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79053 to 79111— Continued. 



79086. Gentiana przewalskii Maxim. 



A lax-growing, free-flowering gentian 

 from western China, rather like G. 

 karroo, with linear leaves about 6 

 inches long and flowers with nearly 

 white tubes and cobalt-hlue petals. 



79087. Gentiana punctata L. 



A rather tall herbaceous perennial, 

 native to central Europe, with yellow 

 flowers spotted with brown, resembling 

 but inferior to G. lutea. 



79088. Gentiana purdomi Hort. 



A showy Asiatic gentian allied to 

 but better than G. przewalskii, with 

 rosettes of narrow glossy leaves, from 

 which radiate prostrate stems each 

 carrying about a dozen bright-blue 

 flowers. 



79089. Gentiana purpurea L. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78934. 



79090. Gentiana scabra Bunge.. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial re- 

 quiring conditions similar to those 

 needed by G. septemflda. It has an 

 erect stem a foot or less high, oval- 

 oblong dark-green 1< aves, and terminal 

 flowers an inch long. Native to 

 Turkestan. 



79091. Gentiana septemfida Pall. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78861. 



79092. Gentiana setigera A. Gray. 



A rather stout perennial, with a 

 thick root, 7 to 10 pairs of leaves, and 

 blue flowers 1% inches long. Native 

 to California. 



79093. Gentiana straminea Maxim. 



A prostrate perennial, native to west- 

 ern China, with attractive blue flowers. 



79094. Gentiana verna L. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78862. 



79095. Gentiana walujewi Regel and 

 Schmalh. 



A dwarf gentian, native to Sinkiang, 

 China, with white blue-spotted flowers. 



79096. Iris chrysophylla Howell. Iris. 



An iris with low slender leafy stems 

 2 to 8 inches high, from slender root- 

 stalks, linear leaves, and one to three 

 yellow to white flowers 2 to 3 inches 

 long. Native to southern Oregon in pine 

 woods. 



79097 to 79111. Pbimula spp. Primula- 

 ceae. Primrose. 



79097. Primula apoclita Balf. and 

 Forr. 



A Tibetan primrose of the Musca- 

 rioides section, with a rosette of papery, 

 oblong-spatulate leaves, and purplish- 

 blue flowers borne on a scape 6 inches 

 high. 



79098. Primula burmanica Balf. and 

 Ward. 



A stout moisture-loving primrose 

 from western China, with oblanceolate 

 leaves up to a foot long and reddish- 



79053 to 79111— Continued. 



purple flowers borne on a scape 2 feet 

 high. It is a member of the Candela- 

 bra section. 



79099. Primula chionantha Balf. and 

 Forr. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78913. 



79100. Primula chrysopa Balf. and 

 Forr. 



A tufted perennial marsh-loving prim- 

 rose from southwestern China, where 

 it grows in moist stony alpine mea- 

 dows. It has oblong, bright-green, 

 somewhat fleshy, long-stemmed leaves 

 and very attractive fragrant flowers 

 borne in 2-flowered to 4-flowered umbels 

 on the summit of the slender scape. 

 The calyx is green or purplish and the 

 oblique corolla pale lilac with a golden 

 eye. The entire plant is more or less 

 covered with a white mealy powder. 

 This is a member of the Farinosae 

 section. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 56019. 



79101. Primula conspersa Balf. and 

 Purd. 



A primrose from western China with 

 linear-ovate leaves 4 to 6 inches long, 

 and rose-pink flowers in whorls of 

 about 12, on scapes a foot high. It is 

 one of the Farinosae section. 



79102. Primula cyanantha Balf. and 

 Forr. 



A western Chinese primrose about a 

 foot high, with papery oval-oblong 

 leaves about 3 inches long in a rosette 

 and intensely dark-blue fragrant flow- 

 ers in a many-flowered terminal clus- 

 ter. One of the Muscarioides section. 



79103. Primula florindae K. Ward. 



A Tibetan primrose about 3 feet high, 

 one of the Slkkimensis section, with 

 cowslip-yellow fragrant flowers in an 

 immense cluster of 60 to 80 flowers. 

 The very large leaves resemble those of 

 Galtha paluslris, and the plant grows 

 in running streams. 



79104. Primula glycosma Petltm. 



A strong-growing primrose of the 

 Candelabra section, native to boggy sit- 

 uations in western China. The deep- 

 purple flowers have golden centers. 



79105. Trimula helodoxa Balf. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see No. 78866. 



79106. Primula lichiangensis For- 

 rest. 



A handsome primrose of the Cortu- 

 sbides section, from southwestern 

 China, where it reaches a height of 

 6 to 14 inches, growing on ledges and 

 bowlders in dry shady places. The 

 fragrant flowers vary from rose to 

 almost crimson, with greenish-yellow 

 eyes. The foliage is very variable. 



79107. Primula littoniana Forrest. 



A very .handsome plant, 2 to 3 feet 

 tall, growing in swampy meadows in 

 southwestern China at altitudes be- 

 tween 10,000 and 11,000 feet. It is 

 one of the Muscarioides section. The 



