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306726 to 306758— Continued 

 306732 to 306757— Continued 



306756. Col. No. 35. Coarse. 



306757. Col. No. 36. Strongly rhizomatous. 

 306758. Phalaris coerulescens Desf . 



Col. No. 20. Valley of Thebes on roadside, edge of oatfield. Bulbs many. 



306759 to 306781. 



From Israel. Stolons collected in 1964 by R. M. Love, Department of Agron- 

 omy, University of California, Davis. Numbered June 28, 1965. 



306759 to 306774. Phalaris aquatica L. Gramineae. Large canarygrass. 



Galed Wadi Bottom. 



306759. Col. No. 1. Deep soil; rainfall 610 mm., November-April. Quite 

 rhizomatous; early winter grazing. 



306760. Col. No. 2. 



306761. Col. No. 3. 



306762. Col. No. 4. Near Bel Voir, above Jordan River Valley, south of 

 Mt. Tabor. Elevation 340 meters. Rainfall 375 mm. Rocky soil. 

 Leaves erect. One of few plants of this species grazed in early 1964. 



306763. Col. No. 5. Near Bel Voir. Plant short, rhizomatous. West of 

 Beit Keshet Road Junction, 500 meters. 



306764. Col. No. 6. Northwest edge of 50-year-old Eucalyptus grove. 

 Sparse clump. 



306765. Col. No. 7. Leaves very long, delicate; rhizomatous. Growing 

 in dense shade. 



306766. Col. No. 8. Light shade. Leaves wide, short; bulbils many; 

 appears to be very old plant. 



306767. Col. No. 9. One km. west of Sasa Settlement, Upper Galilee. 

 Cultivated. Elevation 825 meters. Rainfall 875 mm.; open grassland. 

 Plant prostrate; leaves short, broad. Apparently most palatable in 

 area. 



West of Avivim on Lebanese border. 



306768. Col. No. 10. Elevation 900 meters. Leaves narrow; rhizomat- 

 ous. 



306769. Col. No. 11. Leaves narrower than P.I. 306768. 



306770. Col. No. 12. Elevation 900 meters. Leaves very narrow. 

 Beer Sheva-Faluja road, 38 km. from Beer Sheva. 



306771. Col. No. 13. Abandoned field. Plants more rhizomatous than 

 in most areas. 



306772. Col. No. 14. Grows well and matures early in cold weather. 



306773. Col. No. 15. Erect type. 



306774. Col. No. 16. Somewhat rhizomatous but erect. 



306775 to 306781. Phalaris tuberosa var. hirtiglumis (Batt. & Trab.) 



Batt. & Trab. 



Cultivated. Local name: 'Koleagraes'. Negev Institute for Arid Zone 

 Research. 



306775. Col. No. 17. Volunteer seedling. 



306776. Col. No. 18. Survivors from first year planting with 127 mm. 

 rainfall. 



