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314636. Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng Gramineae. 



King's Ranch bluestem. 



Col. No. 418. At Game Preserve headquarters, 180 km. east of Alma 

 Ata. Perennial, bunch type. 



314637. Aristida sp. Gramineae. 



Col. No. 366. Sandhills west of Cholak Espe, 250 km. northwest of Alma 

 Ata. Rhizomatous grass, forming large clumps, to 30 inches high, dense, 

 leafy. 



314638. Aristida sp. 



Col. No. 469. Game Preserve headquarters, 180 km. east of Alma Ata. 

 Annual, to 15 inches high; three-branched awn. 



314639. Aristida sp. 



Col. No. 470. South of Game Preserve headquarters, 1.5 km. about 180 

 km. east of Alma Ata. Annual, to 18 inches high. 



314640. Astragalus sp. Leguminosae. 



Col. No. 367. Sandhills west of Cholak Espe, 250 km. northwest of Alma 

 Ata. Spreading shrub, to 16 inches high; erect flowering spikes; very 

 leafy; pods curled. 



314641. Astragalus sp. 



Col. No. 481. Northwest of Kokpek, 54 km., about 145 km. northeast of 

 Alma Ata. Perennial, to 2 feet high; numerous bladdery pods in dense 

 raceme. 



314642. Atraphaxis sp. Polygonaceae. 



Col. No. 391. Along Alma Atinka River, 20 km. above Alma Ata. Spiny 

 shrub, to 6 feet high ; three-winged fruits and trigonous seed. 



314643. Atraphaxis sp. 



Col. No. 417. At game Preserve headquarters, 180 km. east of Alma Ata. 

 Shrub to 6 feet high; spineless; new branches stiffly erect; flowering bracts 

 pink; leaves obovate, spiculate, entire, thick. 



314644. Atraphaxis sp. 



Col. No. 420. At Game Preserve headquarters, 180 km. east of Alma Ata. 

 Shrub to 2 feet high, spiny. 



314645. Betula sp. Betulaceae. 



Col. No. 385. Along Alma Atinka River, 20 km. above Alma Ata. Tree 

 to 40 feet high; white and/or coppery bark. 



314646. Bromus sp. Gramineae. 



Col. No. 338. Mountain foothills, 16 km. south of Alma Ata. Perennial, 

 to 4 feet high; panicle nodding. 



314647. Bromus sp. 



Col. No. 375. Along Alma Atinka River, 20 km. above Alma Ata. To 6 

 feet high; short awns; panicles ripening rather evenly. 



314648. Bromus sp. 



Col. No. 489. Along Talgar River, 54 km. east of Alma Ata. To 6 feet 

 high; nodding, loose panicles, awned spikelets; not fully mature. 



314649. Carex pachystylis Gay Cyperaceae. Sedge. 



Col. No. 453. Low mountains, 20 km. north of Game Preserve head- 

 quarters, about 180 km. east of Alma Ata. 



