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78975 to 79052— Continued. 



A Japanese forest shrub with flaky 

 bark, elliptic leaves one-third inch 

 long, and heads of two to four small 

 white flowers. 



79044 to 79046. Sedum spp. Crassula- 

 ceae. Stonecrop. 



79044. Sedum ellacombiandm Praeger. 



^or previous introduction and de- 

 ception see No. 78954. 



79045. Sedum ewersii Ledeb. 



Ewers stonecrop. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78955. 



79046. Sedum middendorffianum 

 Maxim. Middendorff stonecrop. 



A hardy succulent cespitose peren- 

 nial up to 10 inches high, with narrow 

 leaves up to 3 inches long, and small 

 * yellow flowers in dense cymes. Na- 

 tive to eastern Siberia. 



79047. Sempervivum assimile Schott. 



Houseleek. 

 A Rumanian succulent with rosettes of 

 60 to 80 oblanceolate leaves and pale- 

 rose flower, about three-fourths inch 

 across In cymes on stems about 6 inches 

 high. 



79048. Sempervivum triste Baker. 



Houseleek. 



A small fleshy plant which forms 

 rosettes 2 to 3 inches in diameter, com- 

 p< s 'i of oblanceolate leaves, red brown 

 above and drab green beneath. The stem 

 leaves are red brown throughout. The 

 bright-red flowers, an inch across, are in 

 a panicle 6 inches long. Country of 

 origin unknown. 



79049. Stranvaesia davidiana salicifo- 

 lia (Hutchinson) Rehd. Malaceae. 



A rosaceous shrub, closely related to 

 Stranvaesia undulata, from which it dif- 

 fers in its narrower, willowlike leaves and 

 its fruits, which are red. not orange like 

 those of S. undulata. The small white 

 flowers are in terminal clusters. It comes 

 from western China and is hardy in 

 southeastern England. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 62392. 



79050 to 79052. Stringa spp. Oleaceae. 



Lilac. 



79050. Stringa pinetorum W. W. 

 Smith. 



A hardy spreading ornamental shrub. 

 10 feet high, from western China. 

 Somewhat like Syringa microphylla, 

 with rosy lavender flowers. 



79051. Stringa sweginzowii Koehne 

 and Ling. Chengtu lilac. 



An attractive hardy lilac, about 10 

 feet high, from western China. The 

 dark-green, oval leaves are 2 to 4 

 inches long, and the fragrant, rosy 

 lilac flowers are borne in June in ter- 

 minal panicles up to 10 inches in 

 length. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 63584. 



79052. Stringa villosa Vahl. 



Late lilac. 



A bushy lilac about 8 feet high, with 

 stout, upright branches, broadly oval, 



78975 to 79052— Continued. 



bright-green leaves, and pinkish-lilac 

 flowers in panicles 3 to 7 inches long. 

 Native to China and the Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 76044. 



79053 to 79111. 



From Ipswich, England. Seeds purchased 

 from Thompson & Morgan. Received Feb- 

 ruary 28, 1929. 



79053 to 79055. Ctclamen spp. Primula- 

 ceae. 



79053. Ctclamen europaeum L. 



European cyclamen. 



A low, more or less evergreen Euro- 

 pean perennial with a tuberous root, 

 rounded or kidney-shaped leaves white 

 marbled above and purplish beneath, 

 and fragrant bright-red flowers on 

 scapes 4 or 5 inches high in autumn. 



79054. Ctclamen macrophtllum Sie- 

 ber. 



A low tuberous-rooted perennial, na- 

 tive to southern Europe, with large 

 cordate, crenate leaves usually mottled 

 with white, and in autumn white flow- 

 ers on scapes 6 inches high. 



79055. Cyclamen neapolitanum Ten- 

 ore. Neapolitan cyclamen. 



A low perennial, 3 inches high, aris- 

 ing from a large black tuber. The deep- 

 pink or rarely white flowers are borne 

 in autumn. Native to Italy. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73535. 



79056 to 79058. Daphne spp. Thymelaea- 

 ceae. 



79056. Daphne alpina L. 



Alpine daphne. 



An erect European alpine shrub 2 

 feet high, with narrow deciduous leaves 

 and fragrant white or pinkish flowers 

 in terminal clusters. 



79057. Daphne laureola L. 



A shrub, up to 4 feet high, with 

 shining dark-green leaves about 3 

 inches long and yellowish-green flow- 

 ers in nearly sessile racemes. Native 

 to southern Europe and western Asia. 



79058. Daphne striata Tratt. 



A dwarf evergreen alpine shrub with 

 small, wedge-shaped narrow leaves and 

 pink flowers in many-flowered terminal 

 heads. Native to Switzerland. 



79059. Digitalis isabellina Hort. 

 Scrophnlariaceae. Foxglove. 



A hew hybrid of Digitalis purpurea, 

 with pinkish-yellow flowers, of the hue of 

 Lilium testaceum. 



79060 to 79062. Erica spp. Ericaceae. 



Heath. 



79060. Erica cinerea coccinea Bean. 



A very striking variety with red, 

 almost scarlet, flowers, but less vigorous 

 than the type. 



79061. Erica stricta Donn. 



Corsican heath. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78898. 



79062. Erica vagans L. Cornish heath. 



