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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



64289 to 64309 — Continued. 



64291. Ackii bybcanum Pisch. and Mey. 

 Aceraceae. Maple. 



A southern European maple of com- 

 pact habit, about 25 feet high, with 

 biight-green 5-lobed leaves, greenish yel- 

 low tlowers. and samaras about an inch 

 long. 



64292 to 64294. Coends spp. Cornaceae. 



Dogwood. 



64292. Counts alstralis Meyer. 



A close relative of the common Euro- 

 pean dogwood (Comus sanguined). It 



differs in minor characters only, and is 

 native to Asia Minor and the Caucasus. 

 The European dogwood is a shrub 12 

 feet high, with dark-red branches, pale- 

 green leaves, dense cymes of greenish 

 white flowers, and black fruits. 



64293. Corxus iberica Hort. 

 A horticultural variety. 



64294. Coknus koexigi C. Schneid. 



A dogwood native to Transcaucasia, 

 described by Schneider (Illustriertes 

 Handbuch der Laubholzkunde, vol. 2) 

 as a shrub 10 feet or more in height, 

 upright in habit and closely related to 

 the common European do.gwood (Comus 

 sanguinea). The branches are purple- 

 brown, the leaves shining green, and 

 the fruits are black. 



64295. Cupressus torueosa Don. Pina- 

 ceae. 



Var. corneyana. A tall pyramidal 

 cypress, 150 feet or less high, with 

 pendulous branches and deep-green leaves 

 arranged irregularly. It is indigenous 

 to the Himalayas, and will probably be 

 hardy only in the southern United States. 



64296. Fagus oriextalis Lipsky. Faga- 

 ceae. Beech. 



A tall handsome beech with a pyrami- 

 dal habit, which is distributed through- 

 out the Caucasus. ■ The leaves are oblong 

 to elliptic, with entire margins. The 

 wood is considered excellent for making 

 furniture, tools, barrels, etc. This beech 

 should be tried in the Southwest as a 

 timber and shade tree. 



64297 to 64301. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 



64297. Iris cartecalixiae Fomin. 



A Caucasian iris, described (Moni- 

 teur du Jardin Botanique de Tiflis. 

 1909) as having a thick rhizome and 

 four or five flowered stems nearly 3 

 feet high. The sword-shaped leaves 

 are about two-thirds of an inch wide, 

 and the flowers are light blue. In its 

 native country the plant grows in 

 damp places. 



64298. Iris caucasica Hoffm. 



A rather dwarf iris described by 

 Baker (Irideae, p. 45) as having about 

 six bright-green very narrow leaves 3 

 to 6 inches long, a short stem, and 

 pale or bright-yellow flowers which ap- 

 pear in March or April. It is native 

 from Asia Minor to Turkestan, ascend- 

 ing to 6,000 feet above sea level. 



64299. Iris musulmaxica Fomin. 



An iris from the vicinity of Elisa- 

 bethpol. Caucasus, which, according to 

 the Moniteur du Jardin Botanique de 



64289 to 64309 — Continued. 



Tiflis (vol. 14. 1909), inhabits brack- 

 ish swamps. It is less than 2 feet 

 tall, and the flowers are either sky- 

 blue or yellowish. 



64300. Iris taschia Hort. 

 A horticultural variety. 



64301. Iris wixogradowi Fomin. 



A Caucasian iris. 



64302. J d x i p e b D s isophyllos Koch. 

 Pinaceae. Juniper. 



An oriental juniper described by Koch 

 (Linnea, vol. 22, p. 304) as a shrubby 

 tree, with light-brown bark and ovate 

 leaves, it differs from Juniperux pseudo- 

 sabvna in being smaller and having keeled 

 li aves. 



64303 to 64306. Paeoxia spp. Ranun- 

 culaceae. Peony. 



64303. Paeoxia abchasica Hort. 

 A horticultural variety. 



64304. Paeoxia mlokosewitschi Lo- 

 makin. 



According to Curtis's Botanical 

 Magazine (pi. 8173), this is a herba- 

 ceous perennial peony, with dark blu- 

 ish green biternate leaves with red 

 nerves and margins. The yellow flow- 

 ers are 4 to 5 inches across, with 

 numerous stamens and purple stigmas. 

 This peony, considered the handsomest 

 of the yellow-flowered forms, is native 

 to the central Caucasus. 



64305. Paeoxia triterxata Pall. 



A tall herbaceous peony, with car- 

 rot-shaped roots, which resembles 

 Paeonia corallina, but differs in hav- 

 ing rounded leaves, green stems, and 

 rose-colored or whitish flowers. It is 

 native to southeastern Europe. 



64306. Paeoxia wittmaxxiaxa Hart- 

 wiss. 



A herbaceous perennial peony 2 to 

 3 feet high, with biternate leaves 4 

 to 8 inches long and flowers about 4 

 inches across. The flowers are soli- 

 tary, pale yellow, greenish or nearly 

 white. Native to the Caucasus. 



64307. Pixrs eldarica Medw. Pinaceae. 



Pine. 



An erect pine 40 to 50 feet high, na- 

 tive to southern Europe and western 

 Asia, and closely related to the Aleppo 

 pine {Pinus hah pensis). It differs from 

 the latter in having longer, more rigid 

 leaves which are a deeper green. 



64308. Pterocarxa fraxixifolia (Lam.) 

 Spach. (P. caucasica Meyer). Jug- 



landaceae. 



A handsome spreading tree 60 feet or 

 less in height, with attractive dark- 

 green pinnate leaves about a foot long. 

 Its native land is the Caucasus, and it 

 will probably not be hardy north of 

 Massachusetts. 



64309. Eeichardia dichotoma (Bieb.) 

 Freyn. Cichoriaceae. 



A perennial herbaceous composite, 2 

 to 3 fret high, native to Asia Minor, 

 with a rosette of spatulate radical 

 leaves and very small stem leaves. The 

 white flowers are in rather large heads. 



