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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



67344 to 67376— Continued. 



to 18 inches long, bears a single head of one 

 to two flowers. The falls have a greenish 

 yellow oblong haft, veined and dotted with 

 purple. On the obovate blade the coloring 

 becomes clearer and consists of broken veins 

 and blotches of bright blue purple on a 

 creamy ground. The extremity is a uniform 

 blue purple paler at the edges. The oblance- 

 olate, channeled standards are pale -blue 

 purple with deeper veins and diverge at an 

 angle of about 60 degrees. The keeled, dark- 

 purple styles are held high above the falls. 



For previous introduction see No. 66463. 



67365. Iris milesii Baker. Himalayan iris. 



A large Himalayan iris with seven or 

 eight leaves, 2 to 3 feet long, on the stem; 

 the latter is branched and bears about four 

 heads of bright lilac flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 66578. 



G7366. Iris sisyrinchium L. Moraea iris. 



A tender rather low iris, 6 to 12 inches 

 high, native to southern Europe, Asia, and 

 Africa. The fugitive flowers are lilac purple 

 with a yellow spot on the outer segments. 



67367. Loxicera chrysaxtha Turcz. Capri- 

 foliaceae. Coralline honeysuckle, 



A shrubby honeysuckle from Japan, up to 

 12 feet high, wdth upright stems, somewhat 

 rhombic leaves 2 to 5 inches long, and yellowish 

 white flowers three-fourths of an inch long. It 

 is particularly handsome in autumn with its 

 bright coral-red fruit. 



For previous introduction see No. 42315. 



67368. Mirabilis loxgiflora L. Nyctagina- 

 ceae. Sweet four-o'clock. 



An attractive herbaceous perennial 2 to 3 feet 

 high, native to Mexico, with heart-shaped hairy 

 leaves and long-tubed white pink or violet 

 flowers which are very fragrant in the evening. 



67369. Moraea iridioidf.s L. Tridaceae. 



Iris moraea. 



A South African relative of the iris with 

 white flowers over 3 inches across and leaves in 

 basal fan-shaped rosettes. 



For previous introduction see No. 31852. 



67370. Moraea robixsoxiaxa Moore and F. 

 Muell. Iridaceae. 



A bulbous irislike plant from Australia with 

 radical leaves about 5 feet long and white 

 flowers, spotted red and yellow near the base. 



67371. Nicotiaxa rustica L. Solanaceae. 



Aztec tobacco. 



67372. Phellodexdrox chixexse glabri- 

 usculum C. Schneid. Rutaceae. 



Chinese cork tree. 



A handsome Chinese tree about 30 feet high, 

 with dark gray-brown bark, dark yellowish 

 green compound leaves hairy beneath, and 

 black fruits in panicles about 3" inches long. 



67373. Rhododexdrox smirnowi Trautv. 

 Ericaceae. Smirnow rhododendron.' 



A shrub or small tree about 20 feet high with 

 dark-green leaves grayish hairy beneath and 

 compact heads of rosy red flowers each about 

 3 inches across. Native to the Caucasus. 



For previous introduction see No. 66478. 



67374. Rosa acicularis Lindl. Rosaceae. 



Prickly rose. 



A low densely prickly shrub native to north- 

 ern America, Europe, and Asia. It bears three 

 to seven leaflets and solitary deep-rose flowers 

 Allowed by pear-shaped fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 54165. 



67344 to 67376— Continued. 



67375. Skimmia foremaxxii Hart. Rutaceae. 



A low densely branched Japanese evergreen 

 shrub with narrow yellowish green leaves and 

 roundish red berries. It is considered to be a 

 hybrid between Skimmia japonica and S. 

 fortune i. 



67376. Tritoma caulescens (Baker) Carr. 

 (Kniphofia caulescens Baker). Liliaceae. 



Torch lily. 



A showy herbaceous perennial from the 

 Cape of Good Hope with sword-shaped radical 

 leaves 2 to 3 feet long and a flower spike about 

 6 inches long. The lower flowers are yellow and 

 the upper ones red. 



67377 to 67396. 



From Russia. Seeds presented by A. Kol, chief of 

 the bureau of introduction, Institute of Applied 

 Botany, Leningrad, Russia, through J. W. 

 Pincus, Amtorg Trading Corporation, New 

 York, N. Y. Received May 13, 1926. 



67377 to 67379. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



67377. No. 9451. Variety mutica. Selection 

 No. 145. From the Western Siberian 

 Experiment Station. 



67378. No. 9452. Variety krausei. Selection 

 No. 117. From the Western Siberian 

 Experiment Station. 



67379. No. 10188. Variety persica Vav. 

 From Persia. 



67380 to 67385. Hordeum spp. Poaceae. 



67380 and 67381. Hordeum distichox nu- 

 dum L. Two-rowed barley. 



67380. No. 10249. Variety nudum L. 

 Selection No. 07-B-III. From Turke- 

 stan. 



67381. No. 10250. Variety nudum L. 

 Selection No. 0128-A-VII. From 

 Turkestan. 



67382. Hordeum distichox palmella Har- 

 lan. Two-rowed barley. 



No. 10251. Variety praecoccius R. Reg. 

 From the Erivan Government. 



67383. Hordeum vulgare coeleste L. 



Six-rowed barley. 



No. 10041. Variety nudum L. From the 

 Jaroslav Government. 



67384. Hordeum vulgare nigrum (Willd.) 

 Beaven. Six-rowed barley. 



No. 1G247. Variety tanaiticum Reg. Se- 

 lection No. 029-A-VII. From the north of 

 Caucasia. 



67385. Hordeum vulgare pallidum Seringe. 



Six-rowed barley. 



No. 10246. Variety pallidum Ser. Selec- 

 tion No. 0815-A-II. From Turkestan. 



67336 and 67387. Paxicum miliaceum L. Poa- 

 ceae. Proso. 



67386. No. 3003. Selection No. h'o3. From 

 the Saratov Government. 



67337. No. 10242. 

 istan. 



inskoe. From Afghan- 



67388 to 67394. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 

 gare Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 



67388. No. 3000. Variety albidum Al. Belo- 

 seznaja. Selection No. 604. From the 

 Saratov Government. 



67389. No. 3001. Variety albidum Al. From 

 the Saratov Government. 



67390. No. 9446. Variety calsium. Selection 

 No. 0111. From the Western Siberian 

 Experiment Station. 



