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PLAXT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



81276 to 81283— Continued. 

 81283. Gosstpicm sp. 



From Charles Island, June 28. 1929. 

 Flowers bright yellow, becoming dark 

 pink with age. 



81284. Lilium spc Liliaceae. Lily. 



From Japan. Bulbs collected by P. H. Dor- 

 sett and W. J. Morse, agricultural ex- 

 plorers. Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived August 1, 1929. 



No. 910. Growing on the mountain side, 

 Takaoyama Forest, near Takao. Julv S. 

 1929. 



81285. aIedicago sativa L. Fabaceae. 



Alfalfa. 



From Landsberg am Warthe. Germany. 

 Seeds obtained from the Deutsche Saat- 

 veredelung, through the Bureau of Agri- 

 cultural Economics. Received August 7. 

 1929. 



Old Frankish lucern, produced in the 

 vicinity of Landsberg. 



81286 to 81289. Fbagaeia spp. Rosa- 

 ceae. Strawberry. 



From Sydney, New South "Wales, Australia, 

 Plants presented by C. G. Savage. Direc- 

 tor of Fruit Culture of the New South 

 Wales Department of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived August 9. 1929. 



81286, pRAGARIA SP. 



CrenceU. 



81287, Fbagaeia sp. 

 Fandelcino. 



81288, Fbagaeia sp. 

 Malakoff. 



31289, Fbagabia sp. 



Phenomenal, 



81290 to 81296. 



From Cape Town, Union of South Africa. 

 Presented bv W. S. Duke & Co. Received 

 August 7, 1929. 



81290. Axtholtza EEVOLUlA Burm. f. 

 Iridaceae. 



Seeds of a slender-stemmed plant. 

 closely allied to gladiolus, bearing bright- 

 red flowers in a few-flowered, very las 

 spike. Native to southwestern South 

 Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 



62799. 



81291 to 81293, Gladiolus spp. Irida- 

 ceae. 



81291 and 81292. Gladiolus alatus L. 



A very interesting plant with flowers 

 of a delightful fragrance not unlike 

 that of the sweetbrier. The three upper 

 petals are bright orange-scarlet, and 

 the three lower ones are yellowish 

 tipped with orange scarlet. The bulb- 

 art' not larger than ordinary peas and 

 can not remain long out of the ground. 

 Native to South Africa. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 .54304. 



81291, Bulbs. 



81292. Seeds. 



81290 to 81296— Continued. 

 81293. Gladiolus sp. 

 Painted Ladies. Bulbs. 



81294. Ixia sp. Iridaceae. 



Seeds. 



81295. Spaeaxis xricoloe (Curtis) Ker. 

 Iridaceae. Wandflower. 



Seeds of spring-flowering bulbous plant, 

 native to South Africa, with flat sword- 

 shaped leaves and stems a foot high, bear- 

 ing clusters of funnel-shaped flowers 1 

 to 2 inches across which vary in color 

 from nearly white through rose, carmine, 

 crimson, to dark purple excluding blue 

 and yellow, but always having a yellow 

 blotch at the base of each segment. 



81296. Veltheimia viridifolia Jacq. 

 Liliaceae. 



Seeds of a bulbous perennial, native to 

 South Africa, with oblong wavy-margined 

 radicle leaves a foot long and' a leafless 

 scape 1 to 2 feet high, mottled with 

 purple. The reddish yellow tubular 

 dowers, with greenish tips, are over an 

 inch long and are borne in a dense raceme 

 3 to 6 inches long. 



81297. LixrcM sp. Liliaceae. Lily. 



From Hanabata. Japan. Bulbs collected by 

 P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricul- 

 tural explorers. Bureau of Plant Industrv. 

 Received August 12. 1929. 



No. 959. Obtained from an agricultural 

 fair in the public-school buildins. Julv 19, 

 lf»29. A species with edible bulbs of rela- 

 tively uniform size and shape. 



81298 to 81307. 



From Japan. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industrv. 

 Received August 7. 1929. 



81298. Osterdamia tapoxica (Steud.> 

 Hitchc. Poaceae. Japanese lawngrass, 



No. 925. Collected on Miharadai 

 Mountain peak, July 9, 1929. A grass 

 which makes a very tight sod. but only 

 a short growth. 



For previous introduction see No. S0941. 



81299. Phytolacca acixosa Roxb. Phy- 

 tolaccaceae. Pokeberry. 



No. 956. Collected in Tokujima Tem- 

 ple grounds, near TJmeshimamura. July 

 15. 1929. A stout, almost woody, poke- 

 berry closely resembling the native Amer- 

 ican pokeberry and used as greens in the 

 *ame manner. Native to China and 

 Japan. 



81300 to 81304, Rubus spp. Rosaceae. 



81300, Rubus sp. 



No. 913. Collected on a mountain 

 top. at an altitude of 1.300 feet, near 

 Takao. July S. 1929. A species with 

 very large canes, nearly 2 inches in 

 diameter,' and bright-red fruits. 



81301, Rubus sp. 



No. 914. Collected on a mouniain 

 top near Takao. July 8. 1929. A 

 bright golden-yellow raspberry. 



81302, Rubus sp. 



No. 915. From a trail near the 



mountain top in Takaovama Forest, 

 near Takao. July S. 1929. A species 

 with orange-yellow fruits. 



