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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



53627 to 53752— Continued. 



high, bear a single head of two flowers, although a lateral-flowered 

 branch sometimes develops. The short haft bears two central lines 

 and broken lateral veins of brown-pur] 'le on n clcMr-yellow urouud. 

 The oblong-ovate blade of the falls is often very long and drooping, 

 of a clear, lemon-yellow color which becomes deeper around the 

 end of the stjde branches and is there marked with brown-purple 

 veins. The oblanceolate j'ellow blade of the standards narrows to 

 a deeply channeled haft, yellow, shorter than the falls, and slightly- 

 divergent. The broad, short-keeled, deep-yellow styles, often dis- 

 colored with purple, curve down on to the falls. Native to open 

 mountain pastures on the eastern flank of the Likijing Range in 

 northwestern Yunnan, China, at altitudes of ] 2.000 to 18.000 feec. 

 (Adapted from Dykes, The Gcinis fris, p. 27.) 



53706. Iris mellita Janka. 



A Balkan dwarf iris, native to Thrace and northeastern Asia 

 Minor, with tliin swordlike leaves, occasioualiy tinged with red at 

 the edge, and 3 to 5 inches long. The one-headed stem is from less 

 than an inch to 5 inches high. The wlu^e plant closely resembles 

 Iris piuuUa except that it has that look of reflnemeiit wliicli is char- 

 acteristic of the Balkan as opposed to the Austrian and French 

 dwarf irises. Tlie greenish tube. 1* to 2 inches long, is mottled 

 with purple. The falls are shorter and broader than the standards, 

 with the blade much reflexed and often pressed against the tube. 

 The gray-white haft is veined witli red-brown. The pale, smoky- 

 brown blade is veined with fine deep veins. About the end of the 

 beard the texture is more velvety and the color a warm red-purple 

 shot with electric blue. The conspicuous beard is composed of long, 

 thickset hairs, white at the base aud blue above. The standards 

 are deeper in color than the falls and fuiely veined. At the base 

 the veins give place to small dots and blotches. The narrow gray- 

 white styles have a purple keel. (Adapted from Dykes, The Genus 

 Iris, p. 149.) 



53707 to 53716. Loniceba spp. Caprifoliacefe. Honeysuckle. 



53707. LONICEEA ALPIGENA L. 



A deciduous shrub, 4 to 8 feet high, native to central Europe. 

 The yellow flowers, deeply tinged with red, are borne in pairs. 

 The red, cherrylike fruit is half an inch long. (Adapted fi'om Bean, 

 Trees and Shriirbs Hardy in the British Isles, voi. 2, p. 39.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 49947. 



53708. LoNiCEKA DEFLExiCALYx Batal. 



A beautiful deciduous shrub native to China aud Tibet, showing 

 its yellow flowers to good advantage by producing them on the 

 upper side of the long, feathered branches. It grows 8 feet high 

 and has horizontal or drooping branches and purple young shoots. 

 The dull-green, downy leaves are grayish and hairy beneath, and 

 the fruits are orange-red. (Adapted from Bean, Trees and Shn(h>i 

 Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. Ji.) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40186. 



53709. LONICEEA DIOICA L. 



A low-spreading ornamental shrub or vine with yellow flowers 

 tinged with purple, and red berries ; native to eastern North America. 



53710. Loniceba lanceolata Wall. 



"A Himalayan species allied to Lonicera orient alis. The grayish 

 green leaves, 2 to 4 inches long, are pubescent beneath, particularly 

 on the veins. The fruits are black." (Alfred Rehder.) 



53711. Loniceba longa Rehder. 



An upright shrub with short branches appearing knotty on account 

 of very short internodes and persistent bud scales. The dull-green 



