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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



80308 to 80339— Continued. 



80316. Cytisus nigricans elongatus 

 Borkh. (C. nigricans carlieri Hort.). 



Variety Carlieri. A deciduous shrub, 

 native to Europe, 2 to 4 feet high, with 

 erect pubescent branches, long-stemmed 

 leaves composed of oval pubescent leaf- 

 lets up to an inch long, and long slen- 

 der racemes, 3 to 8 inches long, of 

 rich-yellow flowers. This variety dif- 

 fers from the typical species in that it 

 blooms a second time in the autumn 

 at the top of the elongated fruiting 

 racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 43838. 



80317. Cytisus praecox albus T. 

 Smith. Warminster broom. 



A smaller and more pendulous 

 white- flowered form of Cytisus praecox 

 which is a hybrid between O. purgans 

 and C. multiflorus. The simple leaves 

 are oblanceolate to linear spatulate 

 and are silky pubescent. 



80318. Cytjsus pdegans (L.) Spaeh. 



Province broom. 



A dwarf bushy deciduous shrub 

 about 3 feet high, native to the Medi- 

 terranean region, often nearly leafless, 

 with simple oblanceolate leaves which 

 soon fall and fragrant deep golden- 

 yellow flowers half an inch long pro- 

 duced singly or in pairs from the year- 

 old wood. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 73542. 



80319. Cytisus rochelii Wierzb. 



A shrub, native to Hungary, 3 to 

 4 feet high, with villous terete branch- 

 lets, trifoliolate leaves of oblong-lance- 

 olate leaflets an inch long, and ter- 

 minal heads of pale-yellow flowers 

 with brownish spots. 



80320 to 80324. Cytisus scopaeius 

 (L.) Link. Scotch broom. 



80320. Donard seedling. A new va- 

 riety of vigorous growth, bearing 

 reddish-crimson flowers suffused 

 with grayish white and yellow. 



80321. Rosy Moonlight. A vigorous 

 grower bearing cream-colored 

 flowers tinged with rose. 



80322. Dorothy Walpole. A hardy 

 grower bearing an abundance of 

 flowers with rich velvety crimson 

 wings and rose standards. 



80323. Fulgens. A variety bearing 

 beautiful flowers with deep orange 

 standards and rich crimson keels. 



80324. Lord Lambourne. A variety 

 in which the flowers have wings 

 of vivid scarlet-crimson color and 

 a standard of soft cream color 

 tinted with rose on the reverse. 



80325. Cytisus sp. 



Cornish Cream. A new and charm- 

 ing variety raised by P. D. Williams, 

 Lanarth, St. Keverne, Cornwall. It 

 produces an abundance of good-sized 

 flowers with cream-colored standards 

 and pure yellow on the keel, which 

 gives a distinct and attractive appear- 

 ance to the blooms. A vigorous 

 grower, especially effective for mass 

 effects. 



80326. Cytisus sp. 



Moonlight. Floyvers are sulphur 

 yellow. 



80308 to 80339— Continued. 



80327. Cytisus sp. 



Osborni. A variety of recent intro- 

 duction, raised at Kew. It is later 

 flowering than Oytisus praecox, and 

 although similar in growth, is per- 

 haps of rather a stiffer habit, while 

 there is no trace of the characteris- 

 tic scent of that variety. The flowers 

 are borne abundantly, and they are 

 golden yellow in the bud, opening to 

 a delightful pale yellow. 



80328 to 80339. Erica spp. Ericaceae. 



Heath, 



80328. Erica arborea alpina Dieck. 



An evergreen bushy heath, native to 

 the mountainous regions of Cuenca, 

 Spain, which has proved hardy at the 

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England. 

 The dull-white flowers are borne in 

 stiff pyramidal clusters, but the chief 

 beauty of the plant lies in the rich, 

 cheerful green color of the foliage 

 which, in England, lasts throughout 

 the winter. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 62023. 



80329 to 80333. Erica carnea L». 



Spring heath, 



80329. Pink Beauty. 



80330. C. J. Backhouse. Flowers 

 blush white. 



80331. Praecox Rubra. A variety 

 with rich rose carmine flowers. 



I. Prince of Wales. The flowers 

 are soft pink. 



80333. Vivelli. A red-flowered va- 

 riety. 



80334. Erica ciliaris L. 



Fringed heath. 



Variety Watsoni. 



80335. Erica cinerea L. 



Twisted heath. 



Variety atropurpurea. Flowers deep 

 purple. 



80336. Erica mackaii Hook. (£?. mao- 

 kaiana Bab.). 



Variety plena. A double-flowered 

 form of this hybrid between Erica 

 terralix and E. ciliaris, which has 

 ovate-oblong leaves in whorls of four 

 and umbels of rosy flowers. 



80337. Erica mediterranea L. 



Biscay heath. 



Variety Brightness. Flowers bright 

 pink. 



80338. Erica tetralix L. 



Crossleaf heath. 



Variety rubra. Attractive carmine 

 flowers. 



80339. Erica williamsii Druce. 



A hybrid between Erica tetralix and 

 E. vagans, with puberulous branchlets, 

 sparingly ciliate leaves, and rosy sal- 

 mon flowers borne during the late 

 summer. 



80340 to 80348. Triticum spp. Poa- 

 ceae. 



From Perth, Western Australia. Seeds pre- 

 sented by G. L. Sultan, Director of the 

 Department of Agriculture. Received 

 May 2, 1929. 



