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97581 to 97629— Continued 



long and white flowers on a scape 

 about a foot high. Native to southern 

 Spain. 



97593. Statice macloviana (Cham.) 

 Macloskie. 



A perennial herb with a rosette of 

 grasslike leaves and pinkish flowers 

 on slender scapes. Native to southern 

 Europe. 



97594. Statice pungens Brot. 



A woody plant about 6 inches high 

 with rigid lanceolate somewhat glau- 

 cous leaves 2 to 3 inches long and 

 rosy flowers in small heads on simple 

 scapes. Native to Spain. 



97595. Armeria sardoa Spreng. 



A somewhat woody perennial with 

 short furrowed filiform leaves and 

 small subspherical flower heads on 

 • slender scapes. It is native to Sar- 

 dinia. 



97596. Statice sibirica (Turcz.) 

 Ledeb. 



A low herbaceous perennial, native 

 to Siberia, with a rosette of linear 

 glabrous leaves. The small white 

 flowers are borne in a compact head 

 at the top of a naked scape 12 to 18 

 inches high. 



97597. Bclbinella hookeri (Colenso) 



Cheeseman. Liliaceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 95667. 



97598 to 97600. Chrysanthemum spp. 

 Asteraceae. 



97598. Chrysanthemum caucasicum 

 Pers. 



A perennial chrysanthemum, native 

 to the Caucasus, with white flowers 

 and bipinnate leaves with linear-subu- 

 late subdivisions. 



For previous introduction see 40630. 



97599. Chrysanthemum pulveru- 

 lhntum Lag. (Pyrcthrum hispanioum 

 Willk.). 



A herbaceous perennial with a woody 

 base, deeply pinnatifid lower leaves, 

 and linear stem leaves. The plant is 

 very variable in size and habit, but 

 usually spreads to form prostrate mats 

 from which the flowers, white to yellow 

 or even purplish yellow, rise on almost 

 naked 6 to 8 inch stems. Native to 

 •central Spain. 



For previous introduction see 95479. 



97600. Chrysanthemum mawii Hook. f. 



A short woody perennial, native 

 to Morocco, forming margueritelike 

 bushes 1 to 2 feet high, with small 

 woolly gray triangular-oblong pinnati- 

 fid leaves. The long-stalked flowers 

 are 1 to 2 inches across, have reddish- 

 purple disks, and 3-toothed white rays 

 that are reddish on the back. 



For previous introduction see 95480. 



97601. Dipelta yunnanensis Franch. 

 Caprifoliaceae. 



A shrub 10 to 15 feet high, native to 

 western China, with opposite entire 

 lanceolate leaves 3 to 6 inches long and 

 leafy racemes of 2-lipped tubular-cam- 

 panulate pinkish to purple flowers hav- 

 ing shieldlike floral bracts. 



For previous introduction see 94000. 



97581 to 97629— Continued 



97602. Draba subamplexicaulis Meyer. 

 Brassicaceae. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial with a 

 rosette of oblong purplish leaves and 

 small white flowers on erect stems 1 to 

 2 inches high. Native to the Altai Moun- 

 tains, Siberia. 



97603 to 97607. Dracocephalum spp. 

 Menthaceae. Dragonhead. 



97603. Dracocephalum isabellae For- 

 rest. 



A mintlike perennial 12 to 18 inches 

 high, native to China, with leaves 1 

 inch long divided into 5 to 7 linear 

 segments, and spikes 5 to 6 inches long, 

 made up of verticillate clusters of 

 dragon-shaped, deep blue-purple flowers 



1 to 2 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 91S08. 



97604. Dracocephalum ruprechtt 

 Kegel. 



A dwarf compact perennial 1 to 2 

 feet high, with ovate-lanceloate in- 

 cised and toothed leaves and axillary 

 clusters of rose-purple to lilac tubular 

 2-lipped flowers 1 inch long. It is 

 native to Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 91809. 



97605. Dracocephalum ruyschiana L. 



Siberian dragonhead. 

 For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 95670. 



97606. Dracocephalum speciosum 

 Benth. 



A robust herbaceous perennial 18 

 inches high, with radical leaves on 

 petioles up to 1 foot long. The leaf 

 blades are orbicular-cordate, crenate, 

 and 2 to 4 inches across ; the tubular 

 flowers, 1 inch long, are blue-purple 

 with black spots and are borne in 

 dense heads. It is native to the 

 Himalayas in India. 



For previous introduction see 93201. 



97607. Dracocephalum tanguticum 

 Maxim. 



An erect herbaceous perennial, 1 to 



2 feet high, with pinnately cut leaves 

 2 inches long and sky-blue flowers an 

 inch long in interrupted spikes. 



97608 to 97612. Fuchsia spp. Onagra- 

 ceae. 



97608. Fuchsia bacillaris Lindl. 



A compact plant with short-jointed 

 branches and very small flaring- 

 mouthed rosy drooping flowers. Na- 

 tive to Mexico. 



97609 and 97610. Fuchsia corymbi- 

 flora Ruiz and Pav. 



97609. A handsome Peruvian fuchsia 

 with large serrate long-pointed 

 leaves and deep-red flowers. The 

 plant becomes tall, but requires 

 support in order to attain full 

 height. It is adapted for train- 

 ing on pillars or pergolas in the 

 warmest parts of the United 

 States. 



97610. Alba. A form with white 

 flowers. 



97611. Fuchsia procumbens R. Cunn. 



Trailing fuchsia. 



A slender spreading shrub with 



fragrant flowers. A good plant for the 



rock garden if the climate is mild. 



