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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



91380 to 91448— Continued. 



to 6 feet. It has entire or deeply 

 toothed leaves about 4 inches long and 

 flowers 7 inches or more in length, 

 varying in color from white to laven- 

 der or rose. The plant is propagated 

 by cuttings. 



For previous introduction see 51603. 



91417. Datura meteloides DC. 



Sacred datura. 



A perennial, though usually culti- 

 vated as an annual, with slender forked 

 branches, nearly entire, unequally ovate 

 leaves, and fragrant white flowers suf- 

 fused with violet. It is native to 

 northern Mexico. 



91418. Datura stramonium L. 



A glabrous annual with green stems, 

 ovate-sinuate to cut-toothed leaves, and 

 white flowers. A well-known ill-scented 

 weed. 



91419. Dicentra eximia (Ker) Torr. Pa- 

 paveraceae. Fringed bleedingheart. 



A stemless herbaceous perennial with 

 finely cut glaucous leaves 1 to 2 feet 

 high and compound racemes of pink heart- 

 shaped flowers 1 inch long. It is native 

 to western New York and south to Geor- 

 gia and Tennessee in the mountains. 



91420. Dicentra spectabilis (L.) Le- 

 maire. Papaveraceae. Bleedingheart. 



A herbaceous perennial with stems 1 to 

 2 feet high, ternately compound leaves, 

 and simple racemes of rose-colored heart- 

 shaped flowers. It is native to Japan. 



91421. Eremostachys laciniata Bunge. 

 Menthaceae. 



An erect herbaceous perennial 1 to 2 

 feet high, with doubly pinnately divided 

 leaves, and spikes made up of many-flow- 

 ered whorls of mintlike yellow flowers. 

 It is native to Asia Minor. 



91422. Erythronium dens-canis L. Lil- 

 iaceae. Troutlily. 



A bulbous herbaceous perennial with a 

 stem 4 to 6 inches high, bearing a pair 

 of ovate-acuminate leaves, blotched with 

 reddish brown, and a solitary rose-colored 

 lilylike flower with strongly reflexed seg- 

 ments. It is native to central Europe 

 and Japan. 



91423. Freesia hybrida Hort. Irida- 

 ceae. 



Ragionieri hybrids, said to produce 

 spotted and veined fragrant flowers in 

 tinted shades of pink, rose, purple, blue, 

 brown, and orange. 



91424. Fritillaria tubaeformis Gren. and 

 Godr. (F. delphinensis Gren.). Lilia- 

 ceae. Fritillary. 



A tuberous perennial 6 to 12 inches 

 high, with oblaneeolate to linear leaves 

 near the middle of the stem, and wine- 

 purple, yellow-spotted, and checkered 

 flowers. It is native to the Alps in 

 France. 



91425. Fritillaria pyrenaica L. Lilia- 

 ceae. Fritillary. 



A bulbous perennial 1 to 2 feet high, 

 with 6 to 10 glaucous linear leaves and 

 usually a single tuliplike dark-purple 

 flower spotted green. It is native to the 

 Pyrenees. 



91380 to 91448— Continued. 



91426. Gentiana lutea L. Gentianaceae. 



Yellow gentian. 



A coarse perennial herb, too large for 

 the rock garden, with three to four stems 

 bearing handsome rugose foliage, crowned 

 in late summer in the upper whorls of 

 leaves, with dense clusters of slender- 

 lobed golden-yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see 78932. 



91427. Geranium macrorrhizum L. Ger- 

 aniaceae. Cranesbill. 



A large-rooted herbaceous perennial 

 with a woody base, stems 1 to 2 feet high, 

 3-lobed to 5-lobed leaves often colored 

 red, and blood-red flowers in bunches at 

 the end of the stem. It is native to 

 southern Europe. 



91428. Homeria collina (Thunb.) Vent. 

 Iridaceae. 



A perennial plant, native to the Cape 

 of Good Hope, with a globose corm cov- 

 ered with fibrous coats, and usually one 

 convolute-concave narrow leaf, much 

 longer than the stem. The erect stem 

 bears one or more clusters of handsome 

 red-orange flowers. 



For previous introduction see 48676. 



91429. Houstonia caerulea L. Rubia- 

 ceae. Bluets, 



A tufted perennial with slender stems 

 3 to 6 inches high, small hairy spatulate 

 leaves, and small salverform flowers vary- 

 ing from blue to white with a yellow 

 eye. It is native to the eastern United 

 States and flowers in early spring. 



91430. Quamoclit pennata (Desr.) 

 Voigt. {Ipomoea carMnalis Hort.). 

 Convolvulaceae. Cypressvine. 



Said to be a form with intense cardi- 

 nal-red flowers. 



91431. Iris delavayi Micheli. Iridaceae. 



Delavay iris. 



An iris, 2 to 4 feet high, with violet 

 and white flowers. Native to southwest- 

 ern China. 



For previous introduction see 69918. 



91432. Iris reticulata Bieb. Iridaceae. 



Netted iris. 



A bulbous iris, native to Asia Minor, 

 with short erect leaves 1 to 2 feet high, 

 a very short stem, and fragrant bright- 

 purple flowers which appear early in 

 spring before the leaves develop. 



For previous introduction see 79915. 



91433. Lathyrus tuberosus L. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A tuberous-rooted lathyrus, native to 

 northern Europe, which resembles the 

 flat pea (L. syVvestris), but has red 

 flowers. 



91434. Lewisia howellii (S. Wats.) 

 Robinson. Portulacaceae. 



A low succulent perennial with a ro- 

 sette of flat oblong to ovate leaves having 

 thin crisped margins, and deep-rose 

 flowers in racemose cymes. It is native 

 to Oregon. 



