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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



90588 to 90648 — Continued. 



90640. Pabonia tenuifolia L. 



Fringed peony. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial 1 foot 

 or more higb, densely leafy, with ter- 

 nate, much-divided leaves, and an erect 

 dark-crimson flower about 3 inches 

 across. It is native to the Caucasus 

 region. 



For previous introduction see 79925. 



90641. Paeonia triternata Pall. 



A tall herbaceous peony, native to 

 Siberia, usually about 3 feet high, 

 with triternate leaves and purple 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 81353. 



90642. Paeonia sp. 



Variety Chamaeleon. 



90643 to 90645. Rosa spp. Rosaceae. 



Rose. 



90643. Rosa medwedewii Hort. 



A name for which a place of publi- 

 cation and a description have not been 

 found. 



90644 and 90645. Rosa spinosissima L. 

 Scotch rose. 



90644. Variety subbiserrata. 



90645. Variety leptacantha. 



90649 to 90676 — Continued. 



90649 and 90650. Abies spp. Pinaceae. 



Fir. 



90646. Scilla roseni Koch. 



Liliaceae. 



Squill. 



A bulbous plant, native to the Cau- 

 casus, with linear-oblong leaves and small 

 white flowers. 



For previous introduction see 79928. 



90647 and 90648. Sempervi vu m spp. 

 Crassulaceae. Houseleek. 



90647. Sempervivum globiferum L. 



A stemless succulent with the main 

 rosette 2 to 3 inches across, rather flat, 

 but the offsets, borne on scaly pedun- 

 cles 3 inches long, are globular. The 

 obovate to elliptical leaves are slightly 

 hairy, and the flower scape, 1 foot 

 high, is densely hairy. The 12-parted 

 flowers have linear-lanceolate, paie- 

 yellow petals which are green-striate 

 outside. It is native to southeastern 

 Europe. 



90648. Sempervivum pdmilum Bieb. 



A succulent with the barren rosettes 

 not more than 1 inch across and the 

 numerous new rosettes on short pedun- 

 cles. The rosette leaves are oblanceo- 

 late and green except the outer, which 

 are tinted red-brown ; the stem leaves 

 are hairy and are red-brown. The 

 flower stem, 3 to 4 inches high, bears 

 a dense head of mauve-purple flowers 

 1 inch across. It is native to the 

 Caucasus region. 



90649 to 90676. 



From Manchuria. Seeds collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived December 18, 1930. 



Received from the forestry department, 

 Yugakujo Agricultural Experiment Station 

 (South Manchurian Railway), Hsiungya- 

 ocheng, Yugakujo, Manchuria, November 

 17, 1930. 



. Abies holophylla Maxim. 



Needle fir. 



Nos. 6516 and 6517. No. 6517 was 

 collected in the Ryining Province. A 

 tall handsome fir, eventually 100 

 feet or more high, with stout spread- 

 ing or ascending branches and dark- 

 green foliage. 



For previous introduction see 82470. 



90650. Abies nephrolepis (Trautv.) 

 Maxim. 



No. 6518. A Siberian conifer up to 

 100 feet high, resembling the Siberian 

 fir, AMes siMrica, but with a rough 

 bark, pubescent branchlets, shorter 

 leaves, and smaller cones. 



For previous introduction see 78398. 



90651 to 90655. Acer spp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



90651. Acer barbinerve Maxim. 



No. 6506. A shrubby maple, native 

 to Manchuria, with coarsely toothed, 

 5-lobed leaves. 



For previous introduction see 72400. 



90652. Acer caudatum ukurunduensb 

 (Trautv. and Mey.) Rehder. 



No. 6510. A small Manchurian ma- 

 ple with coarsely toothed, 5-lobed or 

 7-lobed leaves. 



For previous introduction see 71133. 



90653. Acer mandshuricum Maxim. 



Manchurian maple. 



No. 6508. A hardy Manchurian ma- 

 ple which forms a shrub or small tree. 



For previous introduction see 72401.. 



90654. Acer tegmentosum Maxim. 



No. 6507. An interesting green- 

 barked maple with seeds in long ra- 

 cemes. 



For previous introduction see 71132. 



90655. Acer triflorum Komarov. 



No. 6509. A tree up to 25 I'eet high, 

 with glabrous branchlets. The leaves 

 are made up of three oblong-lanceolate 

 leaflets with entire or coarsely toothed 

 margins, and the flowers, in groups of 

 three, are followed by densely pubescent 

 fruits having wide-spreading, nearly 

 straight wings about 2 inches long. It 

 is native to Chosen and Manchuria. 



For previous introduction see 82472. 



90656. Aralia elata (Mi quel) Seenu 

 Araliaceae. 



No. 6503. 



For previous introduction see 85731. 



90657. Betula costata Trautv. Betula- 

 ceae. Birch. 



No. 6493. 



For previous introduction see 65487. 



90658. Celastrds articulatus Thunb- 

 Celastraceae. Oriental bittersweet.. 



No. 6523. 



For previous introduction see 82507. 



