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80340 to 80348 — Continued. 



80340 to 80347. Triticum aestivum L. 

 (T. vulgare Till.) Common wheat. 



80340. C 74. D. A. C. Am X Florence. 



80341. C 80. Dindiloa X Laoawa'. 



80342. C 86. Florence X Velvet Don. 



80343. M 11. Comeback X Florence. 



80344. M 28. Dindiloa X Labaica. 



80345. M 29. Dindiloa X Laoawa. 



80346. M 30. Dindiloa X Laoawa. 



80347. P 1511. Genoa. 



80348. Triticum DURUM Desf. 



Durum wheat. 



P 1211. Kubanka. 



80349. Sacchabum spontanetjm L. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



From Coimbatore. India. Cuttings pre- 

 sented by the Imperial Sugar Cane Breed- 

 ing Station, through E. W. Brandes. Bu- 



• reau of Plant Industry. Received April 

 26, 1929. 



A perennial tropical grass closely related 

 to the sugarcane. It is sometimes culti- 

 vated as a hedge plant. 



For previous introduction see No. 77782. 

 80350 to 80355. 



From Cape Town, Union of South Africa. 

 Bulbs purchased from W. S. Duke & Co. 

 Received February and March, 1926. 

 Numbered in April 1929. 



80350. Lactienalia rubida Jacq. Lilia- 

 ceae. Cape-cowslip. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to South 

 Africa, with a globose bulb from which 

 arise usually two lanceolate, spotted 

 leaves 6 inches long and a naked stalk 

 9 inches high, bearing a close raceme of 

 small cylindrical, mostly drooping flow- 

 ers. The outer segments are bright red 

 tipped with green, and the inner seg- 

 ments are longer and yellow. 



60351. L A C H E N A L I A TRICOLOR AUREA 



(Lindl.) Hook. f. Liliaceae. 



Cape-cowslip. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 South Africa, closely resembling Laehen- 

 <ilia rubida, but the flowers are bright 

 orange-yellow. 



80352 to 80354. Ornithogalum spp. 

 liliaceae. 



80352. Ornithogalum arabicum L. 



Arabian star-of-Bethlehem. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to the 

 Mediterranean region, with a thick, 

 ovoid bulb, five to eight glaucous green 

 leaves 12 to 18 inches long, and a 

 scape 1 to 2 feet high, bearing a 6- 

 flowered to 12-flowered raceme of frag- 

 rant white flowers. The pistil is black 

 and adds to the attractiveness of the 

 flowers. This species is Very popular 

 for pot culture. 



80353. Ornithogalum speciosum Baker. 

 Star-of-Bethlehem. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to 

 South Africa, with a globose bulb an 

 inch in diameter, four short thick 

 linear leaves, and a scape a foot high 

 which bears three to five white flowers 

 having an orange-red spot at the tip. 



80350 to 80355 — Continued. 



80354. Ornithogalum thyrsoides au- 

 reum (Curtis) Baker. 



Chincherichee. 



An ornamental, native to South 

 Africa, with a globose bulb about 2 

 inches thick and five or six very nar- 

 row leaves 6 inches to a foot long. 

 The golden-yellow flowers, sometimes 

 an inch long under cultivation, are 

 borne in rather dense racemes on a 

 scape about a foot high. In a dried 

 condition these make excellent " ever- 

 lasting " flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 66891. 



80355. Vallota speciosa (L. f.) Dur. and 

 Schinz. (V. purp urea Herbert). Amaryl- 

 lidaceae. Scarboro-lily. 



A herbaceous perennial with an ovoid 

 bulb, 6 to 18 lanceolate leaves 1 to 2 feet 

 long, and a hollow stem 2 to 3 feet high, 

 bearing an umbel of six to nine scarlet 

 funnel-shaped flowers. Native to south- 

 ern Africa. 



80356. Helenium autumnale L. As- 

 teraceae. Sneezeweed. 



From Niederwalluf am Rheim, Germany. 

 Plants purchased from Goos & Koene- 

 mann. Received April 24, 1929. 



Wyndley. A plant 2y 2 feet high, bearing 

 bronzy yellow flowers. 



80357 to 80381. 



From China. Seeds and rhizomes collected 

 by J. F. Rock, National Geographic So- 

 ciety, Washington, D. C. Received April 

 29, 1929. 



80357. Abies sp. Pinaceae. Fir. 



No. 17361. November, 1928. A lovely 

 and stately tree, 60 to 80 feet high, grow- 

 ing in the forests of Tokesher, north- 

 western Yunnan, at an altitude of 12,000 

 feet. The needles are silvery beneath, 

 and the very large cones are deep pur- 

 plish black. 



80358. Aconitum sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Monkshood. 



No. 17376-A. November, 1928. A poi- 

 sonous plant growing in the alpine 

 meadows of the Likiang Snow Range, 

 Yunnan, at altitudes between 11,000 and 

 12,000 feet. It is 3 to 4 feet high and 

 bears rich blue flowers. 



80359. Anemone sp. Ranunculaceae. 



No. 17325. October, 1928. A plant 

 half a foot high, growing in the glacier 

 moraine of Sabaloko, at the foot of 

 Mount Satseto, Likiang Snow Range, 

 Yunnan, at an altitude of 12,000 feet. 

 The leaves are a rich glossy green on the 

 under surface, and the large white flow- 

 ers have a purplish tinge beneath. 



80360. Bauhinia sp. Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 17377. November, 1928. A shrub 

 or small tree, which prefers dry sunny 

 situations, growing on the islands in 

 Lake Yungning, northwestern Yunnan, at 

 an altitude of 9,600 feet. It is 15 feef 

 high and bears small white flowers. 



80361. Cotoneaster sp. Malaceae. 



No. 17365. December, 1928. A shrub 

 growing in the Litang River gorge at 

 Kere. Muli, southwestern Szechwan, at 

 an altitude of 9,500 feet. It is 6 to 10 



