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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



72781 to 72818— Continued. 



72784. Aster yunnanensis Franch. Aster- 



A herbaceous perennial aster from south- 

 eastern China, having unusually large brilliant 

 lilac-blue flowers with a yellow disk. 



For previous introduction see No. 67000. 



72735. Buddleia fallowiana Balf. f., and 

 W. W. Smith. Loganiaceae. 



A shrubby plant with white woolly foliage 

 and white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 66280. 



72786. Buddleia stenostachya Eehd. and 

 Wils. Loganiaceae. Butterfly bush. 



A western Chinese shrub with narrowly 

 oblong leaves 2 to 6 inches long and slender 

 terminal panicles of fragrant lavender flowers 

 which have orange eyes. 



For previous introduction see No. 43829. 



72787. Carmichaelia arborea (Forst. f.) 

 Druce (C. australis R. Br.). Fabaceae. 



An ornamental evergreen shrub, 2 feet high, 

 with light-blue flowers. 



72788. Cassinia fulvida Hook. f. Asteraceae. 



An ornamental heathlike shrub which is 

 covered with a yellowish down and produces 

 white flowers. It is native to New Zealand. 



72789. Cassinia yauvilliersii (Homb. and 

 Jaeq.) Hook. f. Asteraceae. 



An erect compact shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, 

 with small narrow leathery leaves half an inch 

 long and dense terminal corymbs of white 

 flowers. Native to New Zealand. 



72790 to 72792. Cistus spp. Cistaceae. 



Rockrose. 



72790. Cistus corbariensis Pourr. 



A white-flowered shrub 2 feet high, native 

 to Spain. 



72791. Cistus florentinus Lam. 



A dwarf shrub with very narrow leaves 

 and white flowers, which is a hybrid between 

 Cistus monspeliensis and C. salvifolius. 



For previous introduction see No. 67636. 



72792. Cistus villosus L. 



An erect hairy shrub, 3 to 4 feet high, with 

 wrinkled gray-green leaves and one to three 

 reddish purple flowers about 2 inches wide. 

 Native to the Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see No. 67350. 



72793. Clematis chrysocoma sericea 

 (Franch.) C. Schneid. Ranunculaceae. 



An ornamental Chinese vine about 20 feet 

 high, with silky hairy rounded leaves and soli- 

 tary or paired pinkish flowers 3 to 4 inches across. 



For previous introduction see No. 63394. 



72794 to 72796. Cotoneaster spp. Malaceae. 



72794. Cotoneaster harroviana Wilson. 



An evergreen shrub with a loose spreading 

 habit, about 6 feet in height, having shining 

 dark-green bristle-tipped leaves, dense 

 corymbs of white flowers, and red fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 58146. 



72795. Cotoneaster lindleyi Steud. 



A large shrub or small tree, with semi- 

 deciduous dark-green leaves, corymbs of 

 white flowers, and bluish black fruits. Na- 

 tive to the northwestern Himalayas. 



For previous introduction see No. 58149. 



72781 to 72818— Continued. 



72796. Cotoneaster melanocarpa laxi- 

 flora (Jacq.) C. Schneid. 



A spreading shrub, about 12 feet high, 

 with oval dark-green leaves which are grayish 

 white beneath, gracefully pendulous clusters 

 of pinkish white flowers, and black globose 

 fruits. This Siberian species is one of the 

 most attractive of the black-fruited coton- 

 easters. 



For previous introduction see No. 58150. 



72797. Davidia involucrata vilmoriniana 

 (Dode) Hemsl. Cornaceae. Dovetree. 



A handsome hardy Chinese tree of pyramidal 

 habit, differing from the typical form in leaf 

 characters and perhaps less winter-hardy. The 

 white floral bracts make a striking contrast with 

 the bright-green foliage. 



For previous introduction see No. 62030. 



72798. Deutzia longifolia veitchu (Veitch) 

 Rehder. Hydrangeaceae. Longleaf deutzia. 



This deutzia. from Yunnan, China, which 

 bears its large flowers in dense many-flowered 

 corymbs, is one of the handsomest of the genus, 

 but has proved hardy only under protection at 

 the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plains, Mass. 



For previous introduction see No. 66560. 



72799. Deutzia wilsoni Duthie. Hydrange- 



A very handsome Chinese shrub with reddish 

 brown bark, soon peeling, and scabrous oblanceo- 

 late leaves 3 to 5 inches long. The white flowers, 

 nearly 1 inch across, are in open corymbs, and 

 the petal margins are wavy and hooded. 



For previous introduction see No. 66289. 



72800 to 72804. Erodium spp. Geraniaceae. 



Heronbill. 



72800. Erodium amanum Boiss. and 

 Kotschy. 



A somewhat cespitose herbaceous peren- 

 nial, native to Syria. 



72801. Erodium glandulosum (Cav.) Willd. 

 (E. macradenum L'Herit.). 



A stemless herbaceous perennial, native 

 to the Pyrenees Mountains, with long stout 

 roots, hairy leaves 2 to 6 inches long, and 

 light-purple flowers three-fourths of an inch 

 across. 



For previous introduction see No. 66563. 



72802. Erodium manescavi Coss. 



Pyrenees heronbill. 



A herbaceous perennial plant, belonging 

 to the Geranium family, about a foot and a 

 half high, with narrow leaves 6 inches or 

 more in length and rosy purple flowers about 

 2 inches across. It grows wild in the Pyrenees 

 Mountains. 



For previous introduction see No. 66564. 



72803. Erodium petraeum (Gouan) Willd. 



A herbaceous perennial, native to Asia 

 fc Minor, with a vertical rhizome, numerous 

 crowded basal leaves, and violet or pink 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 66565. 



72804. Erodium supradenum Hort. 



A herbaceous plant of possible use as 

 forage. 



72805 to 72807. Hedysarum spp. Fabaceae. 



72805. Hedysarum coronarium L. 



A perennial or biennial European plant. 

 2 to 4 feet high, with odd-pinnate foliage and 

 axillary racemes of deep-red, fragrant flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 64930. 



