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78915 to 78974— Continued. 



78964. Sedum telephium borderi Mas- 

 ters. 



A variety with reddish stems and 

 flat-topped "corymbs of pink flowers. 



78965 to 78973. Sempervivum spp. Cras- 

 snlaceae. Houseleek. 



78965. Sempervivum arenarium Koch. 



Sand houseleek. 



A succulent European alpine which 

 forms globular rosettes of 60 to 80 

 bright-green oblanceolate leaves. The 

 pale-yellow flowers are in dense heads. 



78966. Sempervivum barbatum C. 

 Smith. 



A shrubby succulent with stout stems 

 and flat rosettes of oblong spatulate 

 leaves. The yellow flowers are in 

 rather open i panicles. Native to the 

 Canary Islands. 



78967. Sempervivum glaucum Tenore. 



Fuzzy houseleek. 



A succulent alpine, native to central 

 Europe, which forms rosettes 2 to 3 

 inches in diameter, with oblanceolate 

 glaucous leaves and about a dozen pale 

 or bright-red flowers in a short com- 

 pact panicle on a densely hairy stem 

 about a foot high. 



78968. Sempervivum sanguineum 

 Jeanb. 



A low compact reddish bairy succu- 

 lent alpine with oval-acuminate leaves 

 and small pink flowers in few-flowered 

 clusters on slender stems 5 to 8 inches 

 long. Native to the Pyrenees. 



78969. Sempervivum schnittspahnii 

 Lagg. 



A succulent alpine, native to Switzer- 

 land, with a rosette of narrowly ovate 

 smooth leaves and pink flowers on an 

 upright stem. 



78970 to 78972. Sempervivum tbc- 

 torum L. Roof houseleek. 



A European herbaceous perennial 

 with rosettes of obovate sharp-pointed 

 thick pale-green leaves having distinct 

 red tips, and densely pilose flowering 

 stems a foot high, bearing branched 

 panicles of pale-red flowers. 



78970. Variety glaucum. 



78971. Variety pulchrum. 



78972. Variety robustum. 



78973. Sempervivum verloti Lamotte. 



An alpine succulent with small ro- 

 settes of dark-green obovate leaves 

 about an inch long, and 8 to 12 small 

 rose-colored flowers on each peduncle 

 of a branched panicle. Native to west- 

 ern Europe. 



78974. Viburnum dastaxthum Rehder. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



A hardy ornamental shrub 7 feet high 

 from the mountains of western Hupeh, 

 China, where it grows at altitudes of 

 4,000 to 9,000 feet. The narrow toothed 

 leaves are dark metallic green above, 

 paler beneath, and prominently veined. 

 The flowers are in lax panicles, and the 

 small red berries make the shrub a 

 striking object of beauty in the fruiting 

 season. 



99895—30 4 



78975 to 79052. 



From Kew, Surrey, England. Seeds and 

 bulblets presented by Dr. A. W. Hill. Di- 

 rector, Royal Botanic Gardens. Received 

 March 1. 1929. 



78975 to 79001. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



78975. Allium beesianum W. W. 

 Smith. 



An ornamental western Chinese 

 onion. 9 to 18 inches high, with pendu- 

 lous blue flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76204. 



78976. Allium bidwilliae S. Wats. 



A pink-flowered onion about a foot 

 high, native to the Sierra Madre Moun- 

 tains, Calif. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66424. 



78977. Allium carinatum L. 



Bulblets of a species with narrowly 

 linear leaves and lilac-purple flowers, 

 produced in a comparatively large 

 head. It is found throughout southern 

 Europe, especially in the Alps. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73522. 



78978. Allium caeruleum Pall. 



A wild Russian onion, 2 feet or 

 more high, with linear leaves and at- 

 tractive light-blue flowers in erect 

 rounded umbels. 



78979. Allium cyaneum Regel. 



A rather dwarf plant, less than a 

 foot high, with small heads of pendu- 

 lous bright-blue flowers. Native to 

 northern China. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73523. 



78980. Allium fistulosum L. 



Welsh onion. 



Bulbs of a hardy onion, about 2 

 feet high, with green and yellow 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 63155. 



78981. Allium gigaxteum Regel. 



One of the tallest members of the 

 genus, becoming 4 feet high. It is 

 native to the Himalayas. The bulbs 

 are large, and the fleshy leaves are 

 about 18 inches in length lying close 

 to the ground. The bright-lilac 

 flowers are in heads 4 inches in diam- 

 eter. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 58871. 



78982. Allium hymenorrhizum Ledeb. 



A perennial moisture-loving Russian 

 species with linear leaves and purplish- 

 violet flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73598. 



78983. Allium karataviense Regel. 



An onion, native to Turkestan, with 

 dense umbels of dull-pink flowers and 



