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78686 to 78696— Continued. 



broadly lanceolate plain leaves and 

 bright-yellow flowers with white 

 anthers. 



78690. LlLIDM PARVIFLORUM (Hook.) 



Holzinger. Liliaceae. Panther lily. 



This lily, native to northwestern North 

 America, closely resembles the leopard 

 lily, L. pardalinum, but the flowers, of the 

 same bright yellow with purplish spots, 

 are smaller and are usually solitary or 

 only two or three together. 



78691 to 78695. Pextstemox spp. Scro- 

 phulariaceae. Beardtongue. 



78691. Pextstemox coxfertus Doug- 

 las. 



A herbaceous perennial, 2 feet high, 

 native to Oregon and northern Cali- 

 fornia, with nearly entire lanceolate to 

 linear leaves and a narrow interrupted 

 spike of cream-white to sulphur-yellow 

 flowers. 



78692. Pextstemon coxfektds caeku- 

 LEO-PURruREUs A. Gray. 



A variety of the preceding with flow- 

 ers blue-purple to violet. 



78693. Pentstemon diffdsus Douglas. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 northwestern North America, with dif- 

 fuse stems 2 feet high, lanceolate to 

 cordate-ovate deeply serrate leaves, and 

 a leafy cluster of light-purple 2-lipped 

 flowers. 



78694. Pextste.mox mexziesii Hook. 



A herbaceous perennial with a woody 

 base, native to Washington and British 

 Columbia. The stems are less than a 

 foot high, the thick leaves are obovate, 

 and the violet-blue to purple flowers, 

 an inch long, are borne in a spreading 

 raceme. 



78695. Pextste.mox ovatus Douglas. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 northwestern North America, with a 

 slender but erect stem 4 feet high, 

 ovate thin serrate bright-creen leaves, 

 and lax clusters of 2-lipped blue flowers 

 changing to purple. 



78696. SlSYRINCHIUM CALIFORXICUM Ait. 



Iridaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial with linear 

 leaves a foot long, a leafless broadly 

 winged stem, iy 2 feet high, with a cluster 

 of three to six brown-lined yellow flowers 

 half an inch long. Native to California. 



78697 to 78743. 



From Deli Valley, Mishmi Hills, Assam, 

 India. Seeds collected by Capt. F. King- 

 don Ward and presented by Maj. Lionel 

 de Rothschild, London, England. Re- 

 ceived January 19, 1929. 



78697. Abelia sp. Caprifoliaceae. 



No. 8180. May 8, 1928. Golden Abelia. 

 A small shrub with long, drooping ra- 

 cemes of bright-yellow flowers. Only one 

 plant was found in the dense thickets on 

 sheltered cliffs at an altitude of 6,000 

 feet. 



78698. Acoxitum sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Aconite. 



No. 8724. October 1, 1928. An orna- 

 mental herbaceous perennial, 2 to 4 feet 

 high, growing on alpine meadow slopes at 

 an altitude of 12,000 feet. 



78697 to 78743 — Continued. 



78699. Androsace sp. Primulaceae. 



No. 8565. August 23, 1928. A small 

 herbaceous perennial resembling Andro- 

 sace henyri, 6 inches high, bearing large 

 many-flowered heads. It grows in dense 

 undergrowth on the banks of gullies in 

 the middle of the rain forest, above an 

 altitude of 10,000 feet. 



78700. Arisaema sp. Araceae. 



No. 8085. April 12, 1928. A large 

 herbaceous perennial closely related to 

 the Indian turnip, with papery, color- 

 less spathes which are striped with pur- 

 ple. It grows in the temperate rain for- 

 est at an altitude of 7,000 feet. 



78701. Buddleia sp. Loganaceae. 



No. 8559. August 23, 1928. A floppy 

 undershrub, 2 to 3 feet high, growing on 

 steep, w r ell-shaded slopes, among bamboos 

 or in gullies among subalpine flowers, at 

 an altitude of 11,000 feet. The leaves 

 are very large, and the fragrant flowers 

 are cream white with orange centers. 



78702. Caltha sp. Ranunculaceae. 



No. 8616. August 28, 1928. A herba- 

 ceous perennial about a foot high, with 

 an abundance of magenta flowers. It 

 grow T s in alpine gullies and on alpine 

 meadow slopes at an altitude between 

 11,000 and 12,000 feet. 



78703. Bryocarpum himalaicum Hook. f. 

 and Thorns. Primulaceae. 



No. 8236. May 23, 192S. A herbace- 

 ous perennial about 2 feet nigh, with 

 solitary nodding yellow flowers which 

 appear before the large leaves. It grows 

 under bamboos or in an Abies forest, on 

 steep slopes, at altitudes between 10,000 

 and 11,000 feet. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 41417. 



78704. Dicextra sp. Papaveraceae. 



No. 8649. September 17, 1928. An 

 annual climbing vine with sea-green leaves 

 and bunches of yellow flowers, borne in 

 the autumn, which are followed by red, 

 pear-shaped fruits. It grows in the for- 

 est at an altitude between 8,000 and 

 9,000 feet. 



78705. Gaultheria sp. Eriaceae. 



No. 8725. October 26, 1928. A shrub 

 3 to 6 feet high, with crowded spikes of 

 white flowers and an abundance of black 

 berries which have a white bloom. It 

 grows on open, grass-clad slopes along 

 the edge of the forest at altitudes be- 

 tween 6,000 and 7,000 feet. 



78706. Hedychium sp. Zinziberaceae. 



No. 8483. July 24, 1928. A strong- 

 growing herbaceous perennial, 2 feet high, 

 with purplish leaves and white flowers 

 from a creeping rhizome. It grows at an 

 altitude of 6,000 feet. 



78707. Hypericum sp. Hypericaceae. 



No. 8444. July 12, 1928. An orna- 

 mental shrub, with an abundance of 

 small bright-yellow flowers, growing in 

 open stony pastures near cultivated land 

 at an altitude of 5,000 feet. 



78708. Lysimachia sp. ( Nummu laria sp.). 

 Primulaceae. 



No. 8574. August 23, 1928. A semi- 

 erect herbaceous perennial nearly a foot 

 high, bearing an abundance of yellow 



