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121 



233808. 



233809. 

 233810. 

 233811. 

 233812. 

 233813. 

 233814. 

 233815. 

 233816. 

 233817. 



Birdsfoot trefoil. 



Cogwheel 

 medic. 



Clover. 



Berseem clover. 



Crimson clover. 



Whiteclover* 



Persian clover. 



Clover 



Clover. 



Sugarcane. 



233807 to 233816. 



From Italy. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, New Crops 

 Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received June 

 25, 1956. 



From the Instituto di Agronomia, Universita de Pisa, Pisa. 



233807. Lotus corniculatus L. Fabaceae. 



Medicago tuberculata (Retz.) Willd. Fabaceae. 



Scorpiurus subvillosa L. Fabaceae. 



Trifolium squarrosum L. Fabaceae. 



Trifolium alexandrinum L. 



Trifolium incarnatum L. 



Trifolium repens L. 



Trifolium resupinatum L. 



Trifolium squarrosum L. 



Trifolium vesiculosum Savi 



Sacchartjm (hybrid). Poaceae. 



From Australia. Cuttings presented by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, 

 Sydney. Received June 25, 1956. 



28 N.G. 253. 



233818 to 233831. 



From Italy. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, New Crops 

 Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received June 

 25, 1956. Collected June, 1956. 



233818. Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Presl Poaceae. Tall oatgrass. 

 Col. No. 15965. Near Pisa. 



233819. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. Orchardgrass. 



Col. No. 15937. Sandy alluvium, irrigated pasture, 8 km. northwest of Lodi. 

 Plant semi-dwarf; leaves fine. 



233820 and 233821. Festuca elatior L. Poaceae. Meadow fescue. 



233820. Col. No. 15936. Marshy margin, sandy alluvium, pasture 8 km. 

 northwest of Lodi. Perennial; leaves broad. 



233821. Col. No. 15938. Old pasture 12 km. northwest of Lodi. Perennial. 



233822. Juniperus sp. Pinaceae. 



Col. No. 15962. Sedimentaries, Apennine Mountains between Parma and 

 Spezzia. Elevation 750 meters. Ornamental tree; leaves pungent-tipped. 



233823. Lolium perenne L. Poaceae. Perennial ryegrass. 



Col. No. 15942. Old pasture 12 km. northwest of Lodi. Plant small, 

 upright; stems slender, leafy; seeds small. 



233824. Phalaris coerulescens Desf. Poaceae. Canarygrass. 



Col. No. 15968. Coastal plain, sandy loam soil 90 km. northwest of Rome. 

 Tall perennial, apparently stoloniferous, to 12 dm. high. 



233825. Pinus pinea L. Pinaceae. Italian stone pine. 



Col. No. 15967. Cultivated pine forest near Pisa. Seeds harvested for 

 export. 



233826. Poa bulbosa L. Poaceae. Bulbous bluegrass. 



Col. No. 15961. Scattered on soddy slope, Apennine Mountain between 

 Parma and Spezzia. Elevation 903 meters. Tufted perennial; culms long. 



