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135509 to 135540— Continued 



135532. Rosa sp. 



No. 4781. From Mak, October 3, 1939. Altitude 8,500 feet. A well-formed 

 bush 5 feet high, found along a stream. 



135533. Rosa sp. 



No. 4783. From Mak, October 3, 1939. Altitude 8,500 feet. A bush 4 feet 

 high, found along a stream; spreads from roots. 



135534. Rosa sp. 



No. 4785. From Gharchi, October 3, 1939. Altitude 8,000 feet. A bush 

 4 feet high, found on a dry slope; leaves scented. 



135535. Rosa sp. 



No. 4793. From Gharchi, October 4, 1939. Altitude 8,500 feet. A bush 



4 feet high, found along a stream; spreads by roots. 



135536. Rosa sp. 



No. 4798. From Gurzan, October 5, 1939. Altitude 8,500 feet. A rose 33^ 

 feet high, covering more than 10 square rods of slope near a spring stream, 

 apparently spreading from the roots; hips large, somewhat flattened; flowers 

 probably yellow. 



135537. Rosa sp. 



No. 4799. From Gurzan, October 5, 1939. Altitude 8,500 feet. A bush 6 

 feet high, growing along a stream, scraggly; hips very large, 1^2 inches long. 



135538. Rosa sp. 



No. 4804. From Gurzan, October 5, 1939. Altitude 9,000 feet. A bush 6 to 

 8 feet high, growing on a dry slope, hips globose, crimson; fruit in clusters. 



135539. Rosa sp. 



No. 5026. From Puli Komri, October 7, 1939. Altitude 4,000 feet. A bush 



5 feet high, from the border of a field; flower said to be single, yellow. 



135540. Rosa cabulica Boiss. 



No. 5089. From Kabul, November 20, 1939. A rose, that becomes 20 feet 

 high, with virgate stems, leaves of 5 to 7 ovate leaflets and terminal white 

 flowers 3 inches across, solitary or in corymbs. Related to Rosa heggeriana. 

 Native to Afghanistan. 



135541 to 135549. Lilium spp. Liliaceae. Lily. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by K. Wada, Hakoneya Nurseries, Numazu-Shi. 

 Received February 17, 1940. 



135541 and 135542. Lilium auratum Lindl. Goldband lily. 



135541. Late-flowering. 



135542. Midseason. 



For previous introduction see 134966. 



135543. Lilium cernuum Komar. 



A martagon lily with a slender, rigid stem up to 2 feet high, the base and upper 

 part naked, or nearly so, numerous, crowded, linear or strap-shaped leaves 2 to 7 

 inches long, and fragrant, nodding, lilac, purple-spotted flowers, solitary, in um- 

 bels, or racemes of 3 to 6. Related to Lilium tenuifolium, but with longer, more 

 numerous leaves and much smaller fragrant flowers, nearly globose in shape. 

 Native to eastern Asia. 



135544. Lilium cordifolium Thunb. Lily. 



A Japanese lily, 3 to 4 feet high, with pendulous leaves 12 to 18 inches long and 

 nearly as wide and a raceme of 4 to 10 fragrant white flowers often 6 inches long. 



135545 and 135546. Lilium philippinense var. formosanum (Baker) Wilson. 



135545. Leucantkum. 



135546. Platy folium. 



