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90588 to 90648 — Continued. 



90620 to 90630. Geranium spp. Gerania- 

 ceae. Cranesbill. 



. Geranium albanum Bieb. 



A perennial cranesbill from the 

 Caucasus, with diffuse stems 18 inches 

 higb, 7-parted to 9-parted reniform 

 leaves, and purplish-red flowers. 



90621. Geranium columbinum L. 



A much-branched annual, with round 

 palmately 5-parted to 7-parted leaves 

 and rather large purple flowers. Na- 

 tive throughout Europe. 



90622. Geranium dissectum L. 



An erect hispid annual, with finely 

 dissected orbicular palmately 5-parted 

 to 7-parted leaves with linear segments 

 and lilac flowers. Native to Asia 

 Minor and southeastern Europe. 



90623. Geranium divaricatum Ehrh. 



A divaricately branched annual, with 

 roundish 5-parted leaves and deep rose 

 flowers. Native to the mountainous 

 sections of central Europe. 



90624. Geranium gracile Ledeb. 



A herbaceous perennial, about 18 

 inches high, with hairy 3-lobed to 5- 

 lobed leaves and purple flowers on an 

 elongated peduncle. Native to south- 

 eastern Europe. 



90625. Geranium molle L. 



A hairy annual cranesbill with as- 

 cending or diffuse, rounded-palmate 7- 

 lobed to 9-lobed leaves and purplish 

 flowers. Native from southeastern 

 Europe to Syria. 



90626. Geranium pallens Bieb. 



A herbaceous perennial with hispid 

 stems and branches and leaves, orbic- 

 ular on the lower part of the stem 

 and three lobed to five lobed above. 

 The flowers are pale violet. Native to 

 Asia Minor. 



90627. Geranium pusillum Burm. f. 



An annual pubescent cranesbill from 

 southeastern Europe and Asia Minor, 

 with diffuse stems, roundish 5-parted 

 to 9-parted leaves, and small coerulean- 

 violet flowers. 



90628. Geranium pyrenaicum Burm. f. 



A herbaceous perennial about 1 foot 

 high, softly hairy throughout, with an 

 ascending stem, reniform 7-parted to 

 9-parted leaves, and axillary purple 

 flowers. Native to central and south- 

 ern Europe. 



90629. Geranium pyrenaicum Burm. f. 

 Variety depilatum. A glabrous form. 



90630. Geranium rotundifolium L. 



A red-flowered annual, native to 

 stony places in southeastern Europe 

 and Asia Minor, with a short erect 

 branched stem and reniform 7-parted 

 leaves. 



90631 to 90636. Muscari spp. Liliaceae. 

 Grape-hyacinth. 



90588 to 90648 — Continued. 



90631. Muscari caucasicum (Griseb.) 

 Baker. 



An ornamental purple-flowered bul- 

 bous plant, with a scape 8 inches high. 

 Native to dry mountainous regions of 

 the Caucasus. 



For previous introduction see 67922. 



90632. Muscari commutatum Guss. 



A spring-flowering bulb, with linear 

 leaves 4 to 6 inches long, and odorless 

 dark-blue cylindrical flowers twice as 

 long as broad and with segments which 

 are not recurved. It is native to 

 Sicily. 



90633. Muscari neglectum Guss. 



A low bulbous plant, native to the 

 Mediterranean countries, with numer- 

 ous strap-shaped leaves up to a foot 

 in length and fragrant dark-blue flow- 

 ers. 



For previous introduction see 67924. 



90634. Muscari pendulum Trautv. 



A narrow-leaved bulbous plant from 

 Asia Minor, with dense oblong racemes 

 of sky-blue flowers. 



For previous introduction see 67012. 



90633. Muscari neglectum Guss. 



A perennial with a large bulb which 

 sends up several linear leaves 5 to 6 

 inches long, and several scapes, 4 to 5 

 inches high, with racemes of faintly 

 odorous, bright-blue, urn-shaped flow- 

 ers a sixth of an inch across. Native 

 to the Caucasus region. 



For previous introduction see 81350. 



90636. Muscari tenuiflorum Tausch. 



A grape-hyacinth from south-central 

 Europe, similar to Muscari comosum, 

 but generally smaller, with upright 

 narrower-linear leaves as long as the 

 stem, which is about 1 foot high. The 

 lower fertile flowers, in a cylindrical 

 raceme, are apple green with deep- 

 brown slightly recurved segments, 

 while the numerous sterile flowers form 

 a rather dense long raceme above. 



For previous introduction see 81351. 



90637. Ornithogalum arcuatum Stev. 



The leaves of this Caucasian species 

 are broadly lanceolate, and the stout 

 erect scape bears a raceme of white flow- 

 ers nearly a foot long. 



90638 to 90642. Paeonia spp. Ranuncu- 

 laceae. Peony, 



90638. Paeonia abchasica Hort. 



A name for which a place of pub- 

 lication and a description have not 

 been found. 



For previous introduction see 79923. 



90639. Paeonia mlokosewitschi 

 Lomakin. 



A herbaceous perennial peony with 

 dark bluish-green biternate leaves 

 with red nerves and margins and 

 yellow flowers 4 to 5 inches in diam- 

 eter which have numerous stamens 

 and purple stigmas. This peony, con- 

 sidered the handsomest of the yellow- 

 flowered forms, is native to the cen- 

 tral Caucasus. 



For previous introduction see 81352. 



