6 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 134 



126577 to 126595. 



From Germany. Plants purchased from the Herm. P. Mauk Obstbaumschulen, 

 Wiirttemberg. Received January 7, 1938. 



126577 and 126578. Amygdalus persica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



126577. Konigin der Obstgarten. 126578. Sieger. 



126579. Cydonia oblonga Mill. Malaceae. Quince. 



Mammoth. 

 126580 to 126590. Malus sylvesteis Mill. Malaceae. Apple. 



126580. Aderslebener Cdlvill. 126586. Potts Seedling. 



126581. Brettscher Rambour. 126587. Prinz Albrecht v. Preussen. 



126582. Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg. 126588. Rhum von Kirchwarder. 



126583. Geheimrat Wesener. 126589. Schoner v. Extertal. 



126584. Josef Musch. 126590. Zieglerapfel. 



126585. MauJc's Frilhapfel. 



126591 and 126592. Petjnus domestica L. Amygdalaceae. Common plum. 



126591. Altham (Althanns Reine Claude). 



126592. Ruth GersteUer. 



126593 to 126595. Pyeus communis L. Malaceae. Common pear. 



126593. Birne a Tongern. 126595. Jos. v. Mecheln. 



126594. Herzogin Elsa. 



126596 to 126600. Nomocharis spp. Liliaceae. 



From England. Seeds purchased from W. A. Constable, Southborough, Tun- 

 bridge Wells. Received January 10, 1938. 



126596. Nomochaeis apeeta (Franch.) Smith and Evans. 



An erect alpine plant about a foot high, with a slender rhizome and small 

 lanceolate leaves, often ternate at the upper end of the stem. The pink flowers, 

 purplish punctate within, are at first nodding, then erect. Native to high 

 altitudes in Yunnan, China. 



For previous introduction see 99945. 



126597. Nomochaeis maieei Lev. 



A white-flowered, lilylike plant scarcely 2 feet high, with ovate, verticillate 

 leaves. Native to southwestern China. 



For previous introduction see 99957. 



126598. Nomochaeis paedanthina Franch. 



A beautiful plant about 3 feet high; the leaves are ternate, and the large 

 flowers, 3 inches across, are white, pink, purple, or red with deep irregular 

 blotches and salver-shaped corollas. Native to southwestern China between 

 9,000 and 11,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 84020. 



126599. Nomochaeis paedanthina faeeeei W. E. Evans. 



A plant about 2 feet high, with whorls of dark-green lanceolate leaves and 

 from 1 to 10 rose-pink to white flowers of variable shade, color, and spottings. 

 Native to alpine slopes among dwarf bamboos in Upper Burma. It differs 

 from the type in having fimbriate inner perianth segments. 



For previous introduction see 95558. 



126600. Nomochaeis saluenensis I. B. Balf. 



A tall herbaceous perennial up to 3 feet high, with lanceolate leaves about 

 3 inches long and racemose clusters of several large pale-rose flowers having 

 purplish-rose spots within. Native to Yunnan Province, China. 



