JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1926 35 66422 to 66481—Continued. 66422 to 66481—Continued. 66423. ALLIUM ASCHERSONIANUM Barbey. 66437. ASTRAGALUS ASPER Jacq. Onion. An erect herbaceous perennial with yellow A herbaceous perennial onion, with pink flowers, native to southern Russia. flowers. Native to Asia Minor. For previous introduction see No. 20645. 66424. ALLIUM BIDWILLIAE S. Wats. Onion. 66438. ASTRAGALUS CHLOROSTACHYS Lindl. A pink-flowered onion about a foot high, native to the Sierra Madre Mountains, Cali- A herbaceous perennial, native to the fornia. Himalayas, with greenish-yellow flowers. 66425. ALLIUM CERNUUM Roth. 88439. ASTRAGALUS ECHINUS DC. Nodding onion. A densely branched spiny shrub from the The flowers of this onion are rose colored or alpine regions of Syria. white, produced in open, nodding umbels. 66440. ASTRAGALUS FALCATUS Lam. Native to the eastern United States. An erect herbaceous perennial with yellow 66426. ALLIUM CYANEUM Regel. Onion. flowers, native to southern Russia and west- A rather dwarf plant, less than a foot high, ern Siberia. with little pendulous bright-blue flower For previous introduction see No. 34992. heads. Native to northern China. 66441. ASTRAGALUS GLYCYPHYLLOS L. 66427. ALLIUM FALLAX Schult. f. A prostrate, spreading herbaceous peren- A perennial Austrian onion with lilac- nial native to Asia Minor. purple flowers. For previous introduction see No. 20739. 66428. ALLIUM HYMENORRHIZUM Ledeb. 86442. ASTRAGALUS GUMMIFER Labill. A perennial moisture-loving Russian species with linear leaves and purplish violet A densely branched spiny shrub native to flowers. dry mountain areas in Syria. For previous introduction see No. 60227. 66443. ASTRAGALUS HYPOGLOTTIS L. 66429. ALLIUM MACRANTHUM Baker. An ascending or diffuse herbaceous peren- nial with purple flowers, native to the Cau- A handsome herbaceous perennial from the casus. eastern Himalayas. The flat leaves are over a foot long, and the mauve-purple flowers are 86444. ASTRAGALUS PENTAGLOTTIS L. produced in clusters of 50 or more on scapes 2 feet high. A spreading annual leguminous plant with purplish flowers. Native to the Mediterra- For previous introduction see No. 59975. nean region. 66430. ALLIUM ORIENTALE Boiss. 68445. ASTRAGALUS PODOCARPUS Meyer. A perennial pink-flowered onion, native to An erect herbaceous perennial, 1 or 2 feet Asia Minor. high, native to Asia Minor. 66431. ALLIUM PARADOXUM (Bieb.) Don. 66446. ASTRAGALUS PURPUREUS Lam. A perennial onion, a foot high, with white A low perennial trailing plant with purple flowers. Native to Siberia. flowers. Native to southern Europe. 66432. ALLIUM SIKKIMENSE Baker. 68447. ASTRAGALUS ROBBINSH (Oakes) A. Gray. A compact, neat little perennial 6 inches high or more, with grasslike leaves and loose An erect white-flowered perennial, native umbels of deep-blue flowers. Native to to the northeastern United States. Sikkim, India. 66448. ASTRAGALUS SULCATUS L. For previous introduction see No. 58884. An erect herbaceous perennial up to 4 feet 66433. -ALLIUM URCEOLATUM Regel. high, with light-blue flowers. Native to Siberia. An onion, native to Turkestan, with linear leaves and bright-blue flowers borne in a 68449. ASTRAGALUS UTRIGER Pall. hemispherical head. A low herbaceous perennial about 4 inches 66434. ALLIUM VICTORIALIS L. high, with yellow flowers. Native to Asia Minor. One of the most distinct species of Euro- pean Alliums, with stems about a foot and a 86450. ASTRAGALUS VERUS Olivier. half high and leaves resembling those of the lily-of-the-valley. The white or greenish A stout-branched hairy spiny shrub, white flowers are produced in May. native to western Persia. For previous introduction see No. 59351. 66451. ASTRAGALUS VICIOIDES R. Grah. 66435. ALLIUM WALLICHIANUM Steud. A herbaceous perennial about 2 feet high, with yellow flowers. Native to the Hima- A tall, eastern Asiatic onion, with narrow layas. flat leaves about 3 feet long and purple flower 66452. BETA VULG L. Chenopodiaceae. heads. Chilean beet. 86436 to 66451. ASTRAGALUS spp. Fabaceae. Var. cicla. Milk vetch. 66453. CAPNOIDES CHAEROPHYLLUM (DC.) 66436. ASTRAGALUS ARMENIACUS Boiss. Kuntze (Corydalischaerophylla DC). Papav- eraceae. A perennial cespitose herbaceous plant, with ocher-yellow flowers. Native to Ar- An upright herbaceous perennial, 2 to 4 feet menia. high, with slender golden-yellow flowers..