38 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 138 



132065 to 132084.— Continued. 

 132073 to 132077. Gentiana spp. Gentianaceae. 



132073. Gentiana asclepiadea L. Milkweed gentian. 



A comparatively robust subalpine species forming clumps of vigorous 

 stems up to 3 feet high, with opposite oval-pointed leaves. In late summer 

 it produces, from the upper axils, almost sessile, trumpet-shaped, 

 sapphire-blue flowers which weigh down the arching stalks. There is 

 some variation in color from seed which germinates freely and produces 

 flowering plants in about 3 years. The plant seems to be indifferent as 

 to whether the soil is alkaline or not. 



For previous introduction see 80271. 



132074. Gentiana cruciata L. Cross gentian. 



One of the less difficult alpine species, making foot-high clumps with 

 handsome dark-green foliage and producing crowded heads of small 

 4-lobed blue flowers in the late summer and early autumn. Native to 

 Europe and northern Asia. 



For previous introduction see 79233. 



132075. x Gentiana hascombensis Musgrave. 



A hardy rock-garden hybrid, Gentiana lagodechiana X G. septemfida 

 cordifolia, larger in leaf and inflorescence than the latter parent. The 

 flowers are uniform light blue. 



132076. Gentiana macrophylla Pall. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to northern Europe and Asia, with 

 an erect or ascending stem, narrow spreading leaves, and clustered heads 

 of dark-blue flowers. 



For previous introduction see 80278. 



132077. Gentiana septemfida Pall. 



A gentian, native to Asia, which resembles Gentiana asclepiadea, 

 requiring similar conditions. It makes spreading clumps up to 12 inches 

 high, with opposite ovate leaves and heads of wide-moutned, trumpet- 

 shaped blue flowers in late summer. It varies considerably in habit and 

 flower color, but all forms do well in peaty loam with ample water supply. 



For previous introduction see 80284. 



132078 to 132081. Kalanchoe spp. Crassulaceae. 



132078. Kalanchoe aleurodes W. T. Stearn. 



A stately, robust, nearly white kalanchoe with erect stems up to 2 feet 

 high, decusstate, entire, oblong to spatulate leaves up to 5 inches long. 

 Related to Kalanchoe orgyalis, but the crowded urceolate flowers are 

 greenish and larger. Native to Rhodesia. 



132079. Kalanchoe lanceolata (Forsk.) Pers. 



132080. Kalanchoe velutina Welw. 



A stout, erect, pale-green succulent 1 foot high, native to Somaliland, 

 Africa. The obovate entire or obscurely crenulate leaves are over 3 inches 

 long, and the flowers are in a flat cyme 4 to 5 inches across. The corolla 

 tube is pale yellow, and the petals are bright orange-red. 



132081. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora Harv. 



A suffrutescent succulent, 2 to 4 feet high, native to southern Africa. 

 The oblong-spatulate, pale-green leaves are 4 to 6 inches long, and the 

 coral-orange flowers are borne in an oblong, compact panicle. 



For previous introduction see 131095. 



132082. Ornithogalum comosum L. Liliaceae. 



132083. Viola munbyana Boiss. and Reut. Violaceae. 



