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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



72453 to 72570— Continued. 



72472. Lonicera sp. 



No. 7113. A bushy shrub 6 to 8 feet high, 

 found in mixed forests; it is allied to Lonicera 

 webbiana. The flowers are maroon and the 

 fruits are like small cherries, dangling on 

 long stalks. 



72473. Lonicera sp. 



No. 7510. A small-leaved prostrate plant 

 forming mats on steep earth and gravel 

 slopes, facing south, or draping gneiss rocks 

 with a curtain of foliage. The fairly large, 

 glaucous berries are Prussian blue, and the 

 flowers are said to be pink. 



72474. Lonicera sp. 



No. 7529. A small bushy shrub appar- 

 ently confined to steep gravelly slopes below 

 the limestone cliffs, on the more sheltered 

 side of the valley. The berries are rather 

 large, bright reddish orange, peeping from 

 papery bracts, and the flowers are said to be 

 yellow. 



72475 to 72479. Meconopsis spp. Papaveraceae. 



72475. Meconopsis sp. 



No. 6862. A plant 3 feet high, with sky- 

 blue flowers, found in open meadows on 

 stony slopes. It is like Meconopsis baileyi, 

 but is a plant of the open hillside. 



72476. Meconopsis sp. 



No. 6974. A plant 6 to 8 inches high, 

 resembling a red-flowered Meconopsis im- 

 pedita, found on earth banks, cliffs, screes, 

 limestone, or igneous rock in full sunshine. 

 It is a splendid species and should be grown 

 high up on rock gardens. The flowers are 

 wine-colored or almost scarlet with the 

 sunlight shining through them. 



72477. Meconopsis sp. 

 No. 7098 or 7099. 



72478. Meconopsis sp. 



No. 7200. A plant 1 to 3 feet high, bearing 

 a dozen blooms. It is found in open rocky 

 situations, preferring limestone. The flowers 

 are dark blue with yellow anthers. 



72479. Meconopsis sp. 



No. 7207. A biennial plant found in open 

 situations on steep meadow slopes or among 

 bushes or bowlders. The leaves and stem 

 are covered with silken golden hairs, as are 

 those of Meconopsis wallichii. The flowers 

 are bluish violet with orange anthers and are 

 borne in an immense simple raceme 4 to 6 

 feet high. This plant recalls M. ro'ousta 

 except that the flowers are violet instead of 

 yellow. 



72480 to 72483. Nomocharis spp. Liliaceae. 



72480. Nomocharis sp. 

 No. 6876. 



72481. Nomocharis sp. 



No. 7006. A plant about a foot high, with 

 wine-red nodding flowers, found on open 

 meadow slopes with Nomocharis pardanthina, 

 but much rarer. The bulb is deep, about 6 

 inches below the surface, in a very tenacious 

 gravelly clay, derived from the disintegration 

 of feldspathic rocks, at the foot of which it 

 grows. 



72482. Nomocharis sp. 



No. 7030. A dwarf form of No. 7006 [No. 

 72481]. This plant, 3 to 4 inches high, grows 

 on sheltered earth slopes and granitic sandy 

 or gravelly soil in precipitous gullies. 



72483. Nomocharis sp. 

 No. 7049. 



72453 to 72570— Continued. 



72484 to 72497. Primula spp. Primulaceae. 



Primrose. 



72484. Primula sp. 



No. 6820. Tea rose primrose. A plant 6 

 to 8 inches high, found on very steep stony 

 rubble banks and gneiss cliffs, up to an 

 altitude of 10,000 feet. The very large fra- 

 grant flowers in heads of four to eight are 

 first carmine, later changing to pure pink. 



72485. Primula sp. 



No. 6821. A plant 2 to 4 inches high when 

 in flower and 6 to 10 inches when in fruit, 

 growing in large clumps. The flowers are 

 very large and bright violet with creamy 

 bands down the interior. 



72488. Primula sp. 



No. 6875. A plant 3 to 6 inches high, 

 growing on sheltered banks in the alpine 

 region or in boggy ground by streams. The 

 small, golden-yellow flowers are in drooping 

 heads. 



72487. Primula sp. 



No. 6901. A common species of primula 

 6 to 9 inches high, growing chiefly on wet 

 alpine turf slopes, in granitic grit and loam, 

 at altitudes between 9,000 and 12,000 feet. 

 The fragrant flowers, usually in one whorl, 

 sometimes in two, are dark yellow in the 

 center, gradually fading to pale yellow on 

 the lobes. 



72488. Primula sp. 



No. 6902. A species 8 to 12 inches high, 

 growing in clumps along the banks of streams , 

 on alpine turf slopes, and in moist loam. 

 The fragrant flowers are pale sulphur, 

 coated with snow-white meal. 



72489. Primula sp. 



No. 6928. A species forming immense 

 clumps on steep alpine grass slopes, in rich 

 glutinous loam, at altitudes between 13,000 

 and 14,000 feet. The flowers are bright 

 violet, though occasionally white, with a 

 yellow eye. This plant rather recalls Primula 

 sonchifolia, though it is not such a rare color; 

 on the other hand this is a true alpine species 

 while P. sonchifolia is not. 



72490. Primula sp. 



No. 6975. A plant 4 to 6 inches high, 

 found on sheltered loam and gravel banks 

 among bushes. The fragrant flowers are 

 blue powdered white. 



72491. Primula sp. 



No. 6981. A primrose about a foot high, 

 found in open meadows, on gravel slopes, 

 earth banks, or by streams. The flowers 

 are dark purple, almost black. 



72492. Primula sp. 



No. 7002. Claret cup. A beautiful plant 

 a foot high, found on steep alpine turfed 

 rocky slopes. The nodding flowers, one to 

 three on the scape, are claret colored. 



72493. Primula sp. 



No. 7004. A small, drab edition of No. 

 6821 [No. 72485], confined to a few sheltered 

 grassy alpine slopes and gravel gullies. 



72494. Primula sp. 

 No. 7021. A handsome plant 3 to 4 



high, growing on gneiss rocks and 

 ledges of gneiss escarpments. The 

 mauve or pinkish mauve flowers are in 

 some heads. This species recalls the 

 forms of Primula calliantha, but is 

 distinct. 



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