JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1941 5 



139671 to 139678— Continued 



139675. 45-37. 139677. Grupo 3 



139676. Grupo 1. 139678. 38-1. 



139679 to 139692. Lilium spp. Liliaceae. 



From Japan. Seeds obtained from K. Wada, Hakoneya Nurseries, Numazu-shi. Re- 

 ceived January 16, 1941. 



139679. Lilium longiflorum var. alexandrae X auratum. 

 Very early flowering variety. 



139680. Lilium elegans Thunb. 



Crimson Queen. Received as L. longiflorum X auratum giganteum, now referred 

 to the above. 



139681. Lilium auratum var. platyphyllum X longiflorum var. alexandrae. 



139682. Lilium auratum var. platyphyllum Baker. 

 Bicolor. 



139683. Lilium. 



L. auratum var. platyphyllum var. Bicolor X L. auratum var. giganteum var. 

 Crimson Queen. 



139684. Lilium auratum var. virginale Duchartre. 



139685. Lilium sp. 



Received as L, dauricum wilsonii, for which a place of publication has not been 

 found. 



139686. Lilium japonicum Thunb. Japanese lily. 



A species rather delicate under cultivation, with a globular, white or pale-yellow 

 bulb 2 inches in diameter, purple-dotted smooth stems 2 to 4 feet high, IS to 20 hori- 

 zontal, lanceolate leaves about 8 inches long, and 1 to 7 deliriously fragrant rose-pink 

 tubular flowers 5 to 7 inches long and wide. Native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 139586. 



139687. Lilium medeoloides A. Gray. 



139688. Lilium speciosum var. gloriosoides Baker. 

 Delicatum. 



139689. Lilium speciosum var. gloriosoides Baker. 

 Superbum. 



139690. Lilium speciosum f. punctatum X auratum var. platyphyllum. 



139691. Lilium speciosum Thunb. 



139692. Lilium tsingtauense Gilg. Lily. 



A lily of the Pseudolirion group, up to 3 feet high, with scattered and whorled 

 oblong-oblanceolate leaves, and one to six erect, inodorous orange flowers, the seg- 

 ments about 2 inches long. Native to Shantung, China, and Korea. 



For previous introduction see 124713. 



139693 to 139696. 



From Uruguay. Seeds presented by R. Salgueiro Silveira, Seccion Information y 

 Ensefianza, Montevideo. Received January 13, 1941. 



139693. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poaceae. 

 Grohoma. (1940 crop.) 



139694 and 139695. Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense (Piper) Hitchc. 

 139694. La Estanzuela. 



