24 PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED

76203 to 76279—Continued. 76203 to 76279—Continued. 76260. LONICERA HISPIDA Pall. 76272. ROMULEA CRUCIATA Eckl. Iridaceae. A South African small bulbous perennial with narrowly lanceolate leaves 8 inches long and scapes 6 inches high with pink flowers 2 inches in diameter. 76273. ROSA SPINULIFOLIA Dematra, Rosaceae. For previous introduction see No. 42316. Rose. 76261. LONICERA LANCEOLATA Wall. A European shrub, 3 to 4 feet high, with A Himalayan shrub, 10 to 15 feet high, reddish brown stems and red thorns, five ovate- with ovate leaves, pale violet flowers, and serrate leaflets, small single pale pink flowers, black fruits. and obovate fruits at first purple but finally turning black. For previous introduction see No. 53710. 76274. STAPHYLEA COLCHICA COULOMBIERI (An- 76262. LONICERA MINUTIFLORA Zabel. dre) Zabel. Staphyleaceao. Bladdernut. A hybrid between Lonicera morrowii and A vigorous form with larger acuminate L. zylosteoides, with rather small oblong leaves leaflets of Staphylea colchica which is an upright and small flowers. shrub with five leaflets, 6-inch panicles of white flowers, and obovoid 2-lobed to 3-lobed bladdery 76263. LONICERA MUSCAVIENSIS Rehder. fruits. Native to the Caucasus region. A hybrid between Lonicera morrowii and L. ruprechtiana, differing from the former in 76275. STYRAX WILSONII Rehder. Styracaceae. having acuminate leaves and from the latter Chinese snowbell. in having longer pubescent bracts. A handsome free-flowering western Chinese 76264. LONICERA OBOVATA Royle. shrub which begins flowering when only a few inches high. It becomes 12 feet high and has A Himalayan shrub, about 6 feet high, ovate leaves, clusters of white flowers, and with obovate leaves, nodding whitish flowers, small grayish fruits. and blue-black fruits. For previous introduction see No. 66608. For previous introduction see No. 53713. 76276. STRING A TOMENTELLA Bur. and Franch 76265. LONICERA SEGREZIENSIS Lavall. (S. wilsonii C. Schneid.). Oleaceae. Wilson lilac. An upright shrub, about 10 feet high, with dark bluish green leaves, yellowish flowers, and dark-red fruits. It is supposed to be a A' slender Chinese shrub about 10 feet high,, hybrid between Lonicera xylosteum and L. with oblong-lanceolate leaves and loose panicles quinquelocularis. of white to lilac flowers. 76266. LONICERA TATARICA L. For[previous introduction see No. 73284. Tartarian honeysuckle. 76277.FSYKINGA YUNNANENSIS Franch. Olea- Variety Finzleyi. A variety of the com- ceae. Yunnan lilac. mon Tartarian honeysuckle for which a An upright shrub, 8 to 10 feet high, native to description has not been found. Yunnan, China, with slender panicles of pink 76267. NARCISSUS BULBOCODIUM L. Amaryllr flowers. daceae. Petticoat daffodil' For previous introduction see No. 73450. A long-trumpet yellow daffodil with a thin 76278. VIBURNUM VEITCHI C. H. Wright. flaring corona 2 inches long. It is native to the Caprifoliaceae. Veitch viburnum. Mediterranean region. A central Chinese shrub, 5 to 7 feet high, with For previous introduction see No. 66590. branchlets, leaves, and flower stalks stellate- 76268. NARCISSUS CYCLAMINEUS Baker. Ama- pubescent. The white flowers are in dense ryllidaceae. Daffodil. cymes 6 inches across, and the fruits are red at first, finally changing to black. A drooping long-trumpet daffodil with the lemon-yellow perianth segments reflexed and For previous introduction see No. 62589. the crenate crown orange-yellow. It is native 76279. VITIS KAEMPFERI Koch (F. coignetiae to Portugal. Pulliat). Vitaceae. Grape. 76269. PAEONIA WOODWARDII Hort. Ranuncu- laceae. Peony. A handsome ornamental Japanese vine with orbicular-ovate leaves a foot across which turn A description or place of publication for this crimson in the autumn. The black fruits, form has not been found. with a purple bloom, are not edible. 76270. PENTSTEMON SCOULERI Lindl. Scro- For previous introduction see No. 63388. phulariaceae. 76280 to 76297. HORDEUM spp. Poa- A herbaceous perennial, native to Oregon, with narrowly lanceolate leaves and terminal ceae. racemes of violet-purple flowers. From Baghdad, Iraq. Seeds presented by J. F. 76271. PERNETTYA MUCRONATA (L. f.) Gaud. Webster, Inspector General of Agriculture. Ericaceae. Broadleaf pernettya. Received March 8, 1928. A Magellan evergreen shrub, 2 feet high, Iraqi barley grown at Rustam. with small ovate spiny pointed leaves, nodding 76280 to 76283. HORDEUM DISTICHON NIGRICANS pink-tinged flowers, and white to dark-purple Seringe. Two-rowed barley.. fruits, half an inch long, which stay on the branches all winter. 76280. No. B-112. 76282. No. B-114. For previous introduction see No. 73444. 76281. No. B-113. 76283. No. B-127.