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PLANT MATEKIAL INTRODUCED 



95661 and 95662 — Continued 



No. 41337. A very free-flowering, low- 

 spreading evergreen shrub with narrow 

 flat foliage. It is perhaps more hardy 

 than the common type. 



For previous introduction see 73857. 



95663 and 95664. Castanea mollissima 

 Blume. Fagaceae. Hairy chestnut. 



From China. Scions collected by Peter Liu 

 and sent through Owen L. Dawson, agri- 

 cultural commissioner, Shanghai. Re- 

 ceived January 19, 1932. 



Collected December 18, 1930 at the vil- 

 lage of Huangchuan, near Shantung. 



95663. Ming Lee Tzu, bright chestnut. 

 A chestnut as large, as the Tiger paw, 

 which ripens about the middle of Sep- 

 tember. 



95664. Mao Lee Tzu, hairy chestnut. A 

 seedling chestnut which is not so large 

 as the Bright chestnut, although the 

 flavor is about the same. It ripens 

 early in September. 



95665 and 95666. 



From the West Indies. Material collected 

 by David Fairchild and P. H. Dorsett, 

 agricultural explorers, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, with the 1931-32 Allison V. 

 Armour expedition. Received January 

 20, 1932. 



Collected at Gun Point, Eleuthera Island, 

 Bahamas, January 11, 1932. 



95665. Dioscorea alata L. Dioscorea- 

 ceae. Winged yam. 



No. 2581. Tubers of the white yam 

 of the Bahamas, found growing in red 

 rocky soil. It is of medium size, with a 

 thin' skin and flesh of good quality. This 

 yam is grown on the ground, not on a 

 trellis, and is considered at its best in 

 the. winter season, as it is then more 

 mealy, being densely packed with starch 

 at that time. 



95666. Manihot esculenta Crantz (If. 

 utilissima Pohl). Euphorbiaceae. 



Cassava. 



No. 2580. Cuttings of the variety 

 Abraham, which is a rapid grower and 

 the roots are of good quality. The 

 farmers of Spanish Wells Island, Ba- 

 hamas, consider this their best cassava, 

 and a kind of bread is made of it there 

 by grating the root and putting with it 

 a small amount of grated sweetpotato. 

 It tastes a little like a very dry pump- 

 kin pie and is very nutritious. 



95667 to 95681. 



From the Netherlands. Plants purchased 

 from C. G. Van Tubergen, Ltd., Zwanen- 

 burg Nurseries, Haarlem. Received Jan- 

 uary 21, 1932. 



95667. Bulbinella hookeri (Colenso) 

 Cheeseman (Anthericum hookeri Co- 

 lenso). Liliaceae. 



A perennial herb, related to the aspho- 

 dels, varying in size from 2 to 3 feet. 

 The numerous glaucous-green leaves are 

 linear, and the loose racemes of bright- 

 yellow flowers are on slender scapes up to 

 10 inches long. It is native to New 

 Zealand. 



For previous introduction see 95477. 



95668. Stachys grandiflora (Steph.) 

 Benth. Menthaceae. 



95667 to 95681— Continued 



A perennial herb 1 foot high, native to 

 Asia Minor. The broadly cordate, ob- 

 tusely crenate leaves are petioled at the 

 base of the stem and reduce to sessile 

 bracts at the top. The large showy 

 flowers with curving tubes 1 inch long 

 are borne in interrupted spikes. 



Variety superba. Said to have flowers 

 of intense mauve or a rich shade of 

 purple-violet. 



95669. BUPHTHALMDM SALICIFOLIUM L. 



Asteraceae. Willowleaf oxeye. 



A perennial herb, native to northern 

 Europe, with slightly serrate willowlike 

 leaves and solitary flower heads with 

 long yellow rays. 



95670. Dracocephalum ruyschiana L. 

 Menthaceae. Siberian dragonhead. 



A slightly pubescent herbaceous per- 

 ennial about 2 feet high with linear- 

 lanceolate entire leaves and interrupted 

 spikes of 2-lipped purple flowers an inch 

 long. It is native to Siberia. 



95671. Vancouveria hexandra (Hook.) 

 Morr. and Dec. (Epimedium hexandrum 

 Hook.). Berberidaceae. 



A perennial herb 1 foot high, native to 

 northwestern America, with triternate 

 leaves made up of angularly 3-lobed cor- 

 date leaflets and panicles of small white 

 flowers. 



95672. Eryngium bourgati Gouan. Apia- 

 ceae. Eryngo. 



A low herbaceous perennial, native to 

 the Mediterranean region, with solitary 

 sparingly branched stems 1 to 2 feet 

 high. The rigid leathery reniform leaves 

 are palmately 3- to 5-lobed and hav& 

 spiny teeth, and the flower heads are 

 blue or rarely green. 



95673. Eryngium violetta Hort. Apia- 

 ceae. Eryngo. 



A name for which a place of publication 

 and a description have not been found. 



95674 and 95675. Galega officinalis L. 

 Fabaceae. Common goatsrue. 



95674. Her Majesty. 



95675. Niobe. 



95676. Nepeta macrantha Fisch. Men- 

 thaceae. 



Souvenir de Andre Chaudron. An 

 erect branching herbaceous perennial 

 with ovate-lanceolate leaves green on 

 both sides and showy blue flowers 1 inch 

 long in few-flowered cymes. It is native 

 to the Altai region. 



95677. Pelargonium endlicherianum 

 Fenzl. Geraniaceae. Geranium. 



A perennial herb 1 to 2 feet high, na- 

 tive to western Asia. The slightly 

 branched, somewhat fleshy stems bear 

 cordate-orbicular obscurely 5-lobed cre- 

 nate leaves and umbels of rose-colored 

 flowers having the two upper petals much 

 longer than the lower ones. 



95678 to 95680. Tricyrtis spp. Melan- 

 thiaceae. Toadlily. 



95678. Tricyrtis hirta Hook. 



Hairy toadlily. 



A perennial herb, 1 to 3 feet high, 

 covered with soft whitish spreading 

 hairs. The cordate-lanceolate leaves 

 clasp the stem, and the white lilylike 

 flowers are covered with purple spots. 

 It is native to Japan. 



