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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



81810 to 81817— Continued. 



81817. Trifolium sp. Fabaceae. Clover. 

 No. 322. Obtained in the forest, Suk- 

 hum Experiment Station, October 10, 

 1929. 



81818. Oxytropis pilosa (L.) DO. Fa- 

 baceae. 



From Russia, Union of Socialistic Soviet 

 Republics. Seeds presented by A. Kol, 

 Chief, Bureau of Introduction,' Institute 

 of Applied Botany and New Cultures, 

 Leningrad. Received November 19, 1929. 



No. 1335. From the Botanical Garden of 

 Saratof University. An upright or ascend- 

 ing herbaceous perennial about 15 inches 

 high, densely covered with soft spreading 

 hairs. It has a short rootstock, pinnate 

 leaves, and bright-yellow flowers in an 

 ovoid raceme. Native to central Europe. 



81819. Citrus sp. 



Rutaceae. 



Cuban shaddock. 



From Holguin, Cuba. Seeds presented by 

 Thomas R. Towns. Received November 

 21, 1929. 



A shaddock used as a stock for citi-us 

 varieties in Cuba ; especially good for navel 

 orange, but not for grapefruit or the kum- 

 quat. 



For previous introduction see No. 77306. 



81820 to 81822. 



From Newry, Ireland. Seeds purchased 

 from T. Smith, Daisy Hill Nursery. Re- 

 ceived November 19, 1929. 



81820. Geranium ibericum • Cav. Gera- 

 niaceae. Iberian cranesbill. 



A herbaceous perennial, 1 to 2 feet 

 high, with an erect villous stem branch- 

 ing at the top. The opposite leaves are 

 5-parted to 7-parted and the violet flow- 

 ers, an inch across, are borne in open 

 panicles. Native to Spain and Portugal. 



81821. Iris graminea L. Iridaceae. 



Grass iris. 



A dwarf beardless iris with strongly 

 ribbed linear leaves 12 to 18 inches long, 

 and flowers with lilac outer segments 

 with a yellow claw and erect red-purple 

 style branches and inner segments. The 

 plant is valued chiefly for its freesialike 

 scent. Native to central and southern 

 Europe. 



81822. MORAEA SPATHULATA (L. f . ) Klatt 



(M. spathacea Ker). Iridaceae. 



A bulbous perennial with a single 

 linear-falcate, strongly ribbed basal leaf 

 2 feet high and a stout stem, 2 to 3 feet 

 tall, bearing a cluster of bright-yellow 

 flowers. Native to southern Africa. 



81823. Ficus religiosa L. Moraceae. 

 Sacred bo tree. 



From Kirkee, Poona, Bombay Presidency, 

 India. Seeds presented by the Superin- 

 tendent of the Ganeshkhind Botanical 

 Gardens. Received November 19, 1929. 



A large tropical tree up to 100 feet high, 

 with the rotund-ovate coriaceous leaves sus- 

 pended on slender petioles 4 inches long, 

 and with the apex produced into a long 

 linear-lanceolate, taillike appendage. The 

 dark-purple axillary fruits are about half 

 an inch in diameter. Native to India. 



81824 and 81825. Prunus armeniaca 

 L. Amygclalaceae. Apricot. 



From Russia, Union of Socialistic Soviet 

 Republics. Cuttings and scions presented 

 by A. Kol, Chief, Bureau of Introduction, 

 Institute of Applied Botany and New Cul- 

 tures. Received November 23, 1929. 



81824. Caclu Khurmai. 



81825. No. 109093. From Turkestan. 

 Khurmai. 



81826 to 81830. 



From Hanover, Germany. Plants pur- 

 chased from Hermann A. Hesse. Re- 

 ceived November 23, 1929. 



81826 to 81828. Chrysanthemum maxi- 

 mum Ramond. Asteraceae. 



Pyrenees chrysanthemum. 



81826. Hildegard, von Grtiter. Plant 

 tall, about 28 inches high, blooming 

 in July ; disk yellow and very small. 

 This is especially suitable for cut 

 flowers, on account of its prolific 

 blooming and stiff stems. 



81827. Lockenkopf. Plant about 2 feet 

 high, blooming in July and August. 

 The large dazzling white flowers, 

 with three or four series of deep-cut 

 ray flowers, remind one of " ostrich 

 feather asters." 



81828. Niobe. One of the finest sorts 

 with unusually large pure-white 

 heads. The ray flowers are lightly 

 undulate. 



81829. Daphne alpina L. Thymelaea- 

 ceae. Alpine daphne. 



An erect alpine shrub 2 feet high, with 

 narrow deciduous leaves, and fragrant 

 white or pinkish flowers in terminal 

 clusters. Native of Europe. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79200. 



81830, Daphne caucasica Pall. Thy- 

 melaeaceae. Caucasian daphne. 



A hardy* deciduous shrub, up to 4 feet 

 high, with lanceolate leaves and fragrant 

 white flowers in terminal heads of 3 to 20 

 ffowers. Native to the Caucasus region. 



For previous introduction see No. 

 79203. 



81831 and 81832. 



From Rumania. Seeds obtained through 

 H. L. Westover, Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received November 25, 1929. 



81831. Medicago sativa L. 



Fabaceae. 

 Alfalfa. 



From Transylvania. 



81832. Trifolium pratense L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



From Moldova. 



81833. Jtjglans formosana Hayata. 

 Juglanclaceae. 



From San Marino, Calif. Nuts presented 

 by William Hertrich, Superintendent, 

 Huntington Botanic Garden. Received 

 November 25, 1929. 



A very ornamental tree which is nearly 

 evergreen at San Marino, Calif. The nuts 

 resemble the butternut (Juglans cinerea) in 

 size and shape. Native to Taiwan. 



