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66513 to 66531 — Continued. 



66527. Pentagonia physalodes (L.) Hiern. 

 (Nicandra physalodes Gaertn.). Solanaceae. 



Apple of Peru. 



A blue-flowered Peruvian annual with the 

 fruit inclosed in a husk as in Physalis. The 

 campanulate flowers, an inch or more in diam- 

 eter, are light blue with a lighter throat; they 

 are produced singly in the axils of the leaves. 



For previous introduction see No. 58130. 



66528. Nicotiana rustica L. Solanaceae. 



Aztec tobacco. 



66529. Onobrychis crista-galli (L.) Lam. 

 Fabaceae. 



An annual or biennial ascending plant, 8 to 

 20 inches high, with pinkish purple flowers. 

 Native to dry places in the Mediterranean 

 region. 



For previous introduction see No. 33292. 



66530. Trigonella calliceras Fisch. Faba- 

 ceae. 



An erect leguminous annual with rather large 

 yellow flowers; native to the Caucasus. 



For previous introduction see No. 27294. 



66531. Trigonella caerulea (L.) Seringe. 



An annual, upright plant, usually from 1 to 2 

 feet high, with bright-blue flowers having the 

 same odor as the fenugreek ( Trigonella foenum- 

 graecum). Native to the Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see No. 64646. 



66532 to 66615. 



From Kew, England. Seeds presented by Dr. A. 

 W. Hill, director, Royal Botanic Gardens. Re- 

 ceived March 23, 1926. 



66532 to 66535. Allium spp. Liliaceae. Onion. 



66532. Allium karataviense Regel. 



A herbaceous plant with very broad, 

 ovate-oblong flat leaves and pink flowers 

 borne in dense, convex umbels. The scapes 

 are about 6 inches high. Native to Turke- 

 stan. 



For previous introduction see No. 60228. 



66533. Allium ostrowskianum Regel. 



This species, native to Turkestan, has 

 rose-colored flowers produced freely in many- 

 flowered umbels on scapes 6 inches high. 



For previous introduction see No. 58880. 



68534. 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 

 Sikkim, India. 



For previous introduction see No. 58884. 



66535. Allium yunnanense Diels. 



A cespitose onion, native to southwestern 

 China, with linear leaves about 6 inches long 

 and pink or purplish flowers on a scape 4 to 

 16 inches long. 



66536 to 66541. Astragalus spp. Fabaceae. 



Milk vetch. 



66536. Astragalus alopecuroides L. 



Foxtail milk vetch. 



An erect pubescent Siberian species 2 to 

 5 feet high with narrowly oval leaves and 

 yellow flowers produced in thick oblong 

 spikes. 



For previous introduction see No. 58692. 



66532 to 66615— Continued. 



66537. Astragalus aristatus L'Herit. 



An alpine plant, native to southern 

 Europe, where on dry, barren slopes it forms 

 mats .of spiny branches in which appear the 

 little yellow flower heads among the minute 

 leaves. 



66538. Astragalus boeticus L. 



An upright, often stoat annual, with com- 

 pound leaves usually composed of 9 to 15 

 pairs of very narrow leaflets, and 6 to 15 pale- 

 yellow flowers in a crowded raceme. Native 

 to the Mediterranean countries. 



For previous introduction see No. 58693. 



66539. Astragalus chinensis L. f. 



An erect, herbaceous plant, native to 

 China, with smooth slender stems, elliptic- 

 obtuse leaflets, and pendulous, few-flowered 

 racemes. 



For previous introduction see No. 59352. 



66540. Astragalus hamosus L. 



An annual gray-green hairy plant, with 

 prostrate or ascending stems 8 inches to a 

 foot in length. Native to sunny places in the 

 Mediterranean countries. 



For previous introduction see No. 63982. 



66541. Astragalus zingeri Korsh. 



A somewhat shrubby perennial, with an 

 erect or ascending stem 6 to 20 inches high, 

 and spikelike clusters of white flowers. 

 Native to rocky places on the Volga River. 



66542 to 66544. Berberis spp. Berberidaceae. 



Barberry. 



66542. Berberis aristata DC. 



A handsome shrub of elegant, spreading 

 habit, becoming at times 10 feet high. The 

 spine-tipped leaves are often whitish be- 

 neath, and the numerous flowers are bright 

 golden yellow. The spindle-shaped berries, 

 about half an inch in length, are red, covered 

 with a blue-white bloom. This is said to be 

 one of the most vigorous of the Himalayan 

 barberries; it is hardy at the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



For previous introduction see No. 60378. 



66543. Berberis tischleri C. Schneid. 



A shrub from western China, 7 to 14 feet 

 high, with spines in threes, papery spine- 

 tipped leaves up to 2 inches in length, and 

 yellow flowers in dense racemes. The some- 

 what pruinose egg-shaped red fruits ripen in 

 October. 



For previous introduction see No. 58123. 



66544. Berberis yunnanensis Franch. 



A deciduous shrub, 3 to 6 feet high, with 

 dense rounded spines and nearly circular 

 leaves. The flowers are pale yellow, and the 

 berries are bright red. Native to western 

 China. 



For previous introduction see No. 43826. 



66545. Clematis rehderiana Craib. Ranun- 

 culaceae. Clematis. 

 A vigorous woody climber, native to south- 

 western China, which produces quantities of 

 small, nodding, fragrant, primrose-yellow flowers 

 in fall. 



For previous introduction see No. 49937. 



66546. Coriaria japonica A. Gray. Coria- 

 riaceae. Japanese coriaria. 

 A Japanese shrub, 2 or 3 feet high, or occasion- 

 ally more, with opposite, oval leaves and racemes 

 of bright-red berrylike fruits which become 

 violet black when thoroughly ripe. 



