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SEEDS AND PLAXTS IMPORTED. 



49279. Crotalaria laburnifolta L. Fabaccse. 



From Cairo, Egypt. Seeds presented by the director of tlie horticultural 

 section, Gizeh Branch, Ministry of Agriculture. Received January 20, 

 1920. 



A low shrubby plant with slender elongated branches, compound leaves, and 

 terminal and lateral racemes of bright-yellow flowers. It is a native of west- 

 ern India, where it is often seen in gardens because of its flowering throughout 

 the year. It is also used for paper making. (Adapted from Watt, Dictionary 

 of the Economic Products of India, vol. 2, p. 613, and Hooker, Flora of British 

 India, vol. 2, p. 8//.) 



49280. Camoensia maxima Welw. Fabacese. 



From Cienfuegos, Cuba. Seeds presented by Robert M. Grey, Harvard 

 Experiment Station. Received January 24, 1920. 

 Probably the largest flowered and certainly one of the most delicately beau- 

 tiful vines in the world. The flowers are sometimes 8 inches long and have 

 a delicious fragrance when first opening; their pure-white fluted petals are 

 margined with gold, changing to a darker tinge with age. This magnificent 

 vine adorns the tops of lofty trees on the edges of forests in tropical Africa. 

 The clusters are pendulous and sometimes contain a dozen flowers. (Adapted 

 from the Garden Magazine, vol. 7, p. 229.) 



This vine flowered in 1908 in the greenhouses of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 45608. 



49281. NoMocHARis PARDANTHixA Fraiich. Liliacese. 



From Elstree, Herts, England. Seeds presented by Vicary Gibbs, Alden- 

 ham House Gardens. Received January 24, 1920. 

 A rare liliaceous plant from western China, concerning which Reginald 

 Farrer speaks as follows : *' It is most like some hybrid of a minor lily with 

 Odontoglossum rosii, combining the perverse and sinister spottings of the one 

 with the frank and graceful loveliness of the other, with a delicacy of shell- 

 pink coloring. You see it on the high alpine grassy slopes of Hpimaw Pass, 

 nodding down at you with myriads of wide-open dark-eyed faces in every 

 shade of pale rose. For 4,000 years the Chinese have devoured its bulbs like 

 onions." (Adapted from Gardeners' Chronicle, 3d ser., vol. 66, p. 221.) 



49282 to 49284. Quercus lyrata X virginiana. Fagacese. Oak, 



From College Station, Tex. Plants presented by H. Ness, horticulturist, 

 Texas Agricultural Experiment Station. Received January 26, 1920. 

 Quoted notes by Mr. Ness. 

 "The six plants are the second generation (F2) of Quercus lyrata $ X vir- 

 gindana, descendants of three different mother plants of the first generation. 

 Since the first generation produced at the time no male flowers, the second 

 generation are deferred hybrids. There are three possible male parents of 

 this second generation; namely, the post oak (Q. minor), the water oak (Q. 

 nigra), and the live oak {Q. virginiana)." 



49282. "No. 1." 49284. No. 3." 



49283. " No. 2." 



