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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



78975 to 79052— Continued. 



very ornamental broad leaves of a 

 striking blue-green color. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 7G335. 



78984. Allium macbanthum Baker. 



A handsome herbaceous perenniaL 

 from the eastern Himalayas. The flat 

 leaves are over a foot long, and .the 

 mauve-purple flowers are produced in 

 clusters of 50 or more on scapes 2 

 feet high. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66429. 



78985. Allium neapolitanum Cirillo. 



A southern European species, about 

 1% feet high, with flat leaves and 

 very ornamental white flowers, hardy 

 in the South and requiring light per- 

 fectly drained soil. 



For previous introduction see No. 



58877. 



78986. Allium odobum L. 



A European onion, cultivated in 

 Japan for its leaves, which are pro- 

 duced abundantly in the spring and 

 eaten as greens. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76336. 



78987. Allium ostbowskianum Regel. 



A particularly striking species from 

 Turkestan with deep rose-colored 

 flowers produced freely in many- 

 flowered umbels on scapes 12 inches 

 high. 



For previous introduction see No. 



76208. 



78988. Allium oviflobum Regel. 



A low bulbous alpine "about 2 inches 

 high, with linear leaves up to 20 

 inches long and violet-purple flowers 

 in a lax umbel. Native to the Hima- 

 layas. 



78989. Allium paeadoxum (Bieb.) 

 Don. 



Bulblets of a perennial onion, a foot 

 high, with white flowers. Native to 

 Siberia. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66431. 



78990. Allium pendulinum Tenore. 



An Italian alpine, with linear 

 keeled leaves, and long-peduncied nod- 

 ding whitish flowers. 



78991. Allium schoenopeasum L. 



Chives. 



The sand leek or rocambole of 

 Europe and Asia Minor, which re- 

 sembles garlic but has smaller bulbs 

 of milder flavor produced at the tip 

 of the stem as well as at its base. 

 Its flowers . are dull lavender pink, 

 and the plant is useful in the peren- 

 nial border. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 68057. 



78992. Allium scoezonebaefolium DC. 



Bulblets of a species of unknown 

 origin, cultivated in European gardens. 

 It has very narrow concave leaves and 



78975 to 79052— Continued. 



small yellow flowers in a few-flowered 

 umbel. 



For previous introduction see No. 



58882. 



78993. Allium senescens L. 



A wild European onion, 1 to 2 feet 

 high, with narrow, erect, often-twisted 

 leaves and numerous, rather small, 

 pink or lilac flowers in dense heads. 



78994. Allium stellatum Fraser. 



A bulbous plant with 3-angled nar- 

 rowly linear leaves and terminal 

 umbels of deep-pink flowers on erect 

 scapes. Native to the central United 

 States. 



78995. Allium subaxgulatum Regel. 



A cespitose bulbous plant with semi- 

 terete linear leaves and rosy purple 

 flowers borne in a dense rounded umbel 

 at the summit of an erect or ascending 

 scape. Native to central China. 



78996. Allium subhiesutum L. 



A bulbous perennial native to the 

 Mediterranean region with hairy mar- 

 gined narrow leaves a foot high and 

 white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76337. 



78997. Allium tanguticum Regel. 



A hardy bulbous plant, up to 16 

 inches high, with numerous linear 

 leaves and dense hemispherical umbels 

 of purplish flowers. Native to western 

 China. 



78998. Allium ubsinum L. 



A wild European onion which grows 

 in Jarge masses in the open woods. 

 When in flower it is very effective, 

 clothing the ground with its broad 

 green leaves, above which the numerous 

 umbels of w T hite flowers are borne on 

 scapes a foot high. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 58690. 



78999. Allium vineale L. 



Bulblets of a pink-flowered wild 

 onion, about a foot high, native to 

 England. 



79000. Allium yunnanense Diels. 



A cespitose onion, native to south- 

 western China, with linear leaves about 



6 inches long and pink or purplish 

 flowers on scapes 4 to 16 inches long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 69906. 



79001. Allium zebdanense Boiss. and 



Noe. 



A bulbous plant. 2 feet high, with 

 linear-lanceolate leaves and three to 

 five white flowers in an umbel. Native 

 to Syria. 



79002 to 79006. Beebeeis spp. Berberi- 

 daceae. Barberry. 



79002. Beebeeis julianae C. Schneid. 



Wintergreen barberry. 



A shrubby evergreen barberry, up to 



7 feet high, native to western China. 

 It has thick, 3-cleft spines about 1% 

 inches long, narrowly oval leathery 

 leaves, and small yellow flowers, fol- 



I lowed by blue-black fruits. 



