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20521 to 20795— Continued. 



20650. Lathyeus pratensis. Meadow pea. 



From Kazan province, Volga River region, Russia. "(No. 130.) A tall 

 plant with yellow flowers. A very good fodder plant, very common in 

 the steppe region; a long-lived perennial." (Hansen.) 



20651. Vicia sepium. Vetch. 



From Perm-Ufa region, Russia. "(No. 131.) A very good fodder plant, 

 very common in northeastern Russia, including the Volga, Kazan, Ufa, 

 and Perm provinces. A long-lived perennial and a beautiful plant." 

 ( Hansen. ) 



20652. Alopecubus buthenictjs. Russian foxtail. 



From Russia. "(No. 132.) A good steppe grass from the dry steppe 

 country of extreme eastern Russia and western Siberia in the Ural, Oren- 

 burg, and Trans-Ural region." (Hansen.) 



20653. Chaetochloa alopecuroides. 



From Manchuria. "(No. 133.) Native name Hoon-Jcood-zha. A very 

 good forage plant; also used for porridge by the natives of Manchuria. 

 The present seed was brought by a Russian student-soldier from Man- 

 churia after the Russo-Japanese war. The seeds of this millet are small, 

 light reddish yellow ; spikes long and dense, made up of many subspikes." 

 (Hansen.) 



20654. Trifolium alpestre. 



From Samara province, Russia. "(No. 134.) A wild red clover from 

 Samara province, Volga River region, eastern Russia. Some authorities 

 call this Trifolium medium. It is highly regarded as a drought-resistant 

 clover for the dry steppes, where it is found native." (Hansen.) 



20655. Trifolium montanum. 



From Moscow, Russia. "(No. 135.) First generation from seed orig- 

 inally from Kharkov province. This is the only clover (Trifolium) that 

 is native to the south Russian steppes. It is not a heavy cropper, but is 

 very drought resistant." (Hansen.) 



20656. Trifolium montanum. 



From Voronesh province, Volga River region, eastern Russia. (No. 

 136.) 



20657. Trifolium lupinaster. 



From Tobolsk province, Siberia. "(No. 137.) Native clover from the 

 Siberian steppes." (Hansen.) 



20658. Trifolium medium. Mammoth clover. 



From Moscow, Russia. "(No. 138.) Seed originally from one plant of 

 a wild steppe clover from the Kazan province, Volga River region, cen- 

 tral-eastern Russia. Seed selected by Professor Williams, of the Moscow 

 Agricultural College." (Hansen.) 



20659. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 



From Perm province, Russia. "(No. 139.) A native red clover of the 

 Perm province, from the northern part of the Volga River region. This is 

 considered one of the best forms of the Russian clover, as it is from the 

 far north." (Hansen.) 



20660. Trifolium montanum. 



From Saratov province, Russia. "(No. 140.) A drought-resistant 

 clover as found in the dry steppe region from Saratov province south to 

 Voronesh province in the Volga River region of eastern Russia." 

 (Hansen.) 

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