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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



90588 to 90648— Continued. 



90598. Allium flavum L. 



A wild onion with an upright or 

 ascending stem a foot or less high, 

 narrowly linear leaves about as long 

 as the stem, and small yellow bell- 

 shaped flowers in a rather dense clus- 

 ter. Native to dry rocky places, es- 

 pecially in chalky soil, in south-central 

 Europe. 



For previous introduction see 820il. 



90599. Allium fominianum Mishchenko. 



A name for which a description has 

 not been found. 



90600. Allium gracile Albow. 



The erect slender scape of this alpine 

 onion bears a hemispherical lax head of 

 rose-colored flowers. The long leaves 

 are linear-filiform. It is native to the 

 southern part of the Union of Soviet 

 Socialist Republics. 



90601. Allium lepidum Kunth. 



A rather small onion with semiterete 

 leaves 3 to 4 inches high, and a shorter 

 scape bearing an umbel of purplish 

 flowers. It is native to the Caucasus. 



90602. Allium pseudostrictum Albow. 



An alpine onion about 8 inches high, 

 with flat linear leaves and pale-rose 

 flowers in a small dense globular head 

 on a scape 10 inches high. Native to 

 the southern part of the Union of So- 

 viet Socialist Republics. 



90603. Allium rotundum L. 



Variety scorodoprasoides. A pink- 

 flowered onion with flat leaves about 1 

 foot long. The dense globular umbel is 

 borne on a scape, leafy for one-third to 

 one-half its length. It. is common in 

 subalpine regions of Asia Minor. 



90604. Allium rubellum Bieb. 



A pink-flowered onion with the globu- 

 lar umbel on a slender scape, leafy be- 

 low. The leaves are semicylindrical 

 and very narrow. It is native to Asia 

 Minor. 



90605. Allium rupestre Bieb. 



An onion from Asia Minor with sub- 

 terete-linear leaves and about 10 flesh- 

 colored flowers in a small umbel. 



90606. Allium schoenoprasum L. 



Chives. 

 The sand leek or racambole of Eu- 

 rope and Asia Minor ; resembles garlic, 

 but has smaller bulbs of milder flavor 

 which are produced at the tip of the 

 stem as well as at its base. 



For previous introduction see 78991. 



90607. Allium victorialis L. 



One of the most distinctive species of 

 European onion, with stems about 2 

 feet high, leaves resembling those of 

 lily-of-the-valley, and white or green- 

 ish-white flowers. 



For previous introduction see 86666. 



90608 to 90615. Alyssum spp. Brassica- 

 ceae. 



90608. Alyssum calycinum L. 



A rather low annual alyssum from 

 the mountains of Asia Minor. The 

 lower leaves are obovate, the upper 

 lanceolate, and the flowers are in a 

 simple raceme. 



90588 to 90648 — Continued. 



90609. Alyssum campestre L. 



A many-stemmed gray or yellow 

 European annual which is rather 

 variable in leaf and flower charac- 

 ters. The leaves are commonly oblong- 

 lanceolate, and the flowers are yel- 

 lowish. 



90610. Alyssum desertorum Stapf. 



A dwarf hairy annual with pale- 

 yellow flowers. Native to sandy places 

 in southeastern Europe. 



90611. Alyssum hirsutum Bieb. 



An annual about a foot high, hairy 

 throughout, with ascending stems, ob- 

 long-lanceolate leaves, and yellowish 

 flowers. Resembling A. campestre, it 

 is larger in all its parts. Native to 

 southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. 



90612. Alyssum murale Bieb. 



A perennial alyssum with numerous 

 stems, hairy obovate-lanceolate leaves, 

 and pale-yellow flowers. Native to the 

 mountains of Greece. 



90613. Alyssum repens Baumg. 



A perennial alyssum from the moun- 

 tains of southeastern Europe. It is 

 about 1 foot high and differs from 

 A. montanum in having larger flowers. 



90614. Alyssum strictum Willd. 



An annual alyssum with numerous 

 ascending branches, 18 inches high, 

 oblong-linear leaves, and cylindrical 

 racemes of yellow flowers. Native to 

 Asia Minor. 



90615. Alyssum szovitsianum Fisch. 

 and Mey. 



An annual yellow-flowered alyssum 

 from southeastern Europe, about 1 foot 

 high, with oblong-linear leaves and 

 pods sometimes 1 inch long. 



90616 and 90617. Crocus spp. Iridaceae. 



90616. Crocus scharojani Rupr. 



A crocus with a very small globose 

 bulb, with leaves appearing in the 

 spring and remaining until the bright- 

 yellow flowers appear in the latter part 

 of July and August in the Caucasus 

 region, where it is native. The throat 

 of the corolla is yellowish white, the 

 anthers are pale yellow, and the style 

 branches are orange red. 



90617. Crocus vallicola Herb. 



In the Caucasus, where this crocus 

 is native, its cream-colored rather 

 large flowers open in August and Sep- 

 tember. The leaves, marked with 

 white lines, appear after the flowers. 



90618 and 90619. Galanthus spp. Ama- 

 ryllidaceae. Snowdrop. 



90618. Galanthus caucasicus Baker. 



A spring-blooming bulbous plant, 

 native to the Caucasus, with sword- 

 shaped leaves about 9 inches long, and 

 large white flowers. 



For previous introduction see 67908. 



90619. Galanthus latifolius Rupr. 



A snowdrop with channeled leaves 

 nearly 1 inch wide and white flowers 

 having the inner segments green both 

 inside and out at the sinus. It is 

 native to the Caucasus region, where it 

 is said to flower in May. 



