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75982 to 75990— Continued. 



75983. Incarvillea sinensis Lam. Bignonia- 

 ceae. 



No. 80. A biennial ornamental with long 

 spikes of rosv red or yellow flowers. Native to 

 China. 



75984 to 75990. Lonicera spp. Caprifoliaceae. 

 Honeysuckle. 



75984. Lonicera alpigena L. 



No. 125. An ornamental shrub up to 10 

 feet high, native to central Europe. The 

 greenish yellow flowers, tinged with dull red, 

 are borne in the axils of the elliptic leaves, 

 on stalks 2 inches long, and are followed by 

 cherrylike scarlet fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 74686. 



75985. Lonicera confusaDC. 



No. 137. A half-evergreen twining shrub, 

 native to eastern China, with dark-green, 

 ovate leaves and black fruits. The flowers, 

 in dense panicles, are white, changing to 

 yellow, and are delightfully fragrant. 



75986. Lonicera nervosa Maxim. 



No. 139. A hardy graceful Chinese shrub, 

 about 10 feet high, with slender, dark-purple 

 branchlets, oval, purple-veined leaves, small 

 pink flowers, and black berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 66811. 



75987. Lonicera orientalis Lam. 



No. 143. An ornamental shrub about 

 10 feet high, native to Asia Minor. The 

 ovate-lanceolate leaves are 2 to 4 inches long, 

 and the small, dull pink to violet flowers are 

 followed by black fruits. 



75988. Lonicera pyrenaica L. 



No. 145. A small upright shrub 3 to 4 feet 

 high, native to southern Europe. The leaves 

 are ovate to oblong, bluish green above and 

 whitish below, and the nodding flowers, on 

 slender stalks, are pinkish white and nearly 

 an inch long. The subglobose berries are red. 



75989. Lonicera tatarica parvifolia 

 Jaeger. 



No. 144. A form of the Tatarian honey- 

 suckle native to Turkestan, which has ovate- 

 elliptic bluish green leaves 2 inches long, 

 small white flowers, and orange-red fruits. 



75990. Lonicera xylosteoides Tausch (L. 

 micrantha Zabel). 



No. 135. An ornamental shrub, consid- 

 ered to be a hybrid between Lonicera tatarica 

 and L. xylosteum, with rhombic-ovate, 

 bluish green leaves and small pinkish flowers. 



75991 to 75994. 



From Africa. Seeds collected by L. W. Kephart 

 and R. L. Piemeisel, agricultural explorers, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received February 

 24, 1928. 



Indigo. 



75991. Indigofera sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 397. From the Kalalu farm, north of 

 Nanyuki, Kenya Colony, October, 1927. Ap- 

 parently a native species on the plains northwest 

 of Mount Kenya, Kenya Colony. It is one of 

 the few legumes that appears to be indigenous 

 to the thorn-bush plains. 



75992. Panicum trichocladum Hack. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



No. 395. December 21, 1927. Presented by 

 Dr. I. B. Pole Evans, botanist, Department of 

 Agriculture, Pretoria, Union of South Africa. 

 One of the promising grasses for the high dry 

 veldt in the Transvaal. It is a perennial grass 



75991 to 75994— Continued. 



with woody stems climbing to 8 feet, native to 

 east Africa. The narrowly lanceolate softly 

 pubescent leaves are 6 inches long, and the 

 flowers are in ovate panicles 2 to 6 inches long. 



75993. Quamoclit lobata (Cerv.) House (Ipo- 

 moea versicolor Meissn.). Convolvulaceae. 



Crimson starglory. 



No. 394. Presented by W. L. Watt, Super- 

 intendent, Scott Agricultural Laboratories, 

 Nairobi, Kenya Colony, November 20, 1927. 

 A vine with brilliant red and yellow flowers, 

 believed to be from tropical America, growing as 

 a volunteer among blue-flowered lupines in a 

 flower border on the grounds of the Scott labora- 

 tories. It is a vigorous perennial climber 15 to 20 

 feet high, the 3-lobed leaves have a cordate base, 

 and the bag-shaped corolla opens crimson and 

 fades to pale yellow. 



75994. Trifolium burchellianum Seringe. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 396. December 21, 1927. Growing at 

 the Department of Agriculture, Pretoria, Union 

 of South Africa. Dr. I. B. Pole Evans states 

 that this is the most cold-resistant of the indig- 

 enous clovers. It is a perennial South African 

 clover with prostrate rooting stems 1 to 2 feet 

 long. The three broadly obcordate leaflets are 

 on petioles 3 inches long, and the flower heads 

 closely resemble those of white clover, Trifolium 

 repens, but the teeth of the calyx lobes are longer 

 than the tube while in white clover they are 

 shorter than the tube. 



75995. Lavandula spica L. Men- 

 thaceae. Lavender. 



From Cannes, France. Seeds presented by F. 

 Chauvet & Co. Received February 24, 1928. 



Variety Delphinensis. A Mediterranean sub- 

 shrub up to 3 feet high, with white tomentose 

 young leaves and interrupted spikes of lavender 

 flowers. It is a source of lavender oil which is used 

 in perfumery, medicine, and the manufacture of 

 varnish. 



75996 and 75997. 



ceae. 



From Tunbridge Wells, England. Bulbs pur- 

 chased from R. Wallace & Co. Received 

 March 1, 1928. 



75996. LlLIUM concolor Salisb. 



Morningstar lily. 



Variety coridon. A handsome form from 

 Mongolia, with beautiful citron yellow flowers 

 more or less spotted with purplish brown. 



75997. Lilium speciosum Thunb. 



Variety album novum. A form distinct from 

 the variety Kraetzeri, with pure white flowers 

 which have beautiful golden-yellow anthers. 



75998 and 75999. 



From Summit, Canal Zone. Bulbs presented by 

 J. E. Higgins, Plant Introduction Garden. 

 Received September 8, 1927. Numbered in 

 March, 1928. 



75998. (Undetermined.) 



A bulbous plant with large white flowers, 

 growing in the mountains of Ecuador at an 

 altitude of 6,000 feet. 



75999. (Undetermined.) 



A bulbous plant growing in the mountains 

 of Bolivia at an altitude of 9,000 feet. The pale- 

 yellow flowers are campanulate, deeply seg- 

 mented, about 2 inches in diameter, and arranged 

 in large spikes a foot long. The bulbs are 3 to 4 

 inches in diameter. This plant covers large 

 areas on steep hillsides and blooms early in the 

 spring before the leaves appear. 



Lilium spp. Lilia- 



