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81074 to 81208— Continued. 



81180 to 81183. Neomammillaria mag- 

 ximamma (Haw.) Britt. and Rose. 



A globular cactus 4 inches in diam- 

 eter, often in a colony of 25 or more, 

 with very milky juice. The conical 

 tubercles, two-fifths of an inch high, 

 are crowned by three to five unequal, 

 stout, horn-colored spines, and the 

 cream-colored flowers are borne in the 

 axils of the tubercles near the top of 

 the plant. Native to central Mexico. 



The following are now referred to 

 this species : 



81180. No. 1014. Mam miliaria cen- 

 trioirrKa. 



81181. No. 1015. Mammillaria cen- 

 tricirrha krameri. 



81182. No. 1017. Mamm-iUarto cen- 

 tricirrha. 



81183. No. 1022. M a m m ill aria 

 schmidt ii. 



81184. Neomammillaria rhodantha 

 (Link and Otto) Britt. and Rose. Cac- 

 taceae. 



No. 1018. A cylindrical cactus a foot 

 or less high, dull green, with terete 

 tubercles one-fifth of an inch high, 

 crowned by 15 to 20 white radial spines 

 and 4 to 6 reddish brown central spines. 

 The numerous rose-colored flowers are 

 half an inch across, and the cylindrical 

 red fruits are an inch long. Native to 

 central Mexico. 



81185. Olea chrysophylla Lam. Olea- 

 ceae. 



No. 1146. A small evergreen tree, 

 closely related to the cultivated olive. 

 Its chief ornamental value lies in the 

 golden color of the undersurfaces of the 

 leaves. Native to East Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 61777. 



81186. Paxdorea ricasoliana (Tanf.) 

 Baill. Bignoniaceae. 



Ricasol pandorea. 



No. 1292. An evergreen climbing 

 shrub with pinnate leaves of 7 to ll 

 ovate, serrate leaflets an inch long, dark 

 green above, pale beneath, and loose ter- 

 minal panicles of large campanulate 

 flowers 2 inches long, light pink striped 

 with red. Native to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 48624. 



81187 to 81201. Sempervivdm spp. Cras- 

 sulaceae. House leek. 



81187. Sempervivum arboreum L. 



No. 1462. Variety atropurpureum. 

 Rosettes tinged with dark purple ; 

 flowers red. 



81188. Sempervivum aureum C. Smith. 



No. 1463. A perennial succulent 

 about a foot high, native to the Ca- 

 nary Islands. It has obovate-spatulate 

 leaves and cymes of yellow flowers. 



81189. Sempervivum berthelotianum 

 (Bolle) Christ. 



No. 1464. A nearly stemless fleshy 

 plant with a dense rosette of yellowish 

 green, narrowly spatulate, wnite cili- 

 ate leaves, and 6 to 10 pale-yellow 

 flowers on a scape a foot or more 

 high. Native to the Canary Islands. 



81074 to 81208— Continued. 



81190. Sempervivum canariense L. 



No. 1465. A variety forming im- 

 mense rosettes of leaves, sometimes 14 

 inches across, which lie perfectly flat 

 against perpendicular walls of lava 

 rock. When there are many they give 

 the appearance of a lot of large, green 

 dinner plates stuck to the cliffs. From 

 the center of these " plates " arise 

 the flowering racemes and when the 

 •• dinner plates " are about to form 

 these racemes they swell out in the 

 middle and become like mammae. The 

 flower clusters are striking but not 

 particularly beautiful since the flowers 

 themselves are greenish in color. 



For previous introduction se« No. 

 64593. 



81191. Sempervivum chlorochrysum 

 Hort. 



No. 1466. A horticultural variety 

 for which a place of publication or de- 

 scription has not been found. 



81192. Sempervivum ciliatum Willd. 



No. 1467. A woody perennial with 

 obovate, acute leaves with the margin 

 cartilaginous-ciliate and white flowers 

 in dense cymes. Native to the Canary 

 Islands. 



81193. Sempervivum cuneatum (Webb 

 and Berth.) Christ. 



No. 1468. A fleshy evergreen plant 

 1 to 1% feet high, with wedge-shaped 

 leaves and terminal cymes of yellow 

 flowers. 



81194. Sempervivum decorum (Webb) 

 Christ. 



No. 1469. A much-branched shrubby 

 succulent with a wrinkled ashy gray 

 stem and papillose-wrinkled branches. 

 The sessile lanceolate leaves are light 

 greenish pink, paler beneath, and the 

 rose-colored flowers are in a many- 

 flowered corymb. Native to the Ca- 

 nary Islands. 



81195. Sempervivum glutixosum Ait. 



No. 1470. A viscous perennial, iy 2 

 feet high, with large spatulate fleshy 

 leaves and yellow flowers in terminal 

 cymes. Native to Madeira. 



81196. Sempervivum haworthii Salm- 

 Dyck. 



No. 1471. A succulent evergreen 

 perennial with a woody stem and yel- 

 low flowers. Native to the Canary 

 Islands. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79184. 



81197. Sempervivum holochrysum 

 Webb and Berth- 

 No. 1472. A winter-blooming spe- 

 cies native to the Canary Islands. It 

 produces great masses of yellow flow- 

 ers on a flower panicle 2 feet tall. 

 It is a striking landscape plant and is 

 worthy of being grown in southern 

 California and Florida. 



81198. Sempervivum hybridum Bruegg. 



No. 1473. A natural hybrid between 

 Sempervivum montanum and 8. doel- 

 lianum, closely resembling the latter. 

 Native to Switzerland. 



