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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



58866 to 58898— Continued. 



58871, Allium giganteum Kegel. 



One of the tallest members of the genus, 

 becoming 4 feet in height. It is native to the 

 Himalayas. The bulbs are large, and the 

 fleshy leaves are about 18 inches in length. 

 The bright-lilac flowers are in heads 4 inches 

 in diameter. 



58872. Alltum geande Lipsky. 



A Caucasian species with a scape 3 feet or 

 more in height, wide-margined leaves 10 to 

 12 inches long, and many-flowered umbels of 

 pinkish white flowers. (Adapted from Acta 

 Horti Petropolitani, vol. 13, p. 343.) 



53873. Allium heldeeichu Boiss. 



A Grecian species, a foot or less in height, 

 with thin terete leaves shorter than the scape 

 and rosy flowers. 



58874. Allium kaeataviense Kegel. 



A herbaceous plant with very broad, oval- 

 oblong, flat leaves, and pink flowers borne in 

 dense, convex umbels. The scapes are about 

 6 inches high. Native to Turkestan. 



58875. Allium macbanthum Baker. 



A handsome herbaceous perennial from the 

 eastern Himalayas. The flat leaves are over 

 a foot long, and the mauve-purple flowers are 

 produced in clusters of 50 or more on scapes 2 

 feet high . 



58376. Allium montanum F. W. Schmidt. 



A rather variable species, distributed from 

 eastern Europe through Siberia in dry rocky 

 places. It is usually a low plant, with narrow 

 leaves and a hemispherical head of lilac-purple 

 flowers. 



58877. Allium xeapolitanum Cirillo. 



A southern European species, about a foot 

 and a half high, with flat leaves and very 

 ornamental white flowers. 



58878. Allium nigeum L. 



A tall species, about 3 feet in height, native to 

 southern Europe. The dull-violet or whitish 

 flowers are produced in summer. 



58879. Allium odoeum L. 



This onion, which grows wild in Europe, is 

 cultivated in Japan for its leaves, which are 

 eaten as greens; in the spring the leaves are 

 borne luxuriantly by the old bulbs, becoming 

 about a foot in length. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 

 142. 



58330. Allium ostbowskiaxum Kegel. 



This species, native to Turkestan, has rose- 

 colored flowers produced freely in many- 

 flowered umbels on scapes 6 inches high. 



53381. Allium eoseum L. 



A plant about a foot in height, with strap- 

 shaped leaves rolled inward at the top and pale 

 lilac-rose flowers produced in umbels. Native 

 to southern Europe. 



53882. Allium scobzoxeeaefolium DC. 



A species of unknown origin, cultivated in 

 European gardens. It has very narrow con- 

 cave leaves and small, yellow flowers in a few- 

 flowered umbel. 



53833. Allium siculum Ucria. 



A handsome biennial, native to Sicily, with 

 broad, flat leaves and scapes 3 feet or more in 

 height. The dull, purplish flowers are borne 

 in drooping umbels. The species is character- 

 ized by a very strong odor when bruised. 



58866 to 58898— Continued. 



Allium sikkimense Baker. 



A compact, neat little perennial 6 inches 

 high or more, with grasslike leaves and loose 

 umbels of deep-blue flowers Native to Sik- 

 kim, India. 



58855. Allium tubeegem Freyn. 



A species from Asia Minor with ovoid bulbs 

 about an inch and a quarter long, oval or oval- 

 lanceolate leaves about 10 inches long, and 

 rosy red flowers produced on a scape nearly 2 

 feet high. (Adapted from Memoir es de I'Her- 

 bier Bossier, Xo. 13, p. 32.) 



58856. Allium sp. 



Received as Allium huteri, for which a place 

 of publication has not been found. 



58887. Beta teigyna Waldst. and Kit. Cheno- 

 podiacese. 



Introduced for plant breeders. 



A hardy herbaceous white-flowered perennial, 

 about 3 feet in height, native to Hungary. 



53888. BetavulgabisL. Chenopodiaceae. Beet. 



Seeds of what is said to be the wild form of 

 the cultivated beet, introduced for cultural tests. 



58889. Bbachypodium distachyum (L.) Beauv. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



For previous introduction and description, 

 see S. P. I. No. 5S695. 



58890. Bbachypodium pinxatum (L.) Beauv. 

 Poaceae. Grass 



A perennial grass native to Europe, having 

 much the same general habits as timothy. It 

 will probably prove a valuable plant for semiarid 

 places. 



58891 to 58893. Introduced for strawberry special- 

 ists. 



58891. Duchesnea indica (Andrews) Focke 

 (Fragaria indica Andrews.). Rosaceae. 



English-grown seed of an Eurasian plant 

 common as a weed in the United States. 



58892. Fbagabia califobnica Cham, and 

 Schlecht. Rosaceae. Strawberry. 



A wild strawberry from the Coast Range of 

 California, with light-green, hairy leaflets, 

 flowers in pairs, and globose white fruits about 

 one-third of an inch in diameter. 



58893. Fbagabia sp. Rosaceee. Strawberry. 



Received as Fragaria chinensis, for which a 

 place of publication has not been found. 



53894. Lathybus xigee (L.) Bernh. Fabaceae, 



An erect or ascending, slender, branched spe- 

 cies 1 or 2 feet in height, with light-green leaflets 

 and small, blue flowers. It has short rootstocks 

 and succeeds well in partial shade. Native to 

 central Europe. 



53395. Phalabis bulbosa Jusl. Poaceae. Grass. 



A tufted, perennial grass, native to the Medi- 

 terranean countries, with coarse, stiff stems 3 to 

 4 feet in height. It makes good hay if cut as 

 soon as the flower heads begin to appear and 

 will stand a considerable amount of pasturing. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 55067. 



58896. Rubus lasiostylus Focke. Rosacea. 



A wild raspberry from western China, with 

 bluish white, bristly stems, small, pinnate leaves, 

 silvery beneath, magenta flowers, and rose- 

 colored, woolly fruits which are sweet but said 

 to be of little use for eating. 



