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126539. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



From Mexico. Scions presented by F. W. Smith, Guasave, Sinaloa. Received 

 January 31, 1938. 



126540 to 126545. 



From India. Seeds presented by G. Ghose & Co., Town-End, Darjeeling. Re- 

 ceived January 11, 1938. 



126540. Iris kumaonensis Wall. Iridaceae. 



A dwarf iris of the Pseudevansia section, 2 to 12 inches high, native to the 

 western Himalayas from Kashmir to Kumaon, between 9,000 and 12,000 feet 

 altitude. The flaccid linear leaves are 12 to 14 inches long, and the solitary 

 flowers have a perianth tube 2 to 3 inches long. The bright-lilac falls, 1 to 2 

 inches long, are blotched with darker lilac, and the claw has a beard of 

 yellow-tipped hairs on a white crest. The erect standards are iy 2 inches 

 broad. 



For previous introduction see 124746. 



126541. Iris sp. Iridaceae. 

 No. 54. 



126542. Lilium polyphyllum D. Don. Liliaceae. Lily. 



A lily with a stoloniferous white, pink-tinged bulb, a smooth green stem 4 to 

 5 feet high, and numerous erect, scattered linear to oblong-lanceolate leaves, 

 2 to 8 inches long. The fragrant nodding flowers, 2 to 12 in a lax umbel or 

 raceme, are pale creamy yellow outside, marble- white, spotted and streaked 

 with purple within, and are 2 to 3 inches across. Native to the western Hima- 

 layas between 6,000 and 12,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 124749. 



126543. Lilium thomsonianum Royle. Liliaceae. Thomson lily. 



A bulbous plant with an erect stem over a foot high and narrow grasslike 

 leaves, mostly crowded at the base of the stem. The pale-mauve or rosy, bell- 

 shaped, drooping flowers, with deep-purple anthers, are over an inch long and 

 in a terminal raceme containing 8 to 10 flowers. It is native to mild-wintered 

 regions of the Himalayas from western China to northern India. 



126544. Nomocharis sp. Liliaceae. 



126545. Paraquilegia sp. Ranunculaceae. 



126546 to 126548. Tephrosia vogelli Hook. f. (Oracca vogelii 

 .Kuntze). Fabaceae, 



From Africa. Seeds from Northern Rhodesia, presented through the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey, England. Received January 10, 1938. 



126546. From Luwingu. A form with purplish flowers. 



126547. From Mporokoco. A form with white flowers. 



126548. From Kasama. A form with pink flowers. 



126549. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. Orchard grass 



From Canada. Seed presented by J. N. Bird, Department of Agriculture, Mac- 

 donald College, Quebec. Received January 11, 1938. 



Avon orchard grass. 



126550. Tephrosia vogelli Hook, f . Fabaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds purchased from the Mount Elgon Nurseries, Kenya Colony* 

 Received January 4, 1938. 



A purple-flowered form. 



For previous introduction see 126548. 



