20 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 134 



127059 to 127061. 



From England. Seeds presented by the Department of Botany, The University, 

 Manchester. Received February 8, 1938. 



127059. Impatiens amphorata Edgew. Impatientaceae. 



An erect branching annual with large elliptic leaves and interrupted racemes 

 of many large rose-colored and yellow flowers with red veins. Native to the 

 western temperate Himalayas. 



127060. Bowiea volubilis Hook, f. {Ophiooostryx volubilis Skeels). Liliaceae. 



An asparaguslike perennial with a globose bulb 4 to 6 inches in diameter, 

 small erect linear leaves, and a slender twining stem 6 to 8 feet long. The 

 numerous small greenish flowers are less than y 2 inch long. Native to southern 

 Africa. 



For previous introduction see 114661. 



127061. Salvia cleistogama De Bary and Paul. Menthaceae. Sage. 



An erect perennial 1 to 2 feet high, covered with long hairs, with ovate oblong 

 irregularly pinnatifid leaves, usually about 3 inches long, and blue flowers % 

 inch long in distant whorls. Native to southern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 104586. 



127062. Ribes sativum Syme. Grossulariaceae. Garden currant. 



From Germany. Cuttings presented by Dr. Ernst Munch, Forstbotanisches In- 

 stitut, Munich. Received February 12, 1938. 



Red Holland currant. Cuttings from plants grown at the Grafrath Experiment 

 Station where, for 5 years, they have shown complete resistance to white-pine 

 blister rust. 



127063. Hyaeenocallis calathina (Ker) Nichols. Amaryllidaceae. 



Lilybasket. 



From Maryland. Plants growing at the United States Plant Introduction Gar- 

 den, Glenn Dale. Originally presented by Roy G. Pierce, Bureau of Ento- 

 mology and Plant Quarantine. Numbered February 14, 1938. 



A bulbous perennial, native to Peru and Bolivia, with 6 to 8 strap-shaped leaves 

 less than 2 feet long and a 2-edged scape about 2 feet high, bearing a sessile umbel 

 of 2 to 5 flowers. The perianth tube, 3 to 4 inches long, is green and enlarged 

 above ; the lanceolate segments, as long as the tube, are white ; and the corollalike 

 cup is green striped, with rounded fringed lobes. 



For previous introduction see 93161. 



127064. Kubus. Rosaceae. 



From England. Plants presented by F. G. F. Glenny, Surfleet, Spalding. Re- 

 ceived February 14, 1938. 



'Norfolk, Giant Red raspberry. 



127065. Xanthosoma sp. Araceae. 



From Florida. Tubers presented by Mrs. W. D. Diddell, Jacksonville. Received 

 February 11, 1938. 



127066. Pancratium illteicum L. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by Dr. Mario Ercoli, Director, La Mortola, Venti- 

 miglia. Received February 12, 1938. 



A southern European pancratium with 5 or 6 strap-shaped leaves and 6 to 12 

 white flowers about 1 inch long, in an umbel borne on a scape 1 foot or more long. 

 Native to the Mediterranean region. 



