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79150 to 79184— Continued. 



79164. Kalanchoe aliciae Hanret. 



A stout, erect, hairy succulent with 

 opposite roundish or oval crenate 

 leaves and rather large flowers in 

 branched cymes. Native to central 

 Madagascar. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78483. 



79165. Kalanchoe aromatica Perrier. 



A succulent perennial, native to 

 Madagascar, characterized by being 

 coven d throughout with viscous red 

 glands and by having a strong aro- 

 matic odor. The leaves are triangular- 

 lanceolate, and the small flowers, 

 greenish yellow with red lines, are in 

 terminal cymes. 



79166. Kalanchoe crenata Haw. 



A succulent perennial, native to 

 tropical Africa, 2 to 6 feet high, with 

 a thick fibrous root, oblong or roundish 

 oval crenate leaves about 2 inches long, 

 and bright-yellow flowers one-half inch 

 long, in terminal and axillary cymes. 



79167. Kalanchoe crenata X felt- 

 hamensis. 



Kalanchoe felthamensis is said to be 

 a hybrid of K. fiammca and K. kirkii. 



79168. Kalanchoe daigremontiana 

 Ham. and Perr. 



A brownish-green succulent perennial, 

 native to Madagascar, becoming about 

 2 feet high. The leaves are petiolate, 

 sometimes peltate, green within, barred 

 with brown, deeply crenate- with plants 

 from the angles. The small pink 

 flowers are in lax terminal panicles. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 7842G. 



79169. Kalanchoe gastonis-Bonnieri 

 Ham. and Perr. 



During the nonbloomint;- periods this 

 succulent, native to Madagascar, is a 

 low plant with a very short stem and 

 a rosette of light-green crenate leaves. 

 When about to flower the stem elon- 

 gates to a height of nearly 2 feet, bear- 

 ing at its summit a lax corymb of light- 

 pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 



78428. 



79170. Kalanchoe globulifera cocci- 

 nea Perrier. 



A stout-branched succulent perennial 

 up to a foot high, with elongated, 

 thick, irregularly toothed obovate- 

 spatulate leaves over 2 inches long, 

 and numerous red flowers in large 

 terminal corymblike cymes. Native to 

 Madagascar. 



79171. Kalanchoe hildebrandtii Baill. 



A woody succulent, native to Mada- 

 gascar, with dense cymes of small 

 yellow flowers. 



79172. Kalanchoe synsepala Baker. 



An erect succulent perennial, native 

 to central Madagascar, with the lower 

 leaves opposite, sessile, oblong-spatu- 

 late. and green with a red margin. The 

 small reddish flowers are in dense ter- 

 minal cymes. 



79150 to 79184— Continued. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 78431. 



79173. Kalanchoe orgyalis Baker. 



An erect succulent perennial with 

 stems 6 to 7 feet long, oblong-spatulate 

 leaves 3 to 5 inches long, and yellow 

 flowers one-third inch long in dense 

 terminal cymes. Native to central 

 Madagascar. 



79174. Kitaibelia vitifolia Willd. Mal- 

 vaceae. 



A tall hardy herbaceous perennial, up 

 to 8 feet high, with maplelike leaves and 

 showy white or rose-colored axillary flow- 

 ers. Native to Czechoslovakia. 



79175. NOTHOSCORDUM FRAGRANS (Vent.) 



Kunth. Liliaceae. 



A bulbous plant, native to tropical 

 America, closely related to the onion. 

 The bulb is round and yellowish white, 

 and the linear, obtuse leaves are 8 to 12 

 inches long. The fragrant flowers, white 

 flushed with pink, have purplish stamens 

 and anthers and are borne on a scape 20 

 inches high. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66096. 



79176. Ornithogalum longebracteatum 

 Jacq. Liliaceae. Star-of-Bethlehem. 



A bulbous plant, native to South Af- 

 rica, with five or six fleshy, very narrow 

 leaves 1 to 2 feet long and a dense 

 raceme of whitish flowers on a scape 

 about 2 feet long. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66964. 



79177. Ornithogalum pyrenaicum L. 

 Liliaceae. Star-of-Bethlehem. 



A bulbous plant, about 2 feet high, with 

 greenish flowers, native to Europe. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 69930. 



79178. Passiflora caerulea L. Passi- 

 floraceae. Bluecrown passionflower. 



A slender strong-growing vine, native 

 to Brazil, with leaves divided into five to 

 seven lanceolate segments and fragrant 

 greenish white flowers 4 inches across. 

 The rays of the crown are blue at the tip, 

 white in the, middle, and purple at the 

 base, while the styles are light purple. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 30902. 



79179. Pinus bdngeana Zucc. Pinaceae. 



Lacebark pine. 



A tree sometimes 100 feet high, native 

 to China, with the bark exfoliating in 

 large scales, leaving light-colored areas 

 and on old trees becoming chalky white. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 62470. 



79180. Ruscus aculeatus L. Convallari- 

 aceae. Butchersbroom, 



A rigid evergreen shrub, native to 

 Europe, 2 to 4 feet high, with branching 

 grooved stems and sessile ovate cladodes 

 replacing the leaves. The small white 

 flowers are borne in the axil of a bract 

 in the middle of each cladode and are 

 followed by ovoid red berries one-half 

 inch in diameter. 



