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90894 to 90942— Continued. 



90941. Zamia pumila L. Cycadaceae. 



A palnilike cycad with the trunk mostly 

 underground. The compound leaves, 3 to 

 4 feet long, are made up of 20 to 50 

 coriaceous shining leaflets with entire 

 margins except for a few teeth at the 

 tip. The conelike fruits, 3 to 5 inches 

 long, are covered with tomentose hexag- 

 onal scales, and the angled red seeds are 

 1 inch long. It is native to Cuba. 



90942. ZANTHOXYLUM MARTI NICENSE 



(Lam.) DC. Rutaceae. 



A spiny tree up to 60 feet high, native 

 to the West Indies, with compound 

 leaves made up of oblong entire leaflets, 

 small white flowers, and small fruits 

 which open and show the bright black 

 seeds. 



90943. Tbifolium pkatense L. Faba- 

 ceae. Red clover. 



From Hamburg. Germany. Seeds pur- 

 chased from R. Liefmann & Sons. Re- 

 ceived January 6, 1931. 



Silesian red clover, produced in the dis- 

 trict of Schweidnitz, in western-central 

 Silesia. 



90944 and 90945. Trifolium pkatense 

 L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 



From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from 

 Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. Received Janu- 

 ary 6, 1931. 



90944. Brittany grown. 



90945. Vendee grown. 



90946 to 90973. 



From Quedlinburg, Germany. Seeds pur- 

 chased from Heinr. Alette. Received 

 January 6, 1931. 



90946. Achimenes sp. Gesneriaceae. 

 No. 10796. Mixed varieties. 



90947. Allium pulchellum Don. Lilia- 

 ceae. Onion. 



No. 11002. An onion with narrow-lin- 

 ear leaves about 1 foot long and a rather 

 dense umbel of bell-shaped, violet flowers. 

 Native to Asia Minor. 



90948 to 90950. Aristolochia spp. Aris- 

 tolochiaceae. 



90948. Aristolochia elegaxs Masters. 



Calicoflower. 



No. 11770. A perennial vine with 

 long-stalked, broadly cordate leaves 2 

 to 3 inches across, and solitary flowers, 

 which have no unpleasant odor, borne 

 on the pendulous young wood. The 

 flowers have a yellow-green tube 2 to 

 3 inches long, and the cordate-circular 

 limb, 3 inches across, is purple and 

 white blotched, white outside, with 

 a yellow eye. It is native to Brazil. 



90949. Aristolochia fimbriata Cham. 



No. 11772. A native of Argentina 

 with a weak, slender stem, not climb- 

 ing ; the leaves are cordate-reinform 

 and very obtuse. The tube of the peri- 

 anth is green, much curved, like a 

 hunting horn, swollen at the base, ex- 

 panding above into a large 1-sided 

 limb which is greenish-brown outside 

 and deep purple-brown inside, with yel- 

 low reticulations ; the margin is be- 

 set with long succulent hairs, each 

 tipped with a gland. The very sing- 



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ular structure and color of the long- 

 fringed flowers render this species par- 

 ticularly worthy of cultivation under 

 glass or in favorable situations in the 

 open. 



For previous introduction see 48657. 



90950. Aristolochia grandiflora 

 Swartz. Pelicanflower. 



No. 11774. A downy climbing shrub 

 with cordate-acuminate leaves and 

 strong-scented flowers, 20 inches across, 

 which in bud resemble a pelican with 

 its head thrown back as at rest. The 

 expanded limb of the flower is cordate- 

 ovate, wavy margined, purple blotched, 

 and has a slender ciliated tail 3 feet 

 or more long. It is native to tropical 

 America. 



90951. COLCHICUM AUTDMNALE L. Mel- 



anthiaceae. 



No. 16696. Meadow saffron. 



90952. Dahlia rosea Cav. (D. variabilis 

 Hort.). Asteraceae. 



No. 17250. Nana. Mixed dwarf sin- 

 gle dahlias. 



90953. DlCENTRA SPECTABILIS (L.) Le- 



maire (Dielytra spectabilis Don). Pa- 

 paveraceae. Bleedingheart. 



No. 18244. Carminrosa. 



90954. ESCHSCHOLTZIA CALIFORNICA 



Cham. Papaveraceae. 



No. 18517. Canaliculata Mikado. A 

 California poppy with crimson-scarlet- 

 orange fluted petals. 



90955. Freesia hybrida Hort. Iridaceae. 

 No. 18672. Ragioneri. 



90956. Gesxeria hybrida Hort. Gesneria- 

 ceae. 



No. 18818. Mixed varieties. 



90957. Hedychium gardnerianum Ros- 

 coe. Zinziberaceae. India gingerlily. 



No. 19229. A lemon-flowered variety. 



90958 and 90959. Lacinaria spicata (L.) 

 Kuntze {Liatris spicata Willd.). As- 

 teraceae. Spike gayfeather. 



90958. No. 20620. Received as Liatris 

 callilepis. A variety with purple- 

 red flowers. 



No. 20622. Purpurrosa. A va- 

 riety with purple flowers. 



90960. OXALIS CORNICULATA ATROPUR- 



purea Planch. (O. tropaeoloides Vilm.). 

 Oxalidaceae. Nasturtium oxalis. 



No. 21910. A yellow-flowered form 

 with dark-brown leaves. 



90961. Oxalis valdiviensis Barn. Oxal- 

 idaceae. Chilean oxalis. 



No. 21911. A Chilean oxalis with 

 very short stems, clustered leaves, and 

 close umbels on long stems of small yel- 

 low flowers with red veins. 



90962 to 90973. Tropaeolum spp. Tro- 

 paeolaceae. 



to 90966. Tropaeolum pelto- 

 phordm Benth. (T. lobbianum 

 Veitch). Shield nasturtium, 



90962. No. 25420. Lobb's climbing; 

 yeRowish white. 



