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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



92770 to 92776 — Continued. 



92774. Clematis koreaxa Komar. 



A prostrate vine, native to Chosen, 

 with trifoliolate leaves having coarsely 

 dentate, sharp-pointed leaflets 2 to 4 

 inches long, usually three lobed or 

 three parted. The yellow to dull- 

 violet, bell-shaped, nodding flowers. 1 

 to 2 inches long, are solitary and 

 axillary. 



92775. Ilex altaclarensis Dallim. (I. 

 aquifolium icilsonii Hort. ). Aquifolia- 

 ceae. Holly. 



Considered to be a hybrid between Ilex 

 aquifolium and I. perado. with elliptic 

 leaves 2 to 4 inches long, which are thin- 

 ner than those of i". aquifolium and have 

 more numerous and more regular teeth. 



92776. Ilex pernyi Franch. 

 ceae. 



Aquifolia- 

 Holly. 



A dense-growing evergreen holly of 

 very dwarf compact habit, with small 

 dark-green spiny leaves, squarish at the 

 base, and red berries. It is probably 

 allied to Ilex cornuta, and was first dis- 

 covered by Pere Paul Perny in western 

 China. 



For previous introduction see 80403. 



92777. COCCOTHEINAX ABGENTEA 



(Roeni. and Sclmlt.) Sarg. Phoeni- 

 caceae. Silver palm. 



From Florida. Seeds presented by Charles 

 T. Simpson. Little River. Received July 

 22. 1930. Numbered in April, 1931. 



Seeds from a tree grown by Charles T. 

 Simpson at Little River. Fla. A fine, tall- 

 growing palm native to tropical America, 

 with large, fan-shaped leaves, dark green 

 above and brilliant silvery below. This is 

 a different species from Coccothrinax gar- 

 oeri, the small native palm of southern 

 Florida, which is sometimes called the sil- 

 ver palm. 



92778. Jateopha sp. Euphorbiaceae. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by J. H. 

 Hirt. El Paso, Tex., and presented by 

 R. E. Beckett, of Bard. Calif., through 

 the Division of Cotton. Rubber, and Other 

 Tropical Plants. Bureau of Plant Indus- 

 try. Received April 13, 1931. 



Of possible value as a source of rubber. 



92779 to 92797. 



From England. Seeds presented by Dr. 

 A. W. Hill, director, Royal Botanic Gar- 

 den, Kew. Received April 13. 1931. 



Nos. 92779 to 92787 were introduced for 

 the use of geneticists and are not for dis- 

 tribution. 



92779 to 92784. Crepis spp. Cichoriaceae. 



92779. Crepis alpina L. 

 No. 560. 



For previous introduction see 66799. 



92780. Crepis biennis L. 

 No. 561. 



For previous introduction see 66953. 



92781. Crepis dioscoridis L. 

 No. 562. 



For previous introduction see 66803. 



92779 to 92797— Continued. 



92782. Crepis foetida L. 

 No. 563. 



For previous introduction see 66804. 



92783. Crepis setosa Hall. f. 

 No. 564. 



For previous introduction see 66618. 



92784. Crepis sibirica L. 

 No. 565. 



For previous introduction see 67007. 

 92785 to 92787. Datura spp. Solanaceae. 



92785. Datura inermis Jacq. 

 No. 595. 



For previous introduction see 66S07. 



92786. Datura stramonium L. 

 No. 597. 



92787. Datura tatula L. 



No. 598. 



92788 to 92793, Heltanthus spp. Aster- 

 aceae. Sunflower. 



92788. Helianthus annuls L. 



Common sunflower. 



No. 868. 



92789. Helianthus coloeadensis Cock- 

 erell. 



No. 869. A stiff, erect, herbaceous 

 perennial up to 6 feet high, native to 

 Colorado. The rough narrowly Lanceo- 

 late leaves have remotely dentate mar- 

 gins, and the bright-orange flowers are 

 in loose cymes at the top of the stems. 



92790. Helianthus giganteus L. 



Giant sunflower. 



No. 871. A tall, stout, herbaceous 

 perennial up to 12 feet high, native to 

 the eastern part of the United States. 

 The very rough, usually serrate, lan- 

 ceolate leaves are 3 to 7 inches long, 

 and the pale-yellow flowers are 3 

 inches across. 



92791. Helianthus mollis Lam. 



Ashy sunflower. 



No. 872. A stout, simple-stemmed, 

 densely hirsute herbaceous perennial 2 

 to 4 feet high, native to the centra'. 

 part of the United States. The ovate- 

 lanceolate serrulate leaves, 2 to 5 

 inches long, are densely pubescent be- 

 neath ; and the usually solitary, yellow 

 flowers are 2 to 3 inches across. 



92792. Helianthus occidentalis Rid- 



dell. 



No. 874. A slender, usually simple- 

 stemmed, herbaceous, perennial 1 to 3 

 feet high, native to the eastern part of 

 the United States. The oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, serrulate leaves are mostly 

 basal or below the middle of the stem ; 

 and the yellow flowers are 2 to 3 

 inches across. 



92793. Helianthus tomentosus 

 Michx. 



No. 875. A stout herbaceous peren- 

 nial 4 to 10 feet high, native along 

 the eastern coast of the United States. 

 The thin ovate leaves, often 1 foot 

 long, are densely woolly beneath, and 

 the yellow flowers. 3 to 4 inches across, 

 are borne in a large branching panicle. 



