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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



97560 to 97580— Continued 



inner leaves have brown-spined petioles 

 and broad plicate recurved blades. The 

 coral-red flowers, 3 inches long, are in a 

 raceme borne on a bright-red scape a foot 

 high. 



For previous introduction see 89494. 



97574. No. 2723. Collected January 28, 

 1932, in the Botanic Garden, Domin- 

 ica, Leeward Islands. 



97575. No. 2808. Collected in the Bo- 

 tanic Garden, Grenada, Grenadine 

 Islands, February 10, 1932. 



97576. Plumeria alba L. Apocynaceae. 



Frangipani. 



No. 2766. Collected on Maye.ro, Grena- 

 dine Islands, February 6, 1932. Found 

 in tbickets on the rocks overlooking the 

 sea where it was exposed to the drying 

 salt-spray laden trade winds. A tree 

 up to 30 feet high, native to the West 

 Indies. The linear-lanceolate, subcori- 

 aceous leaves, 10 inches long, are gla- 

 brous above and densely white-tomentose 

 beneath. The salver-shaped flowers, 2 

 inches across, are white with a yellow 

 eye and are borne in compact clusters. 



97577. PORTLANDIA GRANDIFLORA L. Ru- 



biaceae. 



No. 2825. Collected at Port-of-Spain, 

 Trinidad, February 12, 1932. A tropical 

 shrub up to 15 feet high, native to the 

 West Indies, with opposite elliptical 

 leathery leaves and axillary fragrant 

 white flowers which are funnel-form and 

 5 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 80189. 



97578. Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br. 

 Sterculiaceae. 



No. 2651. Collected in the Botanic 

 Garden at St. Johns, Antigua, Leeward 

 Islands, January 26, 1932. A large tree, 

 native to India, having ash-colored bark 

 and yellow-tomentose branchlets. The 

 large heart-shaped leaves, 10 inches long 

 and 7 inches wide, are clustered at the 

 ends of the branches. The panicles of 

 densely tomentose flowers, without petals, 

 are. shorter than the leaves. 



97579. Tabebuia leucoxyla DC. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



No. 2831. Collected January 29, 1932, 

 on Dominica, Leeward Islands. White 

 cedar. A tree with clean gray bark, 

 deep green leaves, and large pale-pink 

 flowers. It is much prized in the West 

 Indies as an ornamental, as well as for 

 its strong hard white wood, which is 

 used for furniture. 



97580. Stegnosperma halimifolium 

 Benth. Phytolaccaceae. 



No. 2606. Collected January 18, 1932, 

 at Beata Island, Dominican Republic. 

 -A pretty scandent shrub with red-brown 

 fruits which when ripe open and expose 

 a magenta aril that almost conceals the 

 shiny black seed. In habit it is very 

 much like the bittersweet and could 

 probably be used in the same way for 

 house decoration. 



97581 to 97629. 



From Scotland. Seeds presented by the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Re- 

 ceived February 24, 1932. 



.97581 to 97583. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



97581 to 97629 — Continued 



97581. Allium oreophilum Meyer. 



A bulbous perennial with linear to 

 lanceolate leaves and hemispheric 

 umbels of purple-lavender flowers. It 

 is native to tbe mountains of the 

 Caucasus region. 



For previous introduction see 91796. 



97582. Allium victorialis L. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 95570. 



97583. Allium wallichianum Steud. 



A tall eastern Asiatic onion with 

 narrow flat leaves about 3 feet long 

 and purple flower heads. 



For previous introduction see 91801. 



97584. Alyssum trichostachyum Rupr. 

 Brassicaceae. 



A yellow-flowered herbaceous perennial 

 from the mountains of the western 

 Caucasus. It is closely related to A. 

 montanum, differing chiefly in . being 

 larger and more pubescent. 



97585. Anthemis cinerea Pane. Astera- 

 ceae. Camomile. 



A perennial camomile from Bulgaria, 



with ashy white pubescent ovate or 



spatulate leaves and showy daisylike 

 flowers on stems a foot high. 



97586. Anthemis macedonica Boiss. and 

 Orph. Asteraceae. 



An annual composite with numerous 

 abbreviated ascending stems, mostly un- 

 branched, bearing small white-rayed 

 flower heads. Native to the mountains 

 of Macedonia. 



97587 to 97596. Plumbaginaceae. Thrift. 



97587. Armeria adamovicii Halacsy. 



A cespitose perennial with a dense 

 rosette of broadly linear leaves and 

 white flower heads on scapes 7 to 9 

 inches high. Native to Macedonia. 



97588. Ameria berlexgensis Daveau. 



A woody cespitose perennial which 

 becomes 2 feet in diameter. The 

 lanceolate leaves form a dense rosette, 

 and the large rosy flowers are on 

 numerous scapes. Native to Portugal. 



97589. Statice chilensis (Boiss.) Ma- 

 closkie. 



An alpine perennial native to Chile 

 with linear acuminate basal leaves 

 and purplish flowers borne on a slender 

 scape. 



97590. Armeria elongata Hoffm. 



A tufted perennial with a rosette 

 of flat linear leaves and small white 

 flowers on a tall slender scape. Na- 

 tive to central Europe. 



97591. Statice fasciculata Vent. 



A glabrous perennial, subshrubby at 

 the base, with narrow grassy leaves 

 and dense heads of pale-pink armeria- 

 like flowers. It is native to south- 

 western Europe. 



For previous introduction see 95497. 



97592. Armeria longearistata Boiss. 

 and Reut. 



A perennial herb with a rosette of 

 flaccid lanceolate leaves 2 to 3 inches 



