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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



81074 to 81208— Continued. 



81098. Agave verschaffeltii Lem. 



No. 74. A variety with leaves 3 

 inches wide by 6 to 8 inches long, glau- 

 cous, tipped with red-brown spines and 

 armed with long, rusty teeth on large, 

 fleshy prominences. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 47583. 



81099. Agave wercklei Weber. 



No. 75. A stemless plant with 

 fleshy, glaucous, bluish or white leaves 

 abruptly upcurved above the base, 

 about 6 feet long and 6 inches wide, 

 armed with triangular straight brown 

 teeth and terminating in a brown 

 spine over an inch long. The chrome- 

 yellow flowers are borne on a scape 

 25 feet tall. Native to Costa Rica. 



81100. Allium neapolitandm Cirillo. 

 Liliaceae. Onion. 



No. 83. A bulbous plant about a foot 

 and a half high, with flat linear leaves 

 about as long as the stem and orna- 

 mental white flowers with a scent like 

 that of the English hawthorn. Native 

 to southern Europe. 



For previous introduction see No. 



78985. 



81101. Allium roseum L. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



No. 84. A plant about a foot high, 

 with strap-shaped leaves rolled inward 

 at the top and pale lilac-rose flowers pro- 

 duced in umbels. Native to southern 

 Europe. 



For previous introduction see No. 



58881. 



81102 to 81142. Aloe spp % Liliaceae. 



81102. Aloe abtssinica X striata. 

 No. 85. 



81103. Aloe affinis Berger. 



No. 86. A stemless aloe with fleshy 

 ensiform leaves 8 to 10 inches long, 

 with sinuate-dentate margins set with 

 horny triangular teeth. The cylin- 

 drical racemes of red flowers are on a 

 stout-branched inflorescence. Native to 

 the Transvaal. 



81104. Aloe arborescens frutescens 

 Link. 



No. 87. A shrubby variety with the 

 habit of Aloe arborescens natalensis, 

 but lower. The thick glaucous leaves 

 are about 18 inches long, and the in- 

 florescence is unbranched. 



81105. Aloe arborescens milleri 

 Berger. 



No. 88. A tree 12 feet or more 

 high, with a stout unbranched trunk. 

 The sword-shaped, reflexed, dark-green 

 fleshy leaves, mostly clustered at the 

 summit of the trunk, are 2 feet or more 

 long. The bright-red flowers, 1% 

 inches long, are borne in a dense ra- 

 ceme. Native to South Africa. 



81106. Aloe arborescens natalensis 

 (Wood and Evans) Berger. 



No. 89. A shrubby variety, branch- 

 ing from the base. Each branch ends 

 in a dense rosette of leaves ; these are 

 linear-lanceolate, falcate, with curved 

 marginal prickles, and are 18 to 30 



81074 to 81208— Continued. 



inches long. The bright-red cylindri- 

 cal flowers are in dense racemes. Na- 

 tive to South Africa. 



81107. Aloe arborescens pachythyrsa 

 Berger. 



No. 90. A shrubby variety, stouter 

 than Aloe arborescens natalensis, with 

 denser gray-green foliage. The flowers 

 are about 2 inches long, borne on 

 curved ascending scapes 2 feet or less 

 high. 



81108. Aloe arborescens ucriab 

 (Terr.) Berger. 



No. 91. A shrubby variety about 3 

 feet high, with numerous spreading 

 falcate, green leaves, 2 feet long, 

 armed with curved triangular marginal 

 teeth. 



81109. Aloe arborescens viridifolia 

 Berger. 



No. 92. A shrubby variety with 

 rather flat green leaves nearly 2 feet 

 long and a branched inflorescence. 



81110. Aloe brevifolia Mill. 



No. 93. A stemless succulent with 

 a dense rosette of triangular-lanceolate 

 glaucous leaves 3 to 4 inches long, 

 with small white marginal prickles 

 and pale-red flowers in a simple dense 

 raceme. Native to South Africa. 



81111. Aloe brevifolia depressa 

 (Haw.) Baker. 



No. 94. A more robust form of the 

 preceding, with leaves 6 inches long 

 which are less glaucous. 



81112. Aloe brevifolia serra (DC.) 

 Berger. 



No. 95. An aloe, native to South 

 Africa, with a rosette of 30 to 40 

 lanceolate-deltoid leaves, 4 to 5 inches 

 long, armed with white, horny, tri- 

 angular prickles one-tenth of an inch 

 high. The bright-red flowers are in a 

 simple dense raceme. 



81113. Aloe brunnthaleri Hort. 



No. 96. A horticultural name for 

 which a place of publication or a de- 

 scription has not been found. 



81114. Aloe caesia Salm-Dyck. 



No. 97. An aloe with a stem 10 to 

 12 feet high, bearing at the summit a 

 dense rosette of very glaucous, lanceo- 

 late leaves a foot long, margined with 

 red when young. The raceme of 

 bright-red flowers is borne on a simple 

 peduncle a foot long. Native to South 

 Africa. 



81115. Aloe comosa Marl, and Berger. 



No. 98. A stout subtropical tree 5 

 or 6 feet high, with an unbranched 

 trunk crowned by a dense rosette of 

 spreading glaucous, narrow, sword- 

 shaped leaves a foot or more long. 

 Native to Cape of Good Hope. 



81116 and 81117. Aloe eru Berger. 



81116. No. 99. A large plant, native 

 to tropical Africa, with a branched 

 stem scarcely 2 feet high and 

 very fleshy, recurved, pale glossy 

 green, sword-shaped leaves about 

 2 feet long. The orange or yellow 

 flowers, three-fourths of an inch 

 long, are borne on a branched in- 

 florescence 3 to 6 feet high. 



