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PLAXT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



92487 to 92489— Continued. 



92488. Variety Ojochin (S enrik o) . A 

 wide-spreading tree with brownish-gray 

 bark ; the young foliage is coppery 

 green, and the flowers, single or nearly 

 so. are white with a pink blush, fra- 

 grant, and about 2 inches across, with 

 usually three or four in a cluster. The 

 petals are slightly wrinkled, giving the 

 flowers the appearance of being semi- 

 double. 



For previous introduction see 69085. 



92489. Variety Shirofugen. Tree up to 

 25 feet high, wide-spreading in habit, 

 with dark-brownish bark. The very 

 young foliage is dull mahogany red. 

 with the same hue shading the deep- 

 cerise, truncate flower buds. The 

 clear-pink, double flowers, up to 2y 2 

 inches across, become white with age. 

 and are in drooping clusters of three 

 or four. Prom the center of the flow- 

 er protrude 2 or sometimes 3 to 5 leaf- 

 like pistils. On the Pacific coast this 

 variety has been grown under the 

 name of Victory. 



B2490 to 92501. 



From England. Seeds presented by the 

 director, Botanic Garden, Cambridge. 

 Received April 6, 1931. 



92490. Allium faebeei W. T. Stearn. 

 Liliaceae. Onion. 



An onion, native to Siku, China, with 

 4 to 6 linear leaves 10 to 15 inches long 

 and lax umbels of 6 to 30 campanulate 

 red-purple flowers. 



92491. Beebeeis chiteia D. Don. Ber- 

 beridaceae. Barberry. 



A spiny half-evergreen shrub, 6 feet or 

 less high, with oblong leaves 1 to 3 

 inches long, deep-yellow or reddish flow- 

 ers in long-stemmed panicles, and ovoid 

 purple berries. It is* native to the 

 Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see 73530. 



92492. Beebeeis empetbifolia Pers. Ber- 

 beridaceae. Crow barberry. 



A low densely branched barberry, na- 

 tive to southern South America, 1 or 2 

 feet high, with linear, bright-green leaves 

 and bluish-black fruits. 



For previous introduction see 79507. 



92493. Ilex Integra Thunb. Aquifoli- 

 aceae. Holly. 



An evergreen Japanese shrub or tree, 

 up to 40 feet in height, with oval or 

 oblong, usually entire leaves 2 to 3 

 inches long and globular or ovoid red 

 berries. 



For previous introduction see 67361. 



92494 to 92496. Ibis spp. Iridaceae. 



92494. Ibis bulleyana Dykes. 



Hollowstem iris. 



An iris from western China which 

 resembles Iris clarkei, except that the 

 stem is hollow. The narrow leaves are 

 glossy above and glaucous beneath, and 

 the stem, 15 to 18 inches long, bears 

 a single head of one or two flowers. 

 The falls have a greenish-yellow ob- 

 long haft, veined and dotted with pur- 

 , pie. On the obovate blade the coloring 

 becomes clearer and consists of broken 

 veins and blotches of bright blue pur- 

 ple on a creamy ground. The extrem- 

 ity is a uniform blue purple, paler at 



92490 to 92501— Continued. 



the edges. The oblanceolate, chan- 

 neled standards are pale blue purple 

 with deeper veins, and they diverge at 

 an angle of about 60°. The keeled, 

 dark-purple stjdes are held high above 

 the falls. 



For previous introduction see 67364. 



92495. Ibis chbysographes Dykes. 



Goldvein iris. 



One of the handsomest of the beard- 

 less irises ; the velvety dark-purple 

 flowers are brightened by golden retic- 

 ulations at the throat, running into a 

 single patch in the blade. 



For previous introduction see 79029, 



92496. Iris wilsoni Wright. 



"Wilson iris. 



An iris from western China, about 2 

 feet high. The flowers are yellow with 

 some purple venation in the falls. 



For previous introduction see 92319. 



92497. Nothoscordum bivalve (L). Brit- 

 ton (N. striatum Kunth.). Liliaceae. 



A bulbous perennial with linear basal 

 leaves and a scape about 1 foot high,, 

 bearing an umbel of small yellow flowers. 



92498 to 92500. Peimdla spp. Primula- 

 ceae. Primrose^ 



92498. Peimula flobibunda Wall. 



Variety Isabellina. A form with 

 sulphur-yellow flowers. 



92499. Pbimula flobindae K. Ward. 



A Tibetan primrose about 3 feet 

 high, one of the Sikkimensis section, 

 with fragrant, cowslip-yellow flowers 

 in an immense head of 60 to 80 flowers. 

 The very large leaves resemble those of 

 Caltha palustris in shade, and the 

 plant grows near running streams. 



For previous introduction see 79103, 



92500. Peimula helodoxa Balf. 



A large Chinese primrose of the- 

 section Candelabra, with flower stalks 

 like those of P. japonica, about 3 feet 

 high, which have seven or eight tiers 

 of soft-yellow flowers resembling in 

 color and size those of Jasmlnum 

 primulinum. It requires a moist but 

 well-drained site and a fairly mild 

 climate. 



For previous introduction see 79105, 



92501. Zephteanthes andersoni (Herb.) 

 Baker. Amaryllidaceae. 



A bulbous perennial, native to Argen- 

 tina, with narrowly linear, pale-green 

 leaves 6 inches long and a scape as long- 

 as the leaves bearing a lilylike flower 

 1 inch long, bright yellow inside and 

 coppery red outside. 



92502. Encephalartos lemabinelia- 

 ntjs Wildem. and Dur. Cycadaceae. 



From Africa. Seeds presented by A. Cor- 

 bisier-Baland, directeur, Jardin Botanique 

 d'Eala. Belgian Congo. Received April 

 8, 1931. 



A cycad 3 to 7 feet high with com- 

 pound leaves 2 to 3 feet long, made up of 

 18 to 22 rigid, coriaceous, glaucous, lanceo- 

 late leaflets 3 to 6 inches long It is na- 

 tive to tropical Africa. 



