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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



91368 to 91378— Continued. 



91375 to 91377. Agropyron tenerdm 

 Vasey. Slender wheatgrass. 



91375. Strain No. 24. 



91376. Strain No. 26. 



91377. Strain No. 27. 



91378. Agropyron smithii Rydb. 



Wheatgrass. 



Variety Mecca. Grade No. 1, Saskatch- 

 ewan No. 8. 



91379. Viscum sp. Loranthaceae. 



From Hopei Province, China. Seeds ob- 

 tained by P. H. Dorsett and W. J. Morse, 

 agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received January 29, 1931. 



No. 7634. Tung ching, winter grown. 

 A red or pink-berried mistletoe purchased 

 from a florist in Peiping, but grown about 

 200 miles northeast of the city. The plant 

 had been growing on a poplar tree. 



91380 to 91448. 



From Ipswich. England. Seeds purchased 

 from Thompson & Morgan. Received 

 January 30, 1931. 



91380 to 91382. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



91380. Allium subhirsutum L. (A. 

 ciliatum Cyr.). 



A bulbous perennial, native to the 

 Mediterranean region, with hairy 

 margined, narrow leaves 1 foot high 

 and wbite flowers. 



For previous introduction see 78996. 



91381. Allium moly L. 



Lily leek. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 91045. 



91382. Allium ostrowskianum Regel. 



A particularly striking species, 

 native to Turkestan. The deep-rose 

 flowers are produced freely in many- 

 flowered umbels on scapes 12 inches 

 high. 



For previous introduction see 82390. 



91383. Alstroemeria chilensis Lem. 

 Amaryllidaceae. Chilean alstroemeria. 



A stout tuberous-rooted plant 2 to 4 

 feet high, with scattered obovate or 

 spatulate leaves and large rosy red or 

 whitish flowers in pairs. Native to Chile. 



For previous introduction see 78872. 



91384 to 91388. Anemone spp. Ranuncu- 

 laceae. 



91384. Anemone baldensis L. 



A tuberous-rooted white-flowered per- 

 ennial about 6 inches high, native to 

 Switzerland. 



For previous introduction see 66911. 



91385. Anemone fulgens Gay. 



A herbaceous perennial 1 foot high, 

 with 3-lobed to 5-lobed basal leaves 

 and deeply cut sessile involucral leaves. 

 The solitary vivid scarlet flower is 2 

 incbes across with black stamens. It 

 is native to France. 



91380 to 91448— Continued. 



91386. Anemone halleri All. 



A villous herbaceous perennial about 

 6 inches high, with pinnately divided 

 leaves, involucral leaves in long nar- 

 row segments, and a large erect whit- 

 ish-purple flower with yellow stamens. 

 It is native to Switzerland. 



91387. Anemone narcissifolia L. (A. 

 narcissiflora L.). 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 91278. 



91388. Anemone nemerosa L. 



European wood anemone. 



A delicate herbaceous perennial with 

 a creeping rootstock and 5-parted 

 toothed basal leaves appearing after 

 the flower stems. The stems are sim- 

 ple, 3 to 8 inches high ; the involucral 

 leaves are petioled, 3 to 5 parted, and 

 toothed ; and the solitary white to pur- 

 plish flower is 1 inch across. It is 

 native to Europe. 



91389. Bulbinella hookeri (Colenso) 

 Cheeseman (Anthericum hookeri Colen- 

 so). Liliaceae. 



A New Zealand herbaceous perennial 

 related to the asphodels, varying in size 

 from 1 to 3 feet. The numerous glau- 

 cous-green leaves are linear, and the 

 loose racemes of bright-yellow flowers 

 are on slender scapes up to 10 inches 

 long. 



For previous introduction see 78879. 



91390. Anthericum ramosum L. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



A herbaceous perennial with tuberlike 

 rhizomes, narrowly linear leaves, and 

 branching stems which bear racemes of 

 small wheel-shaped white flowers. It is 

 native to Europe. 



91391. Fatsia japonica (Thunb.) De- 

 caisne and Planch. (Aralia sieooldii 

 Hort.). Araliaceae. 



A broadleaved evergreen undershrub, 

 native to Japan. 



For previous introduction see 80600. 



91392. Fatsia japonica (Thunb.) De- 

 caisne and Planch. (Aralia sieooldii 

 Hort. ) . Araliaceae. 



Variety Moseri. A compact form. 



91393. Aristolochia elegans Masters. 

 Aristolochiaceae. Calicoflower. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 90948. 



91394. Arum maculatum L. Araceae. 



Lords-and-ladies. 



A tuberous-rooted herbaceous peren- 

 nial closely resembling the American In- 

 dian turnip (Arisaema triphyllum) . The 

 plant is about 1 foot high with black- 

 spotted, hastate leaves, and the spathe 

 is spotted with purple. It is native to 

 Europe. 



91395. Asarum europaeum L. Aristolo- 

 chiaceae. "Wildginger. 



A creeping herbaceous perennial with 

 kidney-shaped dark-green evergreen leaves 

 on petioles 3 to 5 inches long, and green- 

 ish-purple flowers, half an inch across, 

 on short peduncles close to the ground 

 under the leaves. It is native to Europe. 



