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78915 to 78974— Continued. 



78921 to 78925. Enkianthus spp. Erica- 

 ceae. 



78921 to 78923. Exkiaxthus campaxu- 

 latus (Miquel) Nicholson. 



Redvein enkianthus. 



78921. Variety palibimi. A Japa- 

 nese shrub with the branches often 

 verticillate. oblanceolate green 

 leaves, paler beneath, and bell- 

 shaped drooping red flowers in 

 short terminal racemes. 



78922. Variety pallidiflorus. A shrub 

 with its branches usually ver- 

 ticillate, narrow green leaves, 

 paler beneath, up to 1% inches 

 long, and sessile terminal racemes 

 of nearly white flowers. Native 

 to Japan. 



78923. Variety recurvus. A Japa- 

 nese shrub with the branches usu- 

 ally verticillate, lanceolate papery 

 leaves up to 2 inches lung, and 

 pink flowers nearly half an inch 

 across, in terminal* clusters. 



78924. Enkiaxthus chixexsis French. 

 (£\ sinohimalaicus Craib). 



A Chinese shrub with elongated 



branches, lanceolate leaves up to 2 



inches long, and salmon-red flowers in 

 shortened racemes. 



78925. Enkianthus campaxulatus 

 (Miquel) Nicholson. 



Redvein enkianthus. 



Variety tcctus. A shrub native to 

 Japan, witb usually whorled branches, 

 leaves of variable shape up to an inch 

 Ion?, and sessile racemes of pink flow- 

 ers. 



78926. Fuchsia corymbiflora Ruiz and 

 Pav. Onagraceae. 



A handsome Peruvian fuchsia with 

 large serrate, taper-pointed leaves and 

 deep-red flowers. The plant becomes tall, 

 but requires support in order to attain 

 full height. It is adapted for training on 

 pillars or pergolas in the warmest parts 

 of the United States. 



For previous introduction see No. 65174. 



78927. Fuchsia corymbiflora Ruiz and 

 Pav. Onagraceae. 



Variety alba. A white-flowered form 

 from Peru. 



78928 to 78940. Gextiaxa spp. Gentiana- 

 ceae. Gentian. 



78928. Gextiaxa asclepiadea L. 



Milkweed gentian 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78858. 



78929. Gextiaxa asclepiadea L. 



Milkweed gentian, 



Variety alba. A white-flowered form. 



78930. Gextiaxa crassicaclis Duthie. 



A glabrous perennial a foot or more 

 high, native to western China, with 

 elliptic leaves and greenish-white flow- 

 ers. 20 to 30 in a head. 



78931. Gextiaxa cruciata L. 



Cross gentian. 



One of the less difficult alpine spe- 

 cies, making foot-high clumps with 

 handsome dark-green foliage and pro- 



78915 to 78974— Continued. 



ducing crowded heads of small, 4-lobed 

 blue flowers in late summer and early 

 autumn. Native to Europe and north- 

 ern Asia. 



78932. Gextiaxa lctea L. 



A coarse perennial species too large 

 for the rock garden with 3 to 4 foot 

 stems bearing handsome rugose foli- 

 age, crowned in late summer in the 

 upper whorls of leaves with crowded 

 clusters of slender-lobed golden-yellow 

 flowers. 



78933. Gextiaxa phlogifolia Schott 

 and Kotschy. 



A rather easy creeping alpine species, 

 native to central Europe, about 10 

 inches high, with clustered dark-blue 

 flowers, produced in early summer. 



78934. Gextiaxa purpurea L. 



A European alpine, with somewhat 

 lax stems up to 3 feet high, narrow 

 leaves, and dull purplish-blue flowers, 

 flushed and spotted yellowish brown 

 within, appearing in late summer. 



78935. Gextiaxa sapoxaria L. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial not ex- 

 ceeding 2 feet in height, with an as- 

 cending stem, narrow-pointed opposite 

 leaves and light-blue flowers. Native 

 to eastern North America. 



78936 to 78938. Gextiaxa septem- 

 fida Pall. 



78936. For previous introduction 

 and description see No. 78861. 



78937. Variety cordifolia. A variety 

 with heart-shaped leaves. From 

 Turkish Armenia. 



78938. Variety procumbens. A va- 

 riety with stems which tend to 

 lie flat on the ground. It is 

 smaller, more delicate than the 

 type and has a tendency to give 

 fewer, usually solitary flowers. 



78939. Gextiaxa tibetica King. 



Himalayan gentian. 



An erect plant 1% feet high, with 

 oblong-ovate leaves 5 to 7 inches long 

 and small dull yellowish-white axillary 

 flowers an inch long. Native to Tibet ; 

 introduced only for comparative study. 



78940. Gextiaxa tubulosa Gilg. 



An annual gentian from Argentina, 

 with upright stems 6 inches high, nar- 

 rowly oblong membranous leaves half 

 an inch long, and lilac-blue flowers, 

 usually solitary, about an inch long. 



78941. Hemerocallis plicata Hort. Lil- 

 iaceae. Daylily. 



78942. Philadelphus ixcaxus sargexti- 

 axus Koehne. Hydrangeaceae. 



Gray mockorange. 



A variety which has yellowish or 

 brownish branches and leaves with the 

 lower surfaces pilose. 



78943. Philadelphus sericaxthus reh- 

 deriaxus Koehne. Hydrangeaceae. 



Silk mockorange. 



A variety with broadly ovate leaves up 

 to 4% inches long and 2 inches wide. 



78944. Rosa foetida Herrmann (R. lutea 

 Mill.). Rosaceae. Austrian brier rose. 



