12 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 140 



133601 to 133608. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the Director, 

 Tiflis Botanical Institute, Tiflis. Received July 31, 1989. 



133601 to 133604. Bellevalia spp. Liliaceae. 



133601. Bellevalia longistyla (Miscz.) Grossh. 



A bulbous plant with lanceolate leaves about 1 foot high and y 2 inch wide, 

 and a panicle of 15 to 25 small rusty-purple, campanulate flowers. Native 

 to the Caucasus region. 



For previous introduction see 115865. 



133602. Bellevalia maktjensis Voronov. 



A bulbous plant, native to dry places in the Caucasus, with leaves 8 to 12 

 inches long and y 2 inch wide and a broad panicle of small brown-violet 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 108784. 



133603. Bellevalia speciosa Voronov. 



A bulbous plant native to Armenia and Transcaucasia, with 4 or 5 lorate 

 narrow leaves about 6 inches long with narrow cartilaginous margins and 

 small yellow flowers in a dense raceme about 7 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 108785. 



133604. Bellevalia wilhelmsii (Stev.) Voron. 



133605. Cyclamen ibericum Stev. Primulaceae. 



A dwarf herbaceous perennial with oval-rounded leaves zoned with white, 

 also purple flowers with darker-colored throats. Native to the Caucasus 

 region. 



For previous introduction see 109794. 



133606. Muscari colchicum Grossheim. Liliaceae. Grape-hyacinth. 



133607. Muscari tenuiflorum Tausch. Liliaceae. Grape-hyacinth. 



A grape-hyacinth from south-central Europe, similar to Muscari comoswn, 

 but generally smaller, with upright, narrower, linear leaves as tall as the stem, 

 which is about 1 foot high. The lower fertile flowers, in a cylindrical raceme, 

 are apple green with deep-brown, slightly recurved segments, while the numer- 

 ous sterile flowers form a rather dense, long raceme above. 



For previous introduction see 90636. 



133608. Sternbergia colchiciflora Waldst. and Kit. Amaryllidaceae. 



An autumn-blooming sternbergia with 4 to 6 erect linear leaves 3 to 4 inches I 

 long and bright-yellow flowers with the cylindrical perianth tube % inch or 

 longer, also oblanceolate segments about 1 inch long. Native to southern 

 Europe. 



133609 and 133610. Prunus avium L. Amygdalaceae. Mazzard. 



From Denmark. Seeds presented by the Universitetets Botaniske Have, Koben- 

 havn. Received July 31, 1939. 



133609. Seeds from plants grown in the botanic garden at Copenhagen. 



133610. Seeds from wild trees, collected in northern Sjaelland. 



133611 to 133620. Solanum spp. Solanaceae. 



From Argentina. Tubers presented by Paul O. Nyhus, Agricultural Attache^ 

 American Embassy, Buenos Aires. Received August 8, 1939. 



133611 to 133617. Solanum andigenum Juzepchuk and Bukasov. 



A tuberous solanum native to Peru. 



133611. Var. Del Cerro. 



133612. Var. Runa Blanca. 



