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80194 to 80207— Continued. 



80199. Pedicdlaris gracilis Wall. 



A herbaceous perennial alpine up to 

 2 feet high, with six slender opposite 

 or whorled branches, whorled, deeply 

 pinnatifid leaves up to 2 inches long, 

 and rosy purple flowers in spikes or 

 racemes 3 to 6 inches long. It is 

 native to the temperate Himalayas. 



80200. Pedicularis integrifolia 

 Hook. f. 



An alpine perennial, native to Sik- 

 kim, India, with a stout rootstock and 

 ascending stems 4 to 6 inches high. 

 The leaves are crowded, narrowly 

 linear pubescent, and about 2 inches 

 long. The dark-purple flowers are in 

 oblong capitate spikes. 



80201. Pedicularis megalantha Don. 



A herbaceous perennial alpine, 1 to 

 2 feet high, with pinnately divided 

 leaves and lax racemes of yellow or 

 rose-purple flowers. It is native to 

 the temperate Himalayas. 



80202. Pedicularis roylei Maxim. 



A low cespitose perennial alpine, 

 native to the Himalayas, with a thick 

 root, small pinnately cut leaves, and 

 purplish flowers in a small dense 

 spike. 



80203. Pedicularis schizorrhyncha 

 Prain. 



A dwarf tufted alpine perennial with 

 erect stems about 2 inches high, long- 

 stemmed oblong-lanceolate pinnately 

 divided leaves, and purple flowers, 

 nearly half an inch long, in small head- 

 like clusters. It is native to the east- 

 ern Himalayas. 



80204. Pedicularis trichoglossa Hook. 



A stout perennial alpine up to 16 

 inches tall, with sessile linear-obtuse 

 pinnatifid leaves about 2 inches long, 

 and purple flowers in a lax spike. It 

 is native to the Sikkim Himalayas. 



80205. Roscoea humeana W. W. Smith. 

 Zinziberaceae. 



A stout herbaceous perennial about 8 

 inches high, with sessile oval-lanceolate 

 leaves 4 to 8 inches long and large 

 hooded violet-purple flowers in compact 

 spikes. It is native to southwestern 

 China. 



80206. Saxifraga alberti Kegel and 

 Schmalh. Saxifragaceae. Saxifrage. 



A subshrubby perennial densely cov- 

 ered with oblong-ligulate leaves. The 

 white flowers, with numerous red spots, 

 are in small terminal racemes. Native 

 to the mountains of Turkestan. 



80207. Tofieldia calyculata Wahlenb. 

 Melanthiaceae. 



An erect bulbous plant, a foot or less 

 high, with upright, flat linear leaves ter- 

 minating in a sharp point. These de- 

 crease in size up the stem, becoming 

 nearly awnlike at the summit, and sub- 

 tend the terminal spikelike raceme of 

 yellowish-white flowers. Native to cen- 

 tral Europe. 



80208 to 80213. Gossypium spp. Mal- 

 vaceae. Cotton. 



From Trinidad, British "West Indies. Seeds 

 presented by Dr. S. C. Harland, Cotton 

 Research Station. Received April 5, 

 1929. 



80208 to 80213— Continued. 



80208. Gossypium cernuum Todaro. 



An erect bush, 3 feet high, cultivated 

 in India. The flowers are pale sulphur- 

 yellow, and the petals are marked with 

 a purple spot. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73990. 



80209. Gossypium jamaicense Macf. 



Type 35. Selfed. A tropical shrub 4 to 

 5 feet high, with hairy branches, heart- 

 shnped, 3-lobed hairy leaves, pale-yellow 

 flowers, and a 4-valved capsule containing 

 white cotton. It is native to Jamaica. 



80210. Gossypium kirkii Masters. 



Tanganyika. A bushy, somewhat climb- 

 ing plant from eastern tropical Africa 

 which sometimes scrambles up between 

 and among trees to a height of 14 feet. 

 The leaves are palmately 5-lobed with 

 a cordate base, the flowers are light 

 yellow, and the ob'ong conical capsules 

 are about a third of an inch long. 



80211. Gossypium purpurascens Poir. 



Type 12. Selfed. A tropical Ameri- 

 can shrub, native to Trinidad, 6 to 10 

 feet high, with purplish branches, 3-lobed 

 leaves, and sulphur-yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 67526. 



80212. Gossypium schottii Watt. 



Cassava. Unselfed. A wild cotton 

 native to Yucatan, Mexico, with leaves 

 almost completely split up into three to 

 five long linear lobes, and medium-sized 

 flowers, yellow tinged with purple. The 

 nearly globose capsules contain a scant 

 amount of reddish fiber. 



80213. Gossypium sp. 

 Kidney cotton. 



80214. TURRAEA OBTUSIFOLIA HocllSt. 



Meliaceae. 



From Los Angeles, Calif. Seeds presented 

 by P. D. Barnhart. Received April 10, 

 1929. 



An attractive dwarf evergreen shrub 4 

 to 6 feet high, bearing between October and 

 March an abundance of white flowers which 

 have strap-shaped petals nearly 2 inches 

 long. Native to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 34178. 

 80215 and 80216. 



From Brignoles, France. Seeds presented 

 by R. Salgues, Director, Salgues Museum 

 of Brignoles. Received April 10, 1929. 



80215. Ornithogalum pyrenaicum L. 

 Liliaceae. Star-of-Bethlehem. 



A bulbous plant, about 2 feet high, 

 with narrow onionlike leaves and flowers 

 on a simple leafless scape. It is native 

 to Europe. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79177. 



80216. Vicia narbonensis L. Fabaceae. 



Vetch. 



An annual legume, native to southern 

 Europe, with angled stems 2 to 4 feet 

 tall, compound leaves of two to three 

 pairs of fleshy elliptic leaflets 1 to 2 

 inches long, and racemes of blue to purple 

 flowers. 



