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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



95454 to 95499— Continued. 



The stems are 2 to 5 feet high, the 

 compound leaves are made up of 6 to 

 12 pairs of small oval gray-green leaflets, 

 and the violet flowers with yellow 

 blotches are borne in racemes 18 inches 

 long and appear throughout the summer. 



95489. Hyacinthus amethystinus L. 

 Liliaceae. Hyacinth. 



A slender, graceful Spanish hyacinth 

 with short racemes of light-blue flowers 

 up to 6 inches high. 



For previous introduction see 91282. 



95490 to 95492. Lilium spp. Liliaceae. 



Lily. 



95490. Lilium heldrbichii Freyn. 



A lily, native to Greece, with stems 

 2 to 3 feet high, bearing narrow scat- 

 tered leaves and one to four orange- 

 red flowers, tinged with yellow out- 

 side, which appear early in July. 



95491. Lilium sutchuenense 

 Franch. 



A lily from Szechwan, western 

 China, with a stem 3 to 5 feet high 

 and spreading underground stems. 

 The thickly scattered leaves are linear 

 and deep green, and the pendulous 

 flowers, up to 20 in number, have re- 

 flexed orange-red segments spotted 

 with purplish black and red anthers. 



For previous introduction see 65720. 



95492. Lilium sp. 



95493. Muscari sp. Liliaceae. 



Grape-hyacinth. 



Originally from Portugal. 



95494. Ranunculus gramineus L. 

 Ranunculaceae. Buttercup. 



A smooth herbaceous * perennial with 

 rosettes of linear to lanceolate leaves and 

 bright-yellow flowers on stalks 6 to 12 

 inches high. It is native to Europe. 



For previous introduction see 91445. 



Dip- 



95495. SCABIOSA GRAMINIFOLIA L. 



sacaceae. 



A low herbaceous perennial, somewhat 

 woody at the base, native to southern 

 Europe. The stems that rise about 1 

 foot above the basal rosette bear linear 

 silvery leaves, and the typical scabious 

 flowers are pale lavender. 



95496. Scabiosa lucida Vill. Dipsaca- 

 ceae. 



A perennial herb with shining-green 

 deeply divided leaves in basal rosettes 

 and te'rminal heads of blue-purple flow- 

 ers. Native to alpine meadows in 

 Spain. 



95497 to 95499. Statice spp. Plumbagi- 

 naceae. Thrift. 



95497. Statice fasciculata Vent. 



A glabrous perennial, subshrubby 

 at the base, with yuccalike leaves and 

 dense heads "of pale-pink aremerialike 

 flowers. It is native to southwestern 

 Europe. 



95498. Static 

 Hubbard. 



juncea (GirardT 



A low herbaceous perennial with a 

 rosette of linear leaves and small 

 heads of pink aremerialike flowers. 

 Native to Europe. 



95454 to 95499— Continued. 



95499. Statice welwitschii (Boiss.) 

 Hubbard. 



A bushy perennial with a rosette of 

 rigid acuminate linear leaves and 

 small flowers in a hemispherical head 

 of aremerialike flowers. Native to the 

 coast of southern Spain. 



95500. Carpoteoche beasiliensis 

 (Raddi) Endl. Flacourtiaceae. 



Sapucainha. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by Prof. 

 P. H. Rolfs, Vigosa, Minas Geraes. Re- 

 ceived December 15, 1931. 



A tropical tree 30 to 50 feet high, with 

 oblong leaves about 4 inches long and few- 

 flowered racemes of small white flowers. 

 The fruits are about 4 inches in diameter. 

 A sirup said to cure leprosy and an oint- 

 ment used for skin affections are prepared 

 from the seeds. 



For previous introduction see 88314. 



95501 and 95502. 



From China. 'Seeds presented by Raymond 

 T. Meyer, Oberlin Shansi Memorial 

 Schools, Taiku, Shansi. Received De- 

 cember 15, 1931. 



95501. Amygdalus persica L. Amygda- 

 laceae. Peach. 



A locally grown hardy peach. 



95502. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 

 gave Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 



An early-maturing spring wheat. 



95503. Larix lyallii Pari. Pinaceae. 

 Alpine larch. 



From Washington. Seeds presented by 

 Thornton M u n g e r, director, Pacific 

 Northwest Forest Experiment Station, 

 Portland, Oreg. Received December 16, 

 1931. 



Collected near Lake Caroline, Wenat- 

 chee National Forest, Leavenworth, Wash., 

 a region which has 30 inches of rainfall 

 during the year and a frost-free period 

 of 30 days. A deciduous tree up to 75 

 feet high, with stout brown-tomentose 

 branchlets and 4-angled leaves 1 to 2 

 inches long. 



95504 to 95515. 



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 17, 1931. 



95504. Acer sp. Aceraceae. Maple. 



95505. Benzoin sp. Lauraceae. 

 The young foliage is silvery. 



95506. Cornus sp. Cornaceae. Dogwood. 

 No. 30000. 



95507. Decaisnea fargesii Franch. 

 Lardizabalaceae. 



A handsome shrub up to 15 feet high, 

 with large pinnate leaves 3 feet long, 

 greenish flowers in long pendulous ra- 

 cemes, and deep-blue fruits 3 to 4 inches 

 long. Native to western China. 



For previous introduction see 77828. 



95508. Gordonia sp. Theaceae. 

 A tree 40 to 60 feet high. 



