44 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 142 



135541 to 135549— Continued 



135547. Lillium leichtlinii var. maximowiczii (Regel) Baker. 

 Grandijlora. 



135548. Lilium tenuifolium Fisch. Coral lily. 



A martagon lily with stout gray-green stems 3 to 5 feet high, clothed with dense 

 white scabrid pubescence, and linear to lanceolate leaves 2 to 4 inches long. The 

 fragrant, nodding flowers, 2 inches long, are in subverticillate clusters of 2 to 12 

 and vary in color from purple-spotted white to pink. 



For previous introduction see 102853. 



135549. Lilium rubellum Baker. Rubellum lily. 



A miniature trumpet lily from Japan with slender green stems spotted with 

 purple, rarely exceeding 2 feet in height, narrow leaves, and 1 to 8 smallish trum- 

 pets of rosy white, flushed darker without. It is more delicate than Kramer's 

 lily (Lilium japonicum), and, like it, should be grown in a low shrubby under- 

 growth, where its head can rise to full sun. 



For previous introduction see 78864. 



135550 to 135635. 



From Manchuria. Seeds presented by B. V. Skvortzov, Harbin. Received Janu- 

 ary 6, 1940. 

 Unless otherwise stated, the material was received as seeds. 



135550. Agropyron amurense Drobov. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 39. From a desert steppe near Sartu, west of Harbin, October 19, 1939. 

 A perennial grass native to the Amur district of eastern Asia. 



For previous introduction see 131532. 



135551 and 135552. Agropyron CILIARE (Trin.) Franch. Grass. 



A tall-growing, short-awned grass. 



135551. No. 37. From Huangshan, September 12, 1939. 



135552. No. 38. From a desert steppe near Sartu, west of Harbin, Septem- 

 ber 12, 1939. 



For previous introduction see 109805. 



135553. Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. Crested wheatgrass. 



No. 49. From the desert steppe region of Anda, North Manchuria, September 

 10, 1939. 



For previous introduction see 121787. 



135554. Agrostis clavata Trin. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 29. From the Sungari River valley, near Harbin, August 12, 1939. A 

 perennial grass native to northeastern Asia. 



135555. Agrostis sp. Grass. 

 No. 24. From near Maoershan, east of Harbin, September 18, 1939. 



135556. Alopecurus longearistatus Maxim. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 26. From near Hsiaoling, North Manchuria, September 10, 1939. An 

 annual grass native to northeastern Asia. 



135557. Anemone dahurica Fisch. Ranunculaceae. 



No. 84. From grassy hills near Hsiaoling, July 1939. An anemone with stems 

 up to 1 foot high, divided leaves, and salrnon-pink to pale rose-purple flowers 

 about \y<i inches across. Native to northeastern Asia. 



135558. Aquilegia oxysepala Trautv. and Meyer. Ranunculaceae. 



Early columbine. 



No. 83. From mountain meadows near Hsiaoling, east of Harbin, August 

 1939. A very early flowering herbaceous perennial 2 to 3 feet high, with large 

 blue, yellow, and white flowers. The spurs are short and bent forward. 



