 

 a purple tinge. The globose purple edible 

 berries are nearly one-half inch in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 101920. 



116983 to 116995. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds 

 presented by Cheverton Bailer. Stellen- 

 bosch, Cape Province. Received July 15, 

 1936. 



A collection of plants native to southern 

 Africa. 



116983 to 116985. Gladiolus spp. Irida- 

 ceae. 



116983. Gladiolus alatus L. 



A gladiolus with flowers of a delight- 

 ful fragrance not unlike that of the 

 sweet briar. The three upper petals 

 are bright orange scarlet and the three 

 lower ones are yellowish tipped with 

 orange scarlet. The bulbs are not 

 larger than ordinary peas and cannot 

 survive long out of the ground. 



For previous introduction see 106736. 



116984. Gladiolus blandus Ait. 



A species with sword-shaped leaves 

 somewhat shorter than the stem, which 

 is from 6 inches to 24 inches and bears 

 3 to 10 white or reddish-tinted scentless 

 flowers, each over an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 113567. 



116985. Gladiolus psittacinus Hook. 



Parrot gladiolus. 



A gladiolus with a stout stem 3 feet 

 ov more in length and usually 4 rigid 

 sw. rdlike leaves up to 2 feet long. The 

 many-flowered spike reaches a foot or 

 mere in length. The flowers are a rich 

 yellow, grained and overlain with red, 

 particularly about the margins of the 

 segments. 



For previous introduction see 110831. 



116986. Mimetes hirta (L.) Knight. Pro- 

 teaceae. 



A very striking shrub 3 to 4 feet high. 

 with leathery ovate-elliptic to oblanceolate 

 leaves about 1 inch long and showy, 

 bright-carmine bracts. 



116987. Ornithogalum saundersiae Baker. 

 Liliaceae. Star-of-Bethlehem. 



A bulbous plant with lanceolate leaves 

 up to a foot long and white or yellow 

 flowers in a dense raceme on a scape a 

 foot or more high. 



For previous introduction see 115827. 



116988 to 116994, Protea spp. Proteaceae. 



116983 to 116995— rontimied. 



116988. Protea barbigera Meisn. 



An evergreen shrub up to 9 feet high 

 with oblong-lanceolate leaves 3 to 7 

 inches long, s ssile flower heads about 

 6 inches across, with conspicuously 

 bearded involucral bracts, the whitish 

 hairs about 2 inches long. 



116989. Protea compacta R. Br. 



A shrub with strongly imbricated, 

 ovate-lanceolate, coriaceous leaves 3 to 

 5 inches long and sessile flower heads 

 4 inches long and 2 inches broad. The 

 outer bracts have a dense fringe of 

 woolly hairs, the inner are flesh-colored 

 to carmine, and the flowers are tawny 

 to purplish tomentose with the stamens 

 densely covered with long light-golden 

 hairs. 



For previous introduction see 102799. 



116990. Protea cynaroides L. 



This is, perhaps, the finest of all 

 the proteas and becomes 6 feet tall. 

 The leaves vary from nearly orbicular 

 to ovate, are 2 to 6 inches long, and 

 have petioles from? 2 to 5 inches long. 

 The glabrous surfaces are prominently 

 and reticulatcly veined on both sides. 

 The sessile flower heads are 5 to 8 

 inches long and broad, and the ovate- 

 Ian eolate bracts in this form are clear 

 pink and dove gray. 



For previous introduction see 102800. 



116991. Protea grandiflora Thunb. 



A shrub or small tree 3 to 10 feet 

 high, with oblong sessile shining leaves 

 and large white flower heads which re- 

 semble a globe artichoke in appearance. 



For previous introduction see 25847. 



116992 and 116993. Protea mellifera 

 Thunb. Sugarbush. 



A glabcous shrub or small tree with 

 narrovxly lanceolate and rather blunt 

 leaves. The whitish flower head is 

 cup-shaped, 4 inches long and 3 inches 

 wide. The inner bracts are rather 

 longer than the pistils and the outer 

 ones are short and wide, all very vis- 

 cid and usually rosy pink. During the 

 time of flowering the involucre is filled 

 with sweet . watery liquor which is an 

 allurement to bees and to a host of 

 other insects. 



For previous introduction see 26207. 



116992. A form with white bracts. 



116993, A form with rose-pink bracts'. 



116994. Protea sp. 



A form with rose-pink, black-hairy 

 bracts. 



116995. Watsoxia densiflora Baker. 

 Iridaceae. Buglelily. 



Variety alba. A watsonia with stiff en- 

 siform leaves up to 3 feet high and simple 

 dense spik< s about as tail with many 

 pure-white flowers. 



116996 and 116997. Zephyranthes spp. 

 Amaryllidaceae. 



From* Mexico. Bulbs purchased from Dr. 

 C. A. Purpus, Zacuapam. Huatusco, Vera- 

 cruz. Received August 11, 1936. 



116996. Collected at 900 m. altitude near 

 Zacuapam. 



