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66532 to 66615—Continued. 66532 to 66615—Continued. 66647 to 66555. CROCUS spp. Iridaceae. 66559. CYTISUS SUPINUS L. 66547. CROCUS ASTURICUS Herbert. Big-flower broom.. An erect shrub about 3 feet high, native to- A Spanish crocus with flowers about 1H central and southern Europe. The oblong- inches long; the segments are lilac, the anthers oval leaflets, about an inch long, are hairy bright yellow, and the style orange. beneath, and the yellow flowers are nearly an inch long. 66548. CROCUS ETRUSCUS Parl. 66560. DEUTZIA LONGIFOLIA VEITCHII (Veitch) The leaves of this Italian crocus, about Render. Hydrangeaceae. Long-leaf deutzia. three in number, are very narrow; the peri- anth segments are about an inch long, lilac, This deutzia. from Yunnan, China, whichu *or the outer ones cream colored, and the bears its large flowers in dense many-flowered throat yellow; the anthers and style are corymbs, is one of the handsomest of the genus,, orange. but it has proved hardy only under protection at the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass.. 66549. CROCUS IMPERATI Tenore. For previous introduction see No. 53698. An Italian species with four to six very 66581 to 66586. ERODIUM spp. Geraniaceae. narrow leaves, exceeding the flowers, and lilac or white flowers with the outer segments HeronbiU. buff and three striped, and yellow anthers. 86561. ERODIUM CARVIFOLIUM Boiss. and. 66550. CROCUS LAEVIGATUS Bory and Chaub. Reut. An attractive herbaceous perennial, native The leaves of this crocus, which is native to to Spain, with radical leaves about 6 inches- Greece, are three or four in a tuft, as high as long and purplish flowers on a scape about a> the flowers and very narrow with reflexed foot long. margins and a white band. The flowers are pure white or with three to five lilac stripes 2. ERODIUM TBIFOIIUM Cav. (E. liyme- on the outer segments, and the throat is nodes L'Herit.). yellow. A half-hardy herbaceous perennial about 9 inches high, with pink flowers. Native to 66551. CROCUS MEDIUS Balb. Algeria. A lilac-flowered crocus, native to France 68563. ERODIUM GLANTD^LOSUM (Cav.). and Italy, with narrow leaves a foot or more high. Willd. ffE. macradenum L'Herit.). A stemless herbaceous- perennial, native- 66552. CROCUS SALZMANNI J. Gay. to the Pyrenees Mountains, with long stout, roots, hairy leaves 2 to 6 inches long, and A Moroccan crocus, with about six very light-purple flowers three-fourths of an inch. narrow leaves, not prominent at flowering time. The lilac flowers have yellowish anthers and throat. 66564. ERODIUM MANESCAVI COSS. 66553. CROCUS SPECIOSUS Bieb. Pyrenees heronbill.. A herbaceous perennial plant, belonging: The leaves of this crocus, which is native to the geranium family, about a foot and a* to Asia Minor, are usually three in number. half high, with narrow leaves 6 inches or They are very narrow, developing after the more in length, and rosy purple flowers about flowers and becoming a foot long. The 2 inches across. It grows wild, in the Pyrenees^ flowers are lilac, with darker featherings, Mountains. and the large anthers are bright orange. For previous introduction see No. 63985. 66554. CROCUS TOMMASINIANUS Herbert. 66565. ERODIUM PETRAEUM (Gbuan) Willd. A crocus native to Serbia and Dalmatia; A herbaceous perennial, native to Asia. the narrow leaves appear with the flowers, Minor, with a vertical: rhizome,, numerous: which are pale bluish red with pale orange crowded basal leaves and violet or pink: anthers. flowers. 66555. CROCUS ZONATUS J. Gay. 86566. ERODIUM SUPRACANUM L'Herit. The narrow-linear leaves of this Asia A stemless herbaceous perennial with at Minor species appear after the flowers. vertical rhizome, numerous densely hairy The rosy lilac flowers,* 2 to 3 inches long, are leaves, and white, red-veined flowers. Na- purple veined and orange spotted within, and tive to the Pyrefiees Mountains. the throat is yellow and pubescent. The 66567. EuoNYMUSMAACKiiRupr. Celastraceae- anthers are white. A large shrub or smalli tree, witii narrowly 66556 to 66559. CYTISUS spp. Fabaceae. oval leaves about 3 inches long,, and small Broom. clusters of pink, four-lobed fruits with orange- red arils. Native to northeastern Asia.. 66556. CYTISUS GRANDIFLORUS (Brot.) DC. 66588. EUONYMUS TEDOENSIS Koehne. Gelas- A spineless leguminous shrub with long traceae. rodlike branches, trifoliolate leaves, and large solitary yellow flowers. Native to Spain. A large handsome Japanese shrub which, bears dense clusters ol pink, deeply four-lobed 66557. CYTISUS BIFLORUS L'Herit. fruits with orange arils. A leguminous shrub 3 feet high, with For previous introduction see No..61982. slender branches and leaflets with silky lower 66589. EVODIA HUPEHBNSI8 Dode;. Rtttaceae. surfaces. The yellow flowers are single or in pairs. Native to Europe and western Asia. A very common tree in the woodlands of western Hupeh,. China,, according to E.. H- 66558. CYTISUS SESSILIFOLIUS L. \% Wilson (Plantae Witeonianae,. voll. 2,' ptu 1)* Sessile broom. where it grows to a&eigfcfe ©«f2Q to 40 feet. It A leguminous shrub, native to Greece, has smooth gray bark, spreading branches, and with trifoliolate leaves and erect racemes of white flowers in large fiat corymbs. yellow flowers. For previous iutEodaetaQii saa No..63357..