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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



90946 to 90973— Continued. 



90963. No. 25428. Lobb's climbing; 

 a bright-scarlet variety with dark 

 foliage. 



90964. No. 25544. Liliput, Little 

 snow white. 



90965. No. 25516. Triomphe (d'Hy- 

 eres). 



90966. No. 25541. Othello. A small 

 variety with blackish-red flowers 

 and dark foliage. 



90967 to 90969. Teopaeolum majus L. 

 Common nasturtium, 



90967. No. 25572. Heinemanni. A 

 tall climbing plant with silky, 

 bronze-chocolate flowers. 



. No. 25580. A tall climbing 

 variety with pale yellow flowers. 



. No. 25606. Schultz's tall 

 climbing variety with scarlet flow- 

 ers and dark leaves. 



90970 to 90973. Teopaeolum minus L. 

 Bush nasturtium. 



90970. No. 25634. Aurora. Tom 

 Thumb, a dwarf variety with 

 terra-cotta colored flowers. 



90971. No. 25648. Tom Thumb, a 

 dwarf variety with scarlet flowers 

 and golden-yellow leaves. 



90972. No. 25725. A dwarf variety 

 with red flowers and variegated 

 foliage. 



90973. No. 25696. Tom Thumb, a 

 dwarf variety with rose-colored 

 flowers. 



90974 to 90976. 



From Greece. Seeds presented by Panos 

 Th. Anaguostopoulos, Professor of Horti- 

 culture, College of Agriculture, Athens. 

 Received January 6, 1931. 



90974. Delphiniui 

 nunculaceae. 



STAPHISAGEIA L. Ra- 



Larkspur. 



A stout-stemmed perennial or biennial, 

 soft-hairy throughout, 1 to 3 feet high. 

 The leaves are palmately five to seven 

 lobed, with the lobes sometimes three 

 cleft. The light-blue flowers are in a 

 dense simple or branched raceme. Na- 

 tive to the Mediterranean countries. 



90975. Deacunculus vulgaeis Schott. 

 Araceae. Common dragon. 



A tuberous perennial, native to Europe, 

 which resembles the American Indian tur- 

 nip, Arisaema triphylhim, with the leaves 

 divided into 10 fingerlike segments from 

 a bow-shaped base and a purple, wavy 

 margined spathe. 



90976. Veebascum undulatum Lam. 

 Scrophulariaceae. 



A yellow-flowered biennial about 3 feet 

 high, native to stony hills in southeastern 

 Europe. The short-stemmed lower leaves 

 are oblong spatulate, and the upper ones 

 are ovate-cordate and clasping. The flow- 

 ers, an inch across, are in a long inter- 

 rupted raceme. 



90977 to 90981. Lhjum spp. Lilia- 

 ceae. Lily. 



From India. Seeds purchased from G. 

 Ghose & Co., Townend, Darjeeling. Re- 

 ceived January 6, 1931. 



90977 to 90981— Continued. 



90977. Lilium giganteum Wall. 



Giant lily. 

 A lily, native to the Himalayas, with 

 bulbs which grow close to the surface in 

 rich black soil, at altitudes between 7,500 

 and 9,000 feet, where the ground is 

 covered with snow from November to 

 April. The smooth hollow stems, 6 to 9 

 feet high, are sometimes used for musical 

 pipes. The handsome cordate leaves, 

 shining dark-green above and paler be- 

 neath, are 10 to 12 inches long on petioles 

 of equal length ; both become smaller 

 near the apex. In the large white frag- 

 rant flowers, often 12 to a raceme, the. 

 perianth tube is slightly greenish and the 

 inner surface of the segments is tinged 

 with deep purple. 



For previous introduction see 80010. 



90978. Lilium longiflobum Thunb. 



Easter lily. 



90979. Lilium bakeeianum Coll. and 

 Hemsl. (L. lowii Baker). 



A herbaceous perennial with purple- 

 tinged white bulbs, slender erect stems 3 

 feet high, scattered linear-lanceolate 

 leaves, and one to six fragrant, nodding, 

 bell-shaped, creamy white flowers 2 to 3 

 inches across, spotted red-brown on the 

 inside. Native to Burma and western 

 China. 



90980. Lilium nepalense D. Don. 



A showy lily, native to the central 

 Himalayas, with a slender erect stem 2 

 to 3 feet long, leafy to the inflorescence. 

 The glossy bright-green leaves, 4 to 6 

 inches in length, are oblong-lanceolate 

 and five ribbed. The flowers, 4 to 5 

 inches long, are greenish yellow outside 

 and yellow within and flushed, except in 

 the upper third, with purplish black ; 

 the oblanceolate segments are reflexed 

 only in the upper half. The purplish- 

 black filaments bear yellow anthers nearly 

 an inch long. The plant was first dis- 

 covered in the high mountains of Nepal. 



90981. Lilium poltphtllum D. Don. 



A lily with a white, pink-tinged, stolo- 

 niferous bulb, a green stem 4 to 5 feet 

 high, and fairly numerous scattered linear 

 to oblong-lanceolate leaves 2 to 8 inches 

 long. The fragrant nodding flowers. 2 

 to 12 in a lax umbel, are dull yellowish 

 green outside, marble white, spotted and 

 streaked with purple within, and are 2 

 to 3 inches across. It is native to the 

 western Himalayas between 6,000 and 

 12,000 feet altitude. 



90982 to 90992. 



From Manchuria. Scions collected by P. 

 H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived January 7, 1931. 



Scions of the best varieties grown in this 

 region, presented by the Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station of the Kwantung Govern- 

 ment, Chinchou (Kinshu), Manchuria. 



90982 to 90985. Peunus aemeniaca L. 

 Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 



2. No. 7478. Daisan kori. 



i. No. 7479. Bakuori. 



90984. No. 7480. Dairibai. 



90985. No. 7482. SMnri. 



90986. Pyeus sp. Malaceae. Pear. 



No. 7484. Auri or kamonashi. Duck- 

 beak pear. 



