18 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



24451 to 24575— Continued. 



24475. Agropyron caninum (L.) Beauv. (?) 

 "(No. 61.) A native grass common in timber and timber clearings ne 



Chita, Transbaikal region, eastern Siberia. Forage value undetermined. 

 Sometimes called 'ostretz,' but this is applied properly to A. pungens." 

 (Hansen.) 



24476. Vicia unijuga A. Braun. 



"(No. 65.) A native legume common in woods near Chita, Transbaikal re- 

 gion, Siberian railway. Food value undetermined, but Orobus luteus L., its 

 relative, is eaten by stock and the young shoots used for food by the Chinese." 

 (Hansen.) 



Distribution. — A native of Asia, occurring throughout Siberia, and in Man- 

 churia and China; also found in Japan. 



24477. Avena sativa L. Oat. 

 " (No. 79.) Oats from the dry Belagatch steppe near Semipalatinsk, in prov- 

 ince of same name, western Siberia. A region of great extremes of heat, cold, 

 and drought." (Hansen.) 



24478. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Kowliang. 

 "(No. 85.) Variety 'Gaolan' from the Harbin district, bought in Chinese 



bazaar at Station Manchuria, the first station in Chinese territory going east on 

 the Siberian railway. The favorite variety in northern Manchuria. ' ' (Hansen.) 

 ' ' Brown kowliang from Manchuria. One of the common forms of the region." 

 (Carleton R. Ball.) 



24479. Glyctrrhiza uralensis Fisch. 



"(No. 27.) Seed of wild licorice gathered on the banks of a tributary of the 

 Irtysh River, about 30 miles south of Semipalatinsk, in province of same name, 

 western Siberia. Its value for cultivation not determined, but the region 

 where this seed was gathered is subject to great extremes of cold and heat." 

 (Hansen.) 



24480. Lavatera thtjringiaca L. 



"(No. 83.) A tall mallow-like dry-steppe flower collected between Biisk and 

 Semipalatinsk, north of Altai Mountain range, Tomsk Province, western Siberia. 

 Plant 4 to 6 feet in height, well branched; flowers mostly bright pink." 

 (Hansen.) 



Distribution. — A native of Europe and Asia, extending from central and 

 southern Russia to the eastern part of Siberia. 



24481. Triticuh durum Desf. Wheat. 

 "(No. 81.) This lot is from the dry Belagatch steppe near Semipalatinsk, in 



province of same name, western Siberia." (Hansen.) 



24482. Tripolium lupinaster L. 



"(No. 84.) See Nos. 68 and 78 (S. P. I. Nos. 24817 and 24460). This 5-leaved 

 clover, which ranges northward to the Arctic Circle in Siberia, is worthy of 

 trial at the far north. The present lot is from Chailar, in northwestern Man- 

 churia, on the Siberian railway." (Hansen.) See No. 24458 for distribution 

 of this species. 



24483. Triticum durum Desf. Wheat. 

 "(No. 117.) 'Ak-bugdai.' 'Ah' means white, 'bugdai' wheat. A wheat from 



Tashkend, northern Turkestan. Very productive at Tashkend." (Hansen.): 

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