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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



78871 to 78914— Continued. 



73399. EBICA v.vo.ws L. 



Cornish heath. 



A low European shrub a foot or more 

 high, with its leaves in whorls of four 

 or Ave, and pale purplish red flowers. 



78900 and 78901. CaLLUNA vulgaris (L.) 

 Salisb. Heather. 



78900. A low evergreen European 

 shrub 1 to 2 feet high, with small 

 ovate leaves and dense racemes 6 to 

 10 inches long of rosy pink flowers. 



78901. Variety alba. 

 form. 



A white-flowered 



78902. Genista monospermy (L.) Lam*. 

 Fabaceae. Bridal-veil broom. 



An ornamental leguminous shrub, na- 

 tive to Spain, about 10 feet hi£h with 

 slender grayish branches and small, very 

 narrow leaves. The fragrant white flow- 

 ers are in short lateral racemes. 



78903 to 75 

 ceae. 



Geranium spp. Gerania- 

 Cranesbill. 



78903. Geranium andressi J. Gay. 



A European perennial 1% feet high 

 which has a brown hairy stem, opposite 

 palmate leaves, and light-rose flowers 

 with the petals fringed at the base. 



78904. Geranium lowii Hort. 



A plant 2 feet high. The bright rose 

 flowers have violet centers. 



78905. Geranium sanguineum L. 



Variety album. A white-flowered 

 form. 



78906. Geranium sessiliflorum Cav. 



A low herbaceous perennial which 

 forms compact tufts of dark-green 

 leaves, among which .nestle scores of 

 grayish white flowers. Native to Aus- 

 tralia and Chile. 



78907 to 78909. Menziesia 

 Juss. Ericaceae. 



POLIFOLIA 



A low evergreen shrub, about 2 feet 

 high, with shining dark-green elliptic 

 leaves half an inch long and flowers 

 in racemes. Native to western Europe. 



73907. A purple-flowered variety. 



78908. Variety alba. A white-flowered 

 variety. 



78909. Variety atropurpurea. A va- 

 riety with deep-purple flowers. 



LONGIFOLIA 



78910 and 78911. Morina 

 Wall. Dipsacaceae. 



78910. A hairy thistlelike perennial 3 

 to 4 feet high, with narrow leaves 

 6 inches long and showy crimson 

 flowers crowded in dense whorls 

 near the top of the stem. Native 

 to the Himalayas at altitudes of 

 9,000 to 14,000 feet. 



78911. Variety gigantea. A variety 

 with bright-red stems 5 feet high. 



78912. Primula capitata Hook. Primu- 

 laceae. Primrose. 



Variety mooreanus. A form of the 

 species with fine round heads of deep- 

 violet flowers, calyxes and stems dusted 

 with white farina, and rosettes of 

 spreading green leaves. 



78913. Primula chionantha Balf. and 

 Forr. Primrose. 



78871 to 78914— Continued. 



A stout herbaceous plant 1 to 2 feet 

 high, with blunt narrowly oval leaves, 

 sulphur-mealy beneath, and clusters of 

 white flowers borne in a many-flowered 

 umbel at the apex of a stout scape. It 

 appears to thrive best in rich moist soil. 



78914. Roscoea purpurea J. E. Smith. 

 Zinzlberaceae. 



A thick-rooted perennial giugerlike 

 Himalayan plant about a foot high with 

 sessile lanceolate leaves and purple, rarely 

 pale lilac or white flowers in a sessile 

 spike. 



78915 to 78974. 



From Edinburgh, Scotland. Seeds presented 

 by William Wright Smith, Regius Keeper, 

 Royal Botanic Garden. Received Febru- 

 ary 27, 1929. 



78915 to 78919. Berberis spp. Berberi- 

 daceae. Barberry. 



78915. Berberis angulosa Wall. 



An ornamental shrub from the 

 mountainous sections of northern 

 India, which becomes about 4 feet 

 high, with dark glossy green leaves, 

 large solitary globose orange-yellow 

 flowers half an inch wide, and ellipti- 

 cal, scarlet berries nearly an inch 

 long. The autumnal coloring of the 

 foliage is said to be very striking, 

 and the fruits, less acid than most 

 barberries, are edible. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65223. 



78916. Berberis brevipaniculata C. 

 Schneid. Shortcluster barberry. 



A shrub from western China with 

 tawny glabrous young branches later 

 becoming furrowed and ash-colored, 

 and graceful golden spines. The ob- 

 long entire clustered leaves are one- 

 third of an inch long, shining above, 

 distinctly glaucous, and with a bloom. 

 The small graceful flowers are in pani- 

 cles which are sometimes an inch long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 . 52336. 



73917. Berberis buxifolia Lam. 



Magellan barberry. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78876. 



78918. Berberis umbellata Wall. 



Barberry. 



A hardy subevergreen Himalayan 

 shrub about 3 feet high, with narrow 

 leaves slightly glaucous beneath, and 

 umbellate racemes of yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65755. 



78919. Berberis wallichiana DC. 



Variety compacta. An evergreen 

 shrubby barberry from the Himalayas. 

 It is probably too tender for the North. 



78920. Carmichaelia flagelliformis Co- 

 lenso. Fabaceae. 



A new Zealand shrub about 4 feet high, 

 with stiff slender flat green branches 

 which take the place of leaves and short 

 dense axillary fascicles of purplish 

 flowers borne in great profusion. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76562. 



