28 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



53081 to 53114— Continued. 



53103. A cultivated variety of 2-rowed barley. Received as H. dis- 

 tichon mitans. 



53104. A cultivated variety of 2-rowed barley. Received as H. cco- 

 criton. 



53105. HoRDEUM vuLGARE TRiFURCATUM (Schleclit.) Bcaven. Poaceoi. 



Barley. 



A trifurcate. naked, 6- rowed, white, blue, or purple kerneled subspecies, 

 the parent form of trifurcate barleys. Received as H. aegyceras. 



53106. NiGELLA DAMASCENA L. Ranunculaceje. Love-in-a-mist. 



A hardy, southern European annual 1 to 2 feet high, bearing large 

 white or blue flowers. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 53061. 



53107. NoNNEA ROSEA (Bieb.) Link. Boraginacese. Rose alkanet. 



An attractive hardy procumbent annual native to the northern Cau- 

 casus. The white or purple flowers are funnel shaped. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 53062. 



53108. Ranunculus auricomus L. Ranunculace^e. Crowfoot. 

 A hardy herbaceous perennial 1^ feet high, with yellow flowers. 



53109. Symphytum officinale L. Boraginace^e. Comfrey. 



A hardy tuberous-rooted perennial 3 feet high, with white, yellowish, 

 purple, or rose flowers in drooping cymes. Native to Europe and Asia. 



53110. Thalictrum angustifolium L. Ranunculacece. Meadow rue. 



A hardy herbaceous, yellow-flowered perennial 3 feet high, beautiful 

 as a background for the herbaceous border. Native to Germany. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. L No. 49869. 



53111. Thalictrum dipterocarpum Franch. Ranunculacese. 



Meadow rue. 



An erect perennial Chinese herb with large I'ose-colored flowers and 

 pale-green leaflets, glaucous below. 



53112. Thalictrum flavum L. Ranunculacece. Meadow rue. 



A stout European perennial herb 2 to 4 feet high, bearing pale-yellow 

 flowers with bright-yellow anthers. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. L No. 53073. 



53113. Triticum bicorne Forsk. Poacese. Wild wheat. 

 A tufted annual with culms 2i feet long, native to Egypt and Syria. 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 53077. 



53114. Triticum spelta L. Poace?e. Spelt. 



The most popular wheat of antiquity and a favorite now in Germany 

 and Switzerland, especially in poor soils. It is less susceptible to disease 

 and to inroads by birds than the beardless varieties. 



Received as T. taancla, but the sample is spelt. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. L No. 23898. 



