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95352 to 95363 — Continued. 



95353. Allium atropurpueeum Waldst. 

 and Kit. 



An upright, rather tall onion, some- 

 times over 3 feet high, with two to four 

 narrow, linear leaves much shorter than 

 the stem. The small dark-purple flowers, 

 sometimes rose-purple with a darker 

 middle stripe, are in dense hemispheri- 

 cal or spherical clusters. Native to 

 meadows in southeastern Europe. 



For previous introduction see 82384. 



95354. Allium caeruleum Pall. 



A blue-flowered onion with slender 

 grassy leaves and 14-inch stalks hearing 

 close heads of small deep-blue flowers. 



For previous introduction see 82385. 



95355. Allium dioscoridis Sibth. and 

 Smith. 



A tall, white-flowered onion up to 3 

 feet high, with long broadly linear keeled 

 leaves as long as the scape. The nod- 

 ding umbel consists of 20 to 30 flowers. 

 Native to southern France and Corsica. 



95356. Allium douglasii Hook. 



A perennial with an ovoid bulb about 

 1 inch thick, native to the northwestern 

 part of the United States. The sword- 

 shaped leaves are 4 to 6 inches long, and 

 the scape, 18 inches high, bears an umbel 

 of rose-colored flowers. 



95357. Allium multibulbosum Jacq. 



An onion from central Europe, closely 

 related to Allium nigrum, but differing 

 in the numerous spherical bulblets, its 

 broader and shorter leaves, and in cer- 

 tain floral characters. The flowers, en- 

 tirely white or with a reddish central 

 stripe in the petals, are in a dense glob- 

 ular cluster. Native to the meadows 

 of central Europe. 



For previous introduction see 82015. 



95358. Allium pendulinum. Tenore. 



An alpine, native to Italy, with linear 

 keeled leaves and long-peduncled nodding 

 whitish flowers. 



For previous introduction see 82391. 



95359. Allium rosenbachianum Regel. 



A bulbous perennial, native to Turkis- 

 tan, with oblong lanceolate leaves 8 

 inches high and a large globular umbel 

 of purple flowers on a scape 2 feet 

 high. 



Variety album. A white-flowered 

 form. 



For previous introduction see 82392. 



95360. Allium roseum L. 



A plant about 1 foot high, with strap- 

 shaped leaves rolled inward at the top 

 and pale-rose flowers produced in um- 

 bels. Native to southern Europe. 



Variety grandiflorum. A horticultural 

 strain with flower heads about twice as 

 large as the type, and large flowers. 



95361. Allium sphaerocephalon L. 



The upright stem of this European 

 onion is 1 to 2 feet high and is leafy 

 only a third of its length. The half 

 terete leaves 1 are much shorter than the 

 stem. The bright or dark-purple flow- 

 ers are freely borne in globose or ovoid 

 umbels about an inch in diameter. 



95352 to 95363 — Continued. 



95362. Allium sp. 



No. 72. Persia. A form with broad 

 leaves. 



95363. Allium sp. 



A form with a huge scillalike shoot. 



95364. Oryza latlfolia Desv. Poa- 

 ceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by Dr. D. L. 

 Van Dyne, Director, Tropical Plant Re- 

 search Foundation, Central Baragua. 

 Received November 28, 1931. 



A perennial wild rice distributed 

 through parts of tropical Asia, Africa, and 

 America. The tufted stems become 6 to 8 

 feet high, and the plant is said to flower 

 and produce seeds throughout the year. 

 The smooth leaves are 1 to 2 feet long 

 and about an inch wide, and the erect 

 spike is up to 4 inches long. Introduced 

 for the use of department specialists work- 

 ing with rice breeding. 



For previous introduction see 67998. 



95365. Prunus yedoensis Mats. 

 Amygdalaceae. Yoshino cherry. 



From Chevy Chase, D. C. Scions collected 

 by David Fairchild, agricultural ex- 

 plorer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived November 23, 1931. 



A handsome Japanese tree, ultimately 

 about 40 feet high, with smooth pale-gray 

 bark, thick wide-spreading branches, and 

 large sharply toothed leaves which nor- 

 mally appear after the flowers have passed 

 their prime. The flowers, borne in pro- 

 fusion in the spring, are single, pale pink, 

 fading to white, and about an inch across. 

 The small black fruits are sometimes pro- 

 duced abundantly and afford an easy 

 means of propagation. 



For previous introduction see 69108. 



95366. Deguelia elliptic a (RoxtO 

 Taub. (Derris elliptica Roxb.). Fa- 

 baceae. 



From the Canal Zone. Plants presented 

 by J. E. Higgins, director, Canal Zone 

 Experiment Gardens, Summit. Received 

 November 23, 1931. 



A large handsome climbing vine, native 

 to southeastern Asia. The compound 

 leaves. 1 foot long, are made up of 9 to 

 13 thin leathery obovate leaflets 4 to 6 

 inches long, and the bright-red pea-shaped 

 flowers, 1 inch long, are borne in lax 

 racemes a foot in length. 



95367. Nephelium lappacettm L. 

 Sapindaceae. Rambutan. 



From Central America. Seeds presented 

 by Wilson Popenoe, Research Depart- 

 ment, United Fruit Co., Tela, Honduras. 

 Received November 24, 1931. 



An erect stately tropical tree 35 to 40 

 feet high, native to the Malay Archi- 

 pelago and not yet extensively cultivated 

 elsewhere. The compound leaves are com- 

 posed of five to seven pairs of elliptic obo- 

 vate or oblong glabrate leaflets about 4 

 inches long,- shining and dark green 

 above, paler beneath. The small flowers 

 are in loose axillary and terminal panicles. 

 The fruits which are produced in clusters 

 of 10 or 12, are oval, about 2 inches in 

 length, and covered with soft fleshy spines 



