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91380 to 91448— Continued. 



91396. Asclepias tuberosa L. Asclepia- 

 daceae. Butterflyweed. 



A hairy herbaceous perennial 2 to 3 

 feet high, native to the eastern part of 

 the United States, with usually opposite 

 lanceolate-oblong leaves and several um- 

 bels of orange-red flowers. 



91397. Asparagus lutzii Hort. Conval- 

 lariaceae. 



Said to he a hybrid between Asparagus 

 plumosus nanus and some other unknown 

 form. The erect stems, 6 feet long, show 

 little tendency to climb, but flower freely 

 and persistently. 



91398. Asparagus verticillatus L. Con- 

 vallariaceae. 



A semiwoody climbing vine with stems 

 10 to 15 feet long, green angled flexuose 

 branches, and filiform cladodes 2 inches 

 long. The funnel-shaped, greenish-yel- 

 low flowers are in clusters of one to four 

 and are followed by red berries a quar- 

 ter of an inch in diameter. It is native 

 to Persia and Siberia. 



91399. Asphodelixe lutea (L.) Reich- 

 enb. (Aspliodelus luteus L. ) Lilia- 

 ceae. Common Jacobs-rod. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial 2 to 

 4 feet high, with rough-margined leaves 

 2 to 12 inches long and racemes of lily- 

 like yellow flowers. It is native to the 

 Mediterranean region. 



91400. Asphodelus ramosus L. Lilia- 

 ceae. Asphodel. 



A stemless herbaceous perennial with 

 firm linear tufted radical leaves and 

 racemes of white lilylike flowers. It is 

 native to southern Europe. 



91401 and 91402. Beta vulgaris cicla L. 

 Chenopodiaceae. Leaf beet. 



91401. Brasiliensis. A variety with 

 crimson and yellow leaves. 



91402. Dracaenacfolia. A variety with 

 narrow, dark-crimson leaves. 



91403. Quamasia sp. (Camassia hyorida 

 Hort.). Liliaceae. Camas. 



A selection of named varieties, all of 

 which are beautiful. 



91404 to 91408. Corydalis spp. Papav- 

 eraceae. 



91404. Corydalis cheilanthifolia 

 Hemsl. Chinese corydalis. 



A small low perennial with erect, 

 fernlike radical leaves 8 inches high 

 and racemes, longer than the leaves, 

 of yellow flowers resembling the dutch- 

 mans-breeches. It is native to China. 



For previous introduction see 69912. 



91405. Capnoides luteum (L.) Gaertn. 

 (Corydalis lutea DC). 



Yellow corydalis. 



An erect or spreading annual about 

 7 inches high, with delicate pale-green 

 much-divided leaves, and short racemes 

 of pale-yellow flowers. Native to 

 southern Europe. 



For previous introduction see 66454. 



91406. Corydalis ochroleuca Koch. 

 A tuberous perennial 1 foot high with 



compound leaves having winged pet- 

 ioles and heart-shaped yellow and 

 white flowers with yellow spurs. It 

 is native to Italy. 



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91380 to 91448— Continued. 



91407. Corydalis thalictrifolia Jame- 

 son. 



A perennial herb with a woody elon- 

 gated rhizome and large long-petioled 

 finely divided leaves which resemble 

 those of the meadowrue. The showy 

 flowers are in spreading racemes oppo- 

 site the leaves. It is native to China. 



For previous introduction see 66456. 



91408. Corydalis tuberosa DC. 



A tuberous perennial less than 1 foot 

 high, with finely divided leaves and 

 heart-shaped purple and white flowers. 

 It is native to France. 



91409 to 91413. Cyclamen spp. Primula- 

 ceae. 



91409. Cyclamen coum Mill. 



A spring-blooming tuberous-rooted 

 plant, native from southeastern Europe 

 to Persia, about 6 inches high, with 

 rounded-reniform, uniformly green 

 leaves and small scentless purple 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 79191. 



91410. Cyclamen europaeum L. 



European cyclamen. 



A more or less evergreen European 

 perennial with a tuberous root, rounded 

 or kidney-shaped leaves, white marbled 

 above and purplish beneath, and fra- 

 grant bright-red flowers on scapes 4 or 

 5 inches high in autumn. 



For previous introduction see 79192. 



91411. Cyclamen macrophyllum Sie- 

 ber. 



A low tuberous-rooted perennial, 

 native to southern Europe, with large 

 cordate crenate leaves usually mottled 

 with white, and, in autumn, white 

 flowers on scapes 6 inches high. 



For previous introduction see 79054. 



91412. Cyclamen neapolitanum Te- 

 nore. Neapolitan cyclamen. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 91280. 



91413. Cyclamen neapolitanum Te- 

 nore. Neapolitan cyclamen. 



Variety album. A form with white 

 flowers. 



91414 to 91418. Datura spp. Solanaceae. 



91414. Datura arborea L. Floripondio. 



A small tree, native to Peru and 

 Chile, with ovate-lanceolate leaves and 

 large trumpet-shaped greenish-white 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 77054. 



91415. Datura chlorantha Hook. 



Yellow floripondio. 



Variety Golden Queen. A glabrous 

 shrub with broadly ovate, nearly tri- 

 angular, sharply toothed leaves and 

 pendulous yellow flowers. Probably a 

 garden hybrid of unknown parentage. 



91416. Datura metel fastuosa (L.) 

 Safford (D. cornucopia Hort.). 



Cornucopia floripondio. 



An ornamental herbaceous annual, 

 common throughout India and the East 

 Indies, which varies in height from 2 



