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66903 to 66950 — Continued. 



66923. COTONEASTER ACUTIFOLIA TurCZ. 



Peking cotoneaster. 



No. 803. A bushy Chinese shrub, 5 to 7 

 feet high. The dull-green leaves are paler and 

 hairy beneath, and the white flowers are borne 

 three or more in corymbs. The smooth reddish 

 fruits, one-third of an inch in diameter, are 

 finally black. 



For previous introduction see No. 53666. 



66924. Cotoneaster affinis bacillaris 

 (Wall.) C. Schneid. 



No. 804. A very graceful shrub, 15 feet 

 high, spreading to a larger diameter. The 

 white flowers, one-third of an inch across, 

 are borne in clusters 1 to 2 inches in diameter. 

 The small roundish fruits are purplish brown. 

 Native to the Himalayas up to 10,000 feet 

 altitude. 



For previous introduction see No. 53668. 



66925. Cotoneaster sp. 

 No. 810. 



66926 to 66928. Cytisus spp. Fabaceae. Broom. 



66926. Cytisus supinus L. 



Big flower broom. 



No. 535. An upright shrub, up to 2 feet 

 high, native to central Europe. The bright- 

 yellow flowers are solitary in the spring but 

 in headlike clusters later on in summer. 



66927. Cytisus elongatus Waldst. and Kit. 



No. 536. A stout, much-branched shrub 

 up to 5 feet high with long upright branches, 

 hairy leaflets, and yellow flowers. Native 

 to central and southern Europe. 



66928. Cytisus vulpinus Hort. 



No. 539. 



Hemerocallis citrtna Baroni. Lili- 

 Citron day lily. 



No. 1181. A tall bulbous Chinese plant with 

 very fragrant lemon-yellow flowers. The 

 leaves are more than 3 feet long. 



66930 to 66933. Iris spp. Iridaceae. 

 Iris aphylla L. 



Iris. 



Stool iris. 



No. 1124. A European iris with glau- 

 cescent leaves up to a foot long, or sometimes 

 leafless. The dark-lilac flowers are about 2 

 inches long. 



66931. Iris dichotoma Pall. 



Vesper iris. 



No. 1142. A northern Chinese iris with 

 six to eight leaves, about a foot long, in fan- 

 shaped clusters, a much-branched stem 2 

 feet high, and short-lived flowers, whitish 

 and light purple. 



For previous introduction see No. 65526. 



66932. Iris sibirica L. Siberian iris 

 No. 1141. Var. constantinopolitana. 



66933. Iris sordida Hort. 

 No. 1136. 



66934. Lilium regale Wilson. Liliaceae. 



Eegal lily. 

 No. 1188. 



For previous introduction see 63775. 



66935. Pentstemon gentianotdes (H. B. K.) 

 Poir. Scrophulariaceae. 



No. 1033. A Central American perennial 

 3 to 4 feet high with purple flowers in a long 

 leafy raceme. 



66903 to 66950— Continued. ' 



66936. Phellodendron japonicum Maxim. 

 Rutaceae. 



No. 987. A Japanese tree, up to 30 feet high, 

 with dark -brown bark, compound leaves com- 

 posed of 9 to 13 ovate, dull-green leaflets, and 

 black fruits in panicles 2 to 3 inches across. 



66937 to 66940. Polemonium spp. Polemonia- 

 ceae. 



66937. Polemonium boreale Adams. 



No. 629. An erect hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennial, native to Siberia, with terminal 

 panicles of blue flowers. 



66938. Polemonium caeruleum L. 



Greek valerian. 



No. 630. A blue-flowered herbaceous 

 perennial, 1 to 3 feet high, native to Europe. 



66939. Polemonium mexicanum Cerv. 



No. 636. A herbaceous perennial, less 

 than a foot high, with pinnate leaves. Native 

 to Mexico. 



66940. Polemonium pauciflorum S. Wats. 



No. 637. A herbaceous perennial 1 or 2 

 feet high, with yellow flowers. Native to 

 Mexico. 



66941 and 66942. Puschkinia spp. Liliaceae. 



66941. Puschkinia scilloides libanotica 

 (Zucc.) Boiss. 



No. 1196. A half-hardy bulbous plant, 

 native to Asia Minor, and related to the 

 squills. The bluish white flowers are in 

 racemes on a scape 4 to 12 inches high, and 

 the leaves are about the same length. 



66942. Puschkinia scilloides Adams. 



No. 1197. A bulbous plant, native to 

 Asia Minor, about a foot high, with racemes 

 of bluish flowers. 



66943 to 66945. Rosa spp. Rosaceae. Rose. 



66943. Rosa calcutensis Hort. 

 No. 943; 



66944. Rosa guttensteinensis Jacq. 



No. 950. A southern European shrub 6 

 feet high, with the whole plant glaucous and 

 tinged with red. The five to seven oblong 

 leaflets are simply toothed, the bright-red 

 flowers are in small clusters, and the small 

 globose fruits are red and pulpy. 



66945. Rosa wasserburgensis Kirschl. 



No. 972. Said to be a cross between 

 Rosa tomentosa and R. pendulina. 



66946. Syringa emodi Wall. Oleaceae. 



Himalayan lilac. 



No. 598. A large robust Himalayan lilac 10 

 to 15 feet high, closely allied to Syringa villosa, 

 but with the leaves whiter beneath. The 

 panicles are usually columnar, 3 to 6 inches long, 

 and not so richly colored as those of the above- 

 mentioned species. It is useful in flowering 

 rather late. 



For previous introduction see No. 42319. 



66947. Syringa villosa Vahl. Oleaceae. 



late lilac* 



No. 599. A bushy lilac about 8 feet high, with 

 stout, upright branches, broadly oval, bright- 

 green leaves, and pinkish lilac flowers in panicles 

 3 to 7 inches long. Native to China and the 

 Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see No. 38830. 



