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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



91792 — Continued. 



almost immune to the attacks of eurculio 

 and other pests. The ripening season is 

 September and October. 



For previous introduction see 60973. 



91793 to 91835. 



From Scotland. Seeds presented by W. 

 Wright Smith. Regius Keeper. Royal 

 Botanic Garden. Edinburgh. Received 

 February 26, 1931. 



91793. Agapaxthus africaxus (L.) Hoff- 

 mannsegg (Abumon africanum Brit- 

 ton). Liliaceae. 



Variety caulescens. A form with long- 

 pediceled blue flowers paler inside, and 

 the outer flowers of the umbel nodding. 



91794 to 91801. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



91794. Allium attexuifolium Kellogg. 



A bulbous perennial with a slender 

 scape 6 to 15 inches high, channeled 

 leaves, and a dense umbel of nearly 

 white rose-tinted flowers. It is native 

 to California. 



91795. Allium libani Boiss. 



A species with very narrow leaves 

 and a dense umbel of straw-colored 

 flowers. It is about 4 inches high and 

 grows wild in the mountains of south- 

 ern Palestine. 



For previous introduction see 59348. 



91796. Allium obeophilum Meyer. 



A bulbous perennial with linear to 

 lanceolate leaves and hemispheric um- 

 bels of purple-lavender flowers. It is 

 native to the mountains of the Cau- 



91797. Allium paradoxum (Bieb.) Don. 



A perennial onion, 1 foot high, with 

 white flowers. Native to Siberia. 



For previous introduction see 789S9. 



91798. Allium pulchellum Don. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 90947. 



91799. Allium eoseum L. 



A plant about 1 foot high, with 

 strap-shaped leaves rolled inward at 

 the top and pale lilac-rose flowers pro- 

 duced in umbels. Native to southern 

 Europe. 



For previous introduction see 81101. 



91800. Allium sikkimexse Baker. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 91276. 



91801. Allium wallichianum Steud. 



A tall, eastern Asiatic onion, with 

 narrow flat leaves about 3 feet long 

 and purple flower heads. 



For previous introduction see 66435. 



91802. Alstroemeria haemaxtha Ruiz 

 and Paw Aniaryllidaceae. 



A tuberous-rooted perennial with a 

 flower stem 2 to 3 feet high, bearing thin 

 lanceolate leaves 3 to 4 inches long and 

 a compound umbel of flowers 2 inches 

 long which are bright red tipped with 

 green, the inner ones with red-purple 

 spots on a red-vellow ground. It is nativo 

 to Chile. 



91793 to 91835— Continued. 



91803. Alstboemeria bevoluta Ruiz and 

 Pav. Amaryllidaceae. 



A tuberous-rooted perennial, native to 

 Chile, with a stem 1 foot high, crowded 

 linear leaves 1 to 2 inches long, and 6 

 to 12 purplish flowers 1 inch long with 

 the segments recurved half their length, 

 the inner ones spotted white. 



91804. COMMELIXA SIKKIMEXSIS C. B. 



Clarke. Commelinaceae. Dayflower. 



A slender, creeping, herbaceous peren- 

 nial, rooting at the nodes, with lanceo- 

 late leaves 2 to 3 inches long and blue 

 flowers. It is native to the Province of 

 Sikkim, India. 



91805 to 91807. Crassula spp. Crassula- 

 ceae. 



91805. Crassula xudicaulis L. 



A nearly stemless succulent with the 

 semiterete. lanceolate leaves. 2 to 6 

 inches long, in a rosette, and the 

 flower stem. 1 to 2 feet high, bearing 

 dense headlike clusters of small green- 

 ish flowers. It is native to southern 

 Africa. 



91806. Crassula orbicularis L. 



A succulent, native to southern 

 Africa, producing offsets and runners. 

 The spatulate-obovate leaves, with car- 

 tilaginously ciliate margins, spread 

 horizontally and are imbricated, form- 

 ing a circular rosette. The peduncle. 

 6 to 8 inches high, bears three to five 

 pairs of clusters of small creamy white 

 flowers. 



91807. Crassula texuifolia Schoenl. 



A diffuse succulent, S to 12 inches 

 high, with linear leaves 1 inch long 

 and corymbs of small white flowers. It 

 is native to Natal. 



91808. Dracocephalum isabellae For- 

 rest. Menthaceae. Dragonhead. 



A perennial, mintlike plant 12 to IS 

 inches high, native to China, with leaves 

 1 inch long, divided into five to seven 

 linear segments and spikes 4 to 5 inches 

 long made up of verticillate clusters of 

 dragon-shaped, deep blue-purple flowers 1 

 to 2 inches long. 



91809. Dracocephalum ruprechti RegeL 

 Menthaceae. Dragonhead. 



A dwarf compact perennial 1 to 2 feet 

 high, with ovate-lanceolate incised and 

 toothed leaves and axillary clusters of 

 rose-purple to lilac tubular 2-lipped flow- 

 ers 1 inch long. It is native to Tur- 

 kestan. 

 91810 to 91813. Echeveria spp. Cras- 



sulaceae. 



91810. Echeveria alpixa Hort. 



A name for which a place of publi- 

 cation and description has not been 

 found. 



91811. Echeveria cuspidata Rose. 



A stemless succulent with a dense 

 rosette of glaucous red-tinged obovate 

 leaves 2 to 3 inches long and rose- 

 colored flower stalks 12 to 18 inches 

 high bearing secund racemes of purple 

 flowers with yellow tips. It is native 

 to Mexico. 



91812. Echeveria gracilis Hort. 



A name for which a place of publica- 

 tion and description has not been; 

 found. 



