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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



79904 to 79929— Continued. 



with light-green foliage covered some- 

 what with a whitish bloom. It is re- 

 ported to thrive in dry rocky places. 



79923 to 79927. Paeonia spp. Ranuncu- 

 laceae. Peony. 



79923. Faeonia abchasica Hort. 



A horticultural variety for which a 

 place of publication has not been 

 found. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 64303. 



79924. Paeonia mlokosewitschi Lom- 

 akin. 



A herbaceous perennial peony with 

 dark bluish-green biternate leaves with 

 red nerves and margins and yellow 

 flowers, 4 to 5 inches in diameter, 

 which have numerous stamens and 

 purple stigmas. This peony, consid- 

 ered the handsomest of the yellow- 

 flowered forms, is native to the central 

 Caucasus. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 64304. 



79925. Paeonia tenuifolia L. 



Fringed peony. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial a foot 

 or more high, densely leafy, with ter- 

 nate, much-divided leaves and an erect 

 dark-crimson flower about 3 inches 

 across. It is native to the Caucasus 

 region. 



79926. Paeonia triternata Pall. 



A herbaceous peony, native to Si- 

 beria, usually about 3 feet high, with 

 triternate leaves and purple flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67050. 



79927. Paeonia wittm*anniana Hart- 



wiss. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 the Caucasus, 2 to 3 feet high, with 

 biternate leaves 4 to 8 inches long and 

 flowers, about 4 inches across, which 

 are solitary, pale yellow, greenish or 

 nearly white. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 64306. 



79928. Scilla roseni Koch. Liliaceae. 



Squill. 



A bulbous plant, native to the Cau- 

 casus, with linear-oblong leaves and 

 small white flowers. 



79929. Ulmus elliptica Koch, 

 ceae. 



Ulma- 

 Elm. 



A tree, native to Armenia, with 

 pubescent branchlets, elliptical leaves 3 

 to 6 inches long, and obovate fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67926. 



79930 to 79956. 



From Blackwood, South Australia. Seeds 

 presented by Edwin Ashby. Received 

 February 16, 1929. 



79930. Alyogyne hakeaefolia (Gior- 

 dano) Alefeld (Fugosia hakeaefolia 



Hook.). Malvaceae. 



An erect evergreen shrub, native to 

 Australia, with narrow lobed or deeply 

 cut leaves and large purple-lilac ffowers. 

 It is closely related to Gossypium. 



79930 to 79956— Continued. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 65221. 



79931. Beaufortia sp. Myrtaceae. 



Perongorups Mountains, Western Aus- 

 tralia. An ornamental evergreen dwarf 

 bush native to Australia. 



79932. Callistemon brachyandrus LindL 

 Myrtaceae. Bottlebrush. 



A pendulous form of this large bushy 

 evergreen shrub. It is 12 to 15 feet 

 high, native to northern Australia, witht 

 linear-subulate rigid leaves an inch or 

 more long and loose spikes of flowers 

 with showy deep-red stamens. 



79933. Callitris drummondii (Pari.) 

 Benth. and Hook. Pinaceae. 



Kangaroo Island, South Australia. A 

 dwarf, compact, cypresslike tree with 

 bright-green foliage. It is native to 

 South Australia, where it thrives under 

 semiarid conditions. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 51283. 



79934 to 79937. Calothamnus spp. Myr- 

 taceae. 



79934. Calothamnus asper Turcz. 



A hairy evergreen shrub, native to 

 Western Australia, with crowded, 

 linear, flat leaves and short, dense 

 clusters of flowers with crimson sta- 

 mens. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67069. 



79935. Calothamnus quadrifidus Ait, 



An erect evergreen shrub 7 feet 

 high, native to Western Australia, with 

 crowded linear leaves about an inch 

 long, somewhat like those of Hakea, 

 and dense spikes of flowers which are 

 conspicuous only because of the long, 

 rich crimson stamens. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67071. 



79936. Calothamnus sanguineus La- 

 bill. 



A tall evergreen shrub, 6 to 12 feet 

 high, with subulate terete leaves about 

 an inch long and flowers with blood- 

 red stamens as long as the leaves. It 

 is native to Western Australia. 



79937. Calothamnus sp. 



Murchison, Western Australia. A 

 downy dwarf evergreen shrub native 

 to Australia. 



79938. Eremaea sp. Myrtaceae. 



Geraldton, Western Australia. An 

 orange-flowered shrub up to 4 feet high, 

 native to Australia. 



79939 to 79948. Grevillea spp. Protea- 

 ceae. 



79939. Grevillea bipinnatifida R. Br. 



A prostrate or diffuse evergreen 

 shrub 3 to 4 feet high, native to West- 

 , ern Australia. The broadly ovate 

 leaves, 4 inches long and 3 inches wide, 

 are twice divided into wedge-shaped 

 segments. The silky pubescent red 

 flowers are in loose racemes 4 inches 

 long or gathered together into a large 

 terminal panicle. 



79940. Grevillea buxifolia (J. E. 

 Smith) R. Br. 



