30 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 138 



131908 to 131931.— Continued. 



131912. Fuchsia thymifolia H. B. K. 



A shrub 3 to 6 feet high, with small, ovate, nearly opposite leaves, 

 pubescent above, red flowers having obovate undulate petals, and red 

 fruits. Native to Mexico. 



For previous introduction see 97612. 



131913. Hypoxis villosa L. f. Amaryllidaceae. 



A stargrass with firm, lanceolate leaves 4 to 6 inches long and corymbs 

 of small, yellow flowers. Native to South Africa. 



131914. Neomarica vittata Sprague ( Ma r ica humilis Lodd.). Iridaceae. 



A neomarica with narrow ensiform leaves 1 to 1 1/2 feet long, 1 or 2 

 large fugitive, yellowish-white flowers having several transverse, red-brown 

 bars on the claws of the outer segments, and reflexed blue tips on the 

 inner ones. Native to Brazil. 



131915. Nerine sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



Received as "Nerine Candida," apparently a horticultural name of a 

 plant related to Nerine flexuosa alba. 



131916. Nomocharis saluenensis I. B. Balf. Liliaceae. 



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. 



For previous introduction see 126600. 



131917 to 131921. Pitcairnia spp. Bromeliaceae. 



131917. Pitcairnia andreana Linden. 



A pitcairnia less than 1 foot high, of the P. australis group, with 

 lanceolate, drooping, chartaceous leaves, white beneath, and bright-red 

 flowers over 2 inches long in a bright-red raceme which is erect, moder- 

 ately dense, and 5 inches long. Native to Venezuela. 



For previous introduction see 89493. 



131918. Pitcairnia integrifolia Ker. 



131919. Pitcairnia maidifolia Decaisne. 



131920. Pitcairnia punicea Scheidw. 



131921. Pitcairnia undulata Scheidw. 

 131922 to 131924. Rheum spp. Polygonaceae. 



131922. Rheum collinianum Baill. Collin rhubarb. 



131923. Rheum palmatum L. Sorrel rhubarb. 



131924. Rheum rhaponticum L. Common rhubarb. 

 131925 to 131927. Rhododendron spp. Ericaceae. 



131925. Rhododendron chartophyllum Franch. 



A distant species with the general characteristics of Rhododendron 

 yunnanense, but the leaves are usually deciduous, more narrowly 

 oblanceolate, and entirely wanting in bristles on the upper surface, 

 which are typical of the true R. yunnanense. 



For previous introduction see 101958. 



131926. Rhododendron pentaphyllum Maxim. Fiveleaf azalea. 



A deciduous shrub up to 25 feet high, with, usually, 5 elliptic- 

 , lanceolate leaves at the ends of the branches. The rose-pink flowers, 1 to 

 2 inches across, are solitary or in twos, appearing before or with the 

 leaves which turn orange or crimson in the autumn. Native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 127627. 



