PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



119274 to 119286— Continued. 



orange scarlet, and the three lower ones 

 are banded with greenish yellow and tipped 

 with orange scarlet. Tbe bulbs are not 

 larger than ordinary peas and cannot sur- 

 vive long out of the ground. 



For previous introduction see 116983. 



119275. Gladiolus angustus L. 



A plant with an ascending stem up to 2 

 feet in height and narrow upright leaves 

 with prominent midribs. The white scent- 

 less flowers which grow in a lax one-sided 

 spike - are narrow, straight, and funnel- 

 shaped. It is a native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



For previous introduction see 44723. 



119276. Gladiolus blandus Ait. 



A species with sword-shaped leaves some- 

 what shorter than the stem, which is from 

 6 inches to 2 feet high and which bears 3 

 to 10 white or reddish-tinted scentless 

 flowers over an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 116984. 



119277. Gladiolus brevifolius Jacq. 



A South African gladiolus, with firm 

 linear leaves l 1 /. to 2 feet long and a very 

 slender simple flower stem of equal length, 

 with 4 to 12 pink or lilac flowers in a lax 

 secund spike. Tbe lower segments are 

 purplish at the throat. 



119278. Gladiolus debilis Ker. 



A South African gladiolus with a very 

 slender stem 1 to iy 2 feet high, about 3 

 linear leaves and 1 to 3 whitish flowers in 

 a lax spike. The obtuse segments are 

 about three-fourths of an inch long and 

 the inner ones are marked with a carmine, 

 3-lobed spot at the base of each. 



119279. Gladiolus grandis Thunb. 



Closely related to Gladiolus tristis, this 

 has 3 strongly terete leaves 12 to 18 inches 

 long and a slender stem up to 2 feet high. 

 The purplish, brown-tinged flowers are 2 

 to 3 inches long in a lax secund spike. 

 Like Gladiolus tristis, the flowers give off 

 a pleasant scent during the night. Native 

 to the Cape of Good Hope. 



For previous introduction see 113571. 



119280. Gladiolus alatus namaquensis 

 (Ker) Baker. 



A variety differing from the type by the 

 more robust habit, with sword-shaped 

 leaves sometimes to 2 inches broad and 

 more numerous flowers in the spike. 



119281. Gladiolus orchidiflorus Andr. 



The 3 or 4 leaves of this gladiolus are 

 linear, firm, crowded, and 6 to 12 inches 

 long, and the 4 to 6 greenish, very fragrant 

 flowers are in a verv lax spike on a stem 

 the same height as the leaves. Native to 

 South Africa. 



For previous introduction see 105293. 



119282. Gladiolus psittacinus Hook. 



Parrot gladiolus. 



A gladiolus with a stout stem 3 feet or 

 more in length and usually 4 rigid sword- 

 like leaves up to 2 feet long. The many- 

 flowered spike reaches a foot or more in 

 length. The flowers are a rich yellow, 

 grained and overlain with red, particularly 

 about the margins of the segments. 



For previous introduction see 116985. 



119274 to 119286— Continued. 



119283. Gladiolus recurvus L. 



A slender-stemmed species, up to 2 feet 

 high, native to boggy sandy places in South 

 Africa. The 2 to 6 mildly fragrant flowers 

 which appear in August are borne in a very 

 lax spike and vary in color from blue to 

 flushed pink with minute blackish-lilac 

 spots. 



For previous introduction see 105295. 



119284. Gladiolus scaphochlamys Baker. 



A South African gladiolus related to G. 

 blandus. It has 3 or 4 ensiform. rigid 

 leaves about 1 foot long and a rigid stem 

 iy 2 to 2 feet high, with 6 to 8 straw-yellow 

 flowers in a lax curved spike. 



119285. Gladiolus vittatus Hornem. 



A gladiolus about 1 foot high with sev- 

 eral narrow linear leaves 6 to 9 inches 

 long and numerous pink or whitish flowers 

 in a stout curved spike. The nearly erect 

 flowers are about 1 inch long, the limbs 

 slightly longer, and the three lower seg- 

 ments with a purple central blotch. Native 

 to South Africa. 



119286. Gladiolus watermeyeri L. Bolus. 

 A species with 3 or 4 leaves about 10 



inches long, conspicuously two-nerved, and 

 very fragrant flowers 1% inches long. The 

 upper segments are usually greenish, 

 flushed with pinkish buff, with conspicuous 

 purple veins. 



For previous introduction see 105298. 



119287. COLOCASIA ESCULENTA (L.) 



Schott. Araceae. Dasheen. 



From China. Tubers collected by F. A. Mc- 

 Clure, Lingnan University, Canton. Re- 

 ceived January 25, 1926. Numbered in 

 January 1937. 



No. 271. Taai Fa Oo, Fa T'au Oo. Can- 

 ton, November 26, 1925. A dasheen resem- 

 bling in general the Trinidad dasheen, but 

 differing from it in certain respects. The 

 corms tend to be tough when cooked, but the 

 tubers are of good quality and fairly uniform 

 in size and shape. 



119288. Papaver sp. Papaveraceae. 



Poppy. 



Plants grown at the Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den, Glenn Dale, Md. Numbered in Jan- 

 uary 1937. 



Grown from seed collected in Turkistan, 

 1934-35, by H. L. Westover and C. R. Enlow, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry ; exact locality 

 unknown. 



119289 to 119294. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds pre- 

 sented by the McGregor Museum, Kimber- 

 ley. Received January 14, 1937. 



119289. Combretum erythrophyllum 

 (Burch.) Sond. Combretaceae. 



A tree up to 40 feet high, with unarmed, 

 spreading branches and ovate-acute leaves 

 which turn crimson in autumn. Native to 

 tropical Africa. 



For previous introduction see 112639. 



119290. Dimorphotheca viSCOSA (Andr.) 

 Druce. Asteraceae. 



A shrubby, much-branched perennial 

 with variable leaves and deep-yellow flower 

 heads. Native to South Africa. 



119291. Olea verrucosa (Roem. and 

 Schult.) Link. Oleaceae. Olive. 



