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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



91264 to 91272 — Continued. 



Nos. 91269 to 91271 were collected at 

 El Desierto, Distrito Federal, Decem- 

 ber 26, 1930, at 10,000 feet altitude. 



91269. Salvia sp. Menthaceae. 



Sage. 



No. 5. An ornamental herb, 3- to 5 

 feet high, found abundantly in semi- 

 shaded situations under cedar and Doug- 

 las fir trees. The large flowers are deep 

 red. 



91270. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 6. Tubers of a herbaceous vine 

 3 feet long with green berrylike fruits 

 three-quarters of an inch in diameter, 

 with one small tuber to each plant. 

 Found under cedar and fir trees. 



91271. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 6a. Seeds collected from the same 

 p ants as No. 6 [91270]. 



91272. (Undetermined.) 



No. 11. From a private garden in 

 Guadalajara, Jalisco, January 4, 1931, at 

 an altitude of 5,000 feet. A tree with 

 milky juice and fruit in pairs. 



91273. Smithia sensitiva Ait. Faba- 

 ceae. 



From Mandalay, Burma. Seeds presented 

 by the Director of Agriculture, Burma. 

 Received January 23, 1931. 



An annual plant 2 to 3 feet high with 

 slender much-branched stems, compound 

 leaves made up of 4 to 20 leaflets half an 

 inch long, and simple racemes of small yel- 

 low flowers. It is native to India. Of 

 possible value as a forage crop or for green 

 manure. 



91274 to 91289. 



From England. Seeds purchased from Clar- 

 ence Elliott, Six Hills Nurseries, Steven- 

 age, Herts. Received January 23, 1931. 



91274 to 91277. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



91274. Allium cyanbum Regel. 



A rather dwarf plant, less than a 

 foot high, with small pendulous heads 

 of pale-blue flowers. Native to north- 

 ern China. 



For previous introduction see 82386. 



91275. Allium macranthum Baker. 



A handsome herbaceous perennial 

 from the eastern Himalayas. The flat 

 leaves are over 1 foot long, and the 

 mauve-purple flowers are produced in 

 clusters of 50 or more on scapes 2 feet 

 high. 



For previous introduction see 78984. 



^1276. Allium sikkimense Baker. 



A neat little compact perennial 6 

 inches high or more, with grasslike 

 leaves and loose umbels of deep-blue 

 flowers. Native to Sikkim, India. 



For previous introduction see 66534. 



91277. Allium sp. 



An onion, native to Tibet. 



91274 to 91239 — Continued. 



91278. Anemone narcissifolia L. (A. 

 narcissiflora L.). Ranunculaceae. 



A stout erect herbaceous perennial 

 with petioled 3-parted to 5-parted deeply 

 cut basal leaves, sessile involucral leaves, 

 and an umbel of several white flowers 1 

 inch across, with yellow anthers. It is 

 native to Europe. 



91279. Bellium minutum L. Asteraceae. 



A dwarf annual, scarcely 1 inch high, 

 with ovate-spatulate radical leaves and 

 white flowers in small heads. Native to 

 southeastern Europe. 



91280. Cyclamen neapolitanum Tenore. 

 Primulaceae. Neapolitan cyclamen. 



A low perennial 3 inches high, with 

 handsomely marked heart-shaped leaves 

 arising from a large black tuber. The 

 deep pink or rarely white flowers are 

 borne in autumn. Native to Italy. 



For previous introduction see 79055. 



91281. Gypsophila elegans Bieb. Sile- 

 naceae. Common gypsophilia. 



Carminens. 



91282. Hyacinthus amethystinus L. 

 Liliaceae. Hyacinth. 



A slender graceful Spanish hyacinth 

 with short racemes of light-blue flowers 

 6 inches or less high. 



For previous introduction see 66574. 



91283. Kniphofia hybrida Hort. Lilia- 

 ceae. Torchlily. 



New hybrids. 



91284. Leontopodium alpinum Cass. As- 

 teraceae. Common edelweiss. 



A low tufted woolly perennial herb 

 with creeping stolons, lanceolate leaves, 

 and heads of seven to nine small flowers 

 surrounded by a starlike cluster of white 

 woolly bracts. It is native to the Alps 

 of Europe. 



91285. Ostrowskia 

 Campanulaceae. 



magnifica Regel. 

 Giant bellflower. 



A tall erect glabrous herbaceous peren- 

 nial, 4 to 6 feet high, with ovate toothed 

 leaves 4 to 6 inches long, in whorls of 

 four or five, and pale-lilac, broadly bell- 

 shaped flowers 2 inches long and 4 inches 

 across the mouth. It is native to central 

 Asia. 



91286. Lupinus hybridus Hort. Faba- 

 ceae. Lupine. 



New hybrids. 



91287. PORTULACA GRANDIFLORA Hook. 



Portulacaceae. Common portulaca. 



A slender, terete, prostrate or ascend- 

 ing annual, or perennial under glass, 6 

 to 12 inches high, with short terete leaves 

 and flowers 1 inch across in many bright 

 colors. It is native to Brazil. 



91288. DlERAMA PULCHERRIMA (Hook, f . ) 



Baker (Sparaxis pulcherrima Hook. f. ). 

 Iridaceae. 



A bulbous perennial native to South 

 Africa, with irislike leaves, a remotely 

 branched stem 4 to 6 feet high, and tub- 

 ular, blood-purple, pendulous flowers 1 

 to 2 inches long. 



