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PLANT MATEKIAL INTRODUCED 



95400 to 95414. 



From Sitkalidak Island, Alaska. Seeds 

 purchased from Walter J. Eyerdam, Seat- 

 tle, Wash. Received December 5, 1931. 



95400. Aconitum sp. Ranunculaceae. 



95401. Arnica sp. Asteraceae. 

 No. 1. Mountain dandelion. 



95402. Campanula rotundifolia alas- 

 kana A. Gray. Campanulaceae. 



Harebell. 



A dwarf form of the well-known hare- 

 bell, with the radical leaves cordate and 

 the stem leaves ovate at the base and 

 becoming lanceolate toward the top of 

 the plant. The delicate blue flowers are 

 about an inch long. 



95403. Geranium erianthum DC. Ger- 

 aniaceae. Cranesbill. 



No. 11. A herbaceous perennial with 

 five to seven palmately lobed leaves and 

 rose-purple flowers 1 to 2 inches across. 

 Native to Kamchatka and northwestern 

 North America. 



For previous introduction see 75675. 



95404. Lupinus sp. Fabaceae. Lupine. 

 No. 6. 



95405. Petasites sp. Asteraceae. 

 Mountain colts f opt. 



95406. Polemonium sp. Polemoniaceae. 

 No. 14. 



95407. Ranunculus sp. Ranunculaceae. 

 No. 2. 



95408. Scrophularia sp. Scrophularia- 

 ceae. 



No. 15. 



95409. Senecio sp. Asteraceae. 



A yellow composite found growing 

 near the seacoast in salty sand. 



95410. Viola sp. Violaceae. Violet. 



95411. (Undetermined.) 



A small plant with blue flowers, found 

 growing in sand. 



95412 to 95414 were collected on Evans 

 Island, Prince William Sound. 



95412. (Undetermined.) 



95413. (Undetermined.) 



95414. (Undetermined.) 



95415. Pistacia atlantica Desf. 

 Anaeardiaceae. 



Mount Atlas pistache. 



From Tunisia. Seeds presented by Robert 

 W. Hodgson, University of California. 

 Received December 8, 1931. 



A tree, native to northern Africa, up to 

 50 feet high, with many woody branches 

 which form a dense head. The blue, some- 

 what fleshy drupes are about the size of 

 peas. A resinous gum flows from the bark 

 of the trunk and branches at various times 

 of the year, especially in summer, and 

 hardens to a pale-yellow color. This gum 

 has a pleasant aromatic odor and taste, 

 and thickens in plates covering the 

 branches. The Arabs collect this sub- 

 stance in autumn and winter and chew 

 it to whiten the teeth and sweeten the 

 breath. 



For previous introduction see 48163. 



95416. Stauntonia hexaphyixa De- 

 caisne. Lardizabalaceae. 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from the 

 Chugai Shokubutsu Yen, Yamamoto, 

 Kawabegun, near Kobe. Received De- 

 cember 11, 1931. 



A climbing evergreen shrub, native to 

 Japan, with palmately compound leaves 

 made up of three to seven ovate leaflets, 2 

 inches long. The fragrant white flowers 

 are borne in corymbose racemes and are 

 followed by ellipsoid fruits about 4 inches 

 long, splashed with scarlet. 



95417 to 95443. 



From Sitkalidak Island, Alaska. Plant 

 material purchased from Walter J. Eyer- 

 dam. Seattle, Wash. Received December 

 8, 1931. 



95417. Androsace sp. Primulaceae. 



Plants. 

 93*118. Anemone sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Plants. 



95419. Campanula rotundifolia alas- 

 kana A. Gray. Campanulaceae. 



Harebell. 

 Plants. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 95402. 



95420. Draba borealis DC. Brassica- 

 ceae. 



Seeds of a stellate-pubescent herba- 

 ceous perennial 2 to 12 inches high, na- 

 tive to the Arctic regions. The ovate 

 leaves are less than half an inch long, 

 and the small flowers are white. 



95421. LOISELEURIA PROCUMBENS (L.) 



Desv. Ericaceae. Alpine-azalea. 



Plants and seeds of a low straggling 

 evergreen shrub native to the Arctic re- 

 gions. The small linear-oblong leaves a 

 quarter of an inch long are dark green 

 above, paler below, and have strongly 

 revolute margins. The small bell-shaped 

 pink and white flowers are in clusters of 

 one to five at the ends of the branches. 



95422. Clattonia sp. Portulacaceae. 

 Plants. 



95423. C a s s i o p e stelleriana (Pall.) 

 DC. Ericaceae. 



Plants and seeds of a low evergreen 

 shrub with small oblong scalelike leaves 

 and solitary pinkish terminal flowers. 

 Native to northwestern North America. 



95424. Fritillaria camschatcensis (L.) 

 Ker. Liliaceae. 



Bulbs of a lilylike perennial with 1- 

 flowered to 3-flowered stems 6 to 18 

 inches high. The 10 to 15 leaves are 

 lanceolate, the lower ones in whorls, and 

 the chocolate-purple flowers are about an 

 inch long. Native to Siberia and Alaska. 



95425. Gentiana sp. Gentianaceae. 



Gentian. 

 Plants. 



95426. Heuchera glabra Willd. Saxi- 

 fragaceae. 



Plants of a perennial herb with smooth 

 cordate-orbicular 5-lobed to 7-lobed basal 

 leaves and erect or curved stems 1 to 2 

 feet high bearing panicles of small white 

 flowers. It is native to northwestern 

 North America. 



