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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



76203 to 76279— Continued. 

 762G0. Lonicera iiispida Pall. 



A western Chinese shrub, 3 to 5 feet high, 

 with obloyg leaves, yellowish flowers over an 

 inch long subtended with whitish bracts 

 nearly an inch long and followed by oblong 

 bright-red berries. 



For previous introduction see No. 42316. 



76261. LONICERA LANCEOLATA Wall. 



A Himalayan shrub, 10 to 15 feet high, 

 with ovate leaves, pale violet flowers, and 

 black fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 53710. 



76262. LONICERA MINUTIFLORA Zabel. 



A hybrid between Lonicera morrowii and 

 L. zylosteoides, with rather small oblong leaves 

 and small flowers. 



76263. Lonicera muscaviensis Rehder. 



A hybrid between Lonicera morrowii and 

 L. ruprechtiana, differing from the former in 

 having acuminate leaves and from the latter 

 in having longer pubescent bracts. 



76264. Lonicera obovata Royle. 



A Himalayan shrub, about 6 feet high, 

 with obovate leaves, nodding whitish flowers, 

 and blue-black fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 53713. 



76265. Lonicera segreziensis Lavall. 



An upright shrub, about 10 feet high, with 

 dark bluish green leaves, yellowish flowers, 

 and dark-red fruits. It is supposed to be a 

 hybrid between Lonicera xylosteum and L. 

 quinquelocularis. 



76266. Lonicera tatarica L. 



Tartarian honeysuckle. 



Variety Finzleyi. A variety of the com- 

 mon Tartarian honeysuckle for which a 

 description has not been found. 



76267. Narcissus bulbocodium L. Amarylli" 

 daceae. Petticoat daffodil- 



A long-trumpet yellow daffodil with a thin 

 flaring corona 2 inches long. It is native to the 

 Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see No. 66590. 



76268. Narcissus cyclamineus Baker. Ama- 

 ryllidaceae. Daffodil. 



A drooping long-trumpet daffodil with the 

 lemon-yellow perianth segments reflexed and 

 the crenate crown orange-yellow. It is native 

 to Portugal. 



76269. Paeonia woodwardii Hort. 

 laceae. 



Ranuncu- 

 Peony. 



A description or place of publication for this 

 form has not been found. 



scouleri Lindl. Scro- 



76270. Pentstemon 

 phulariaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to Oregon, 

 with narrowly lanceolate leaves and terminal 

 racemes of violet-purple flowers. 



76271. Pernettya mucronata (L. f.) Gaud. 

 Ericaceae. Broadleaf pernettya. 



A Magellan evergreen shrub, 2 feet high, 

 with small ovate spiny pointed leaves, nodding 

 pink-tinged flowers, and white to dark-purple 

 fruits, half an inch long, which stay on the 

 branches all winter. 



For previous introduction see No. 73444. 



76203 to 76279— Continued. 



76272. ItOMULEA CRUCIATA Eckl. 



Iridaceae. 



>utb African small bulbous perennial 

 with narrowly lanceolate leaves 8 inches long 

 and scapes (j inches high with pink flowers 2 

 inches in diameter. 



76273. Rosa spinulifolia Dematra. Rosaceae. 



Rose. 



A Kuropeun shrub, 3 to 4 feet high, with 

 reddish brown stems and red thorns, five ovate- 

 serrate leaflets, small single pale pink flowers, 

 and obovate fruits at first purple but finally 

 turning black. 



76274. Staphylea colchica coulombieri (An- 

 dre) Zabel. Staphyleaceae. Bladdernut. 



A vigorous form with larger acuminate 

 leaflets of Staphylea colchica which is an upright 

 shrub with five leaflets, 0-inch panicles of white 

 flowers, and obovoid 2-lobed to 3-Iobed bladdery 

 fruits. Native to the Caucasus region. 



76275. Styrax wilsonii Rehder. Styracaceae. 



Chinese snowbell. 



A handsome free-flowering western Chinese 

 shrub which begins flowering when only a few 

 inches high. It becomes 12 feet high and has 

 ovate leaves, clusters of white flowers, and 

 small grayish fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 66608. 



76276. Syringa tomentella Bur. and Franch 

 (S. wilsonii C. Schneid.). Oleaeeae. 



Wilson lilac. 



A slender Chinese shrub about 10 feet high, 

 with oblong-lanceolate leaves and loose panicles 

 of white to lilac flowers. 



For[previous introduction see No. 73284. 



76277. ^Syringa yunnanensis Franch. Olea- 

 eeae. Yunnan lilac. 



An upright shrub, 8 to 10 feet high, native to 

 Yunnan, China, with slender panicles of pink 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 73450. 



76278. Viburnum veitchi C. H. Wright. 

 Caprifoliaceae. Veitch viburnum . 



A central Chinese shrub, 5 to 7 feet high, with 

 branchlets, leaves, and flower stalks stellate 

 pubescent. The white flowers are in dense 

 cymes 6 inches across, and the fruits are red at 

 first, finally changing to black. 



For previous introduction see No. 62589. 



76279. Vitis kaempferi Koch (V. coignetiae 

 Pulliat). Vitaceae. Grape. 



A handsome ornamental Japanese vine with 

 orbicular-ovate leaves a foot across which turn 

 crimson in the autumn. The black fruits^ 

 with a purple bloom, are not edible. 



For previous introduction see No. 



76280 to 76297. Hordeum spp. Poa- 

 ceae. 



From Baghdad, Iraq. Seeds presented by J. F. 

 Webster, Inspector General of Agriculture. 

 Received March 8, 1928. 



Iraqi barley grown at Rustam. 



to 76283. Hordeum distichon nigricans 

 Seringe. Two-rowed barley. 



76280. No. B-112. 76282. No. B-114. 



76281. No. B-113. 76283. No. B-127. 



