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95417 to 95443— Continued. 



95427. Pneumaria maritima (L.) Hill 

 (Mertensia maritima S. F. Gray). 

 Boraginaceae. 



Plants of a fleshy herbaceous perennial, 

 with spreading branches 3 to 15 inches 

 long, thick ovate to oblong, very glaucous 

 leaves 1 to 4 inches long, and blue or 

 neany white bell-shaped flowers one-quar- 

 ter inch long. It is native to the sandy 

 beaches of the North Temperate Zone. 



95428. Polemonium sp. Polemoniaceae. 

 Plants. 



95429. Polypodium sp. Polypodiaceae. 



Polypody. 

 Plants. 



95430. Potentilla villosa Pall. Rosa- 

 ceae. 



Plants of a herbaceous perennial 4 to 

 12 inches high, which is densely silky 

 villous. The long-petioled trifoliolate 

 basal leaves, 9 to 15 inches long, cre- 

 nate-serrate on the margin and white 

 tomentose beneath, form beautiful 

 rosettes. The showy golden-yellow flow- 

 ers, an inch across, are borne in few- 

 flowered clusters which are densely silky 

 villous. 



95431. SlBBALDIA PROCUMBENS L. Rosa- 



ceae. 



Plants of a densely tufted procumbent 

 or creeping herbaceous perennial, na- 

 tive to the Arctic regions. The trifo- 

 liolate leaves 2 to 4 inches long have 

 oblanceolate leaflets, three to five toothed 

 at the apex, and the small yellow flowers 

 are borne on axillary peduncles as long 

 as the leaves. 



95432. Romanzoffia sitchbnsis Bong. 

 Hydrophyllaceae. 



Plants of a low perennial herb, native 

 to Alaska, with cordate-reniform crenate- 

 ly 7 to 11 lobed radical leaves and white 

 flowers in racemes on stems 2 to 6 in- 

 ches high. 



95433. Rhododendron camtschaticum 

 Pall. Ericaceae. 



Seeds of a low-growing, more or less 

 deciduous undersbrub, usually about 6 

 inches high, native to Alaska. The 

 spatulate-obovate leaves are 1 to 2 

 inches long, and the wheel-shaped rose- 

 purple flowers, 1 inch across, are borne 

 singly or in pairs at the ends of the 

 branches. 



95434. Salix sp. Salicaceae. Willow. 

 Plants. 



95435. Salix scouleriana Barratt. 

 Salicaceae. Willow. 



Plants of a large bush or tree up to 

 30 feet high, native to northwestern 

 North America. The elliptic to obovate 

 leaves have crenate-serrate margins and 

 are white or rusty tomentose and reticu- 

 late beneath. 



95436. Tofieldia coccinea Richards. 

 Melanthiaceae. 



Plants of a bulbous perennial with 

 radical linear-lanceolate leaves and 

 small reddish flowers in a compact ter- 

 minal cluster. Native to the Arctic re- 

 gion of northwestern North America. 



95437. Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. Vacci- 

 niaceae. Cowberry. 



Plants of a small bush, seldom more 

 than 7 or 8 inches high, which grows 

 wild in the northern regions of Europe, 



95417 to 95443— Continued. 



Asia, and North America. The leaves 

 are evergreen, and the blossoms are 

 white or pink. The deep-red berries 

 have a tart sour taste and are a rea- 

 sonable substitute for cranberries. 



For previous introduction see 66134. 



95438. Viola sp. Violaceae. Violet. 

 Plants and seeds. 



95439. (Undetermined.) 

 Plants. 



95440. (Undetermined.) 

 Plants. 



95441. Cryptogram ma acrostichoides R. 

 Br. Polypodiaceae. , , , 



American rockbrake. 



Plants of a small alpine fern, native 

 to northern North America. The stalks 

 are 2 to 6 inches high, and the sterile 

 leaves are greenish, two to three pin- 

 nate, the segments being oblong to ovate 

 and incised on the margin. The fertile 

 leaves are similar but are straw color, 

 and the segments are linear. 



95442. (Undetermined.) 

 Plants. 



95443. LUETKEA PECTINATA (Pursh) 



Kuntze. Rosaceae. 



Plants of a low matted creeping shrub 

 with stoloniferous branches, native to 

 northwestern North America. The small 

 alternate leaves are three lobed with 

 each lobe three cleft, and the erect flow- 

 ering branches, 2 to 6 inches high, bear 

 upright racemes of small white flowers. 



95444. Amygdalus nana L. Amygda- 

 laceae. Russian almond. 



From Brooks, Alberta, Canada. Seeds col- 

 lected by Knowles A. Ryerson, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received October 25, 

 1928. Numbered in December, 1931. 



An almond introduced for trial in the 

 Great Plains region. A bush about 5 teet 

 high, native to Russia and western Asia, 

 with thick stiff sharply toothed leaves and 

 solitary pinkish flowers. The small hard 

 hairy fruit contains a large pit of bitter 

 flavor. This almond is probably hardy 

 throughout the northern United States. 



For previous introduction see 67906. 



95445 to 95450. 



From China. Seeds collected by the For- 

 rest Expedition, 1930-32, to southwest- 

 ern China and presented by Maj. Lionel 

 de Rothschild, London, England. Re- 

 ceived December 14, 1931. 



95445. Benzoin sp. Lauraceae. 

 No. 29906. 



95446. Meconopsis integrifolia 

 (Maxim.) Franch. Papaveraceae. 



Yellow Chinese-poppy. 



Men's Field No. 381. 



95447. Podophyllum sp. Berberidaceae. 



Mayapple. 

 No. 30037. 



Styracaceae. 



95448. Styrax 

 No. 29552. 



95449. Thea sp. Theaceae 



Snowbell. 



