JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 195 6 157 



234667 to 234680. 



From France. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry and H. Schoth, Agricultural Ex- 

 plorers, Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, 

 Beltsville, Md. Received Sept. 24, 1956. 



Collected July and August, 1956. 



234667. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. Orchardgrass. 



Col. No. 16118. Along roadside, Montomban, 30 km. west of Rennes. 



234668. Juniperus sp. Pinaceae. 



Col. No. 16069. Twenty km. northwest of Montpellier. Small symmetrical 

 glaucous shrub. 



234669. Lathyrus hirstjtus L. Fabaceae. Peavine. 



Col. No. 16083. Eight km. southwest of Montpellier. Spontaneous, annual 

 vine. 



234670. Lotus corniculatus var. arvensis (Pers.) Ser. Fabaceae. 



Trefoil. 



Col. No. 16119. Roadside, Montomban, 30 km. west of Rennes. Vigorous, 

 low, leafy, spreading perennial. 



234671. Medicago ltjpttlina L. Fabaceae. Black medic. 

 Col. No. 16085. Eight km. northwest of Montpellier. Low, spreading herb. 



234672. Medicago orbicularis (L.) All. Buttonclover. 



Col. No. 16076. Seventeen km. northwest of Montpellier. Diffuse decum- 

 bent annual. 



234673. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 

 Col. No. 16091. Poor soil 10 km. southwest of Montpellier. 



234674. Melilotus indica (L.) All. Fabaceae. Sourclover. 



Col. No. 16090. Stony soil 10 km. southwest of Montpellier. Diffuse winter 

 annual. 



234675. Rhamnus sp. Rhamnaceae. 



Col. No. 16068. About 18 km. northwest of Montpellier. Low, shiny- 

 leaved, spreading shrub. 



234676. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 

 Col. No. 16082. Pasture 8 km. northwest of Montpellier. Cut for hay. 



234677 to 234680. Trifolium repens L. Fabaceae. Whiteclover. 



Dry site 17 km. northwest of Montpellier. Spon- 



Eight km. southwest of Montpellier. 

 Eight km. southwest of Montpellier. Seeds from 



Montomban, 30 km. west of Rennes. 



From Canada. Seeds collected by F. J. Hermann and Bernard Leese, Agricul- 

 tural Explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research 

 Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received Sept. 26, 1956. 



234681. Agrostis scabra Willd. Poaceae. Bent grass. 

 Three miles east of Obed, Jasper-Edmonton highway, Alberta. 



234682. Bouteloua gracilis (H.B.K.) Lag. Poaceae. Blue grama. 

 Prairie, Brandon, Manitoba. 



234677. Col. No. 

 taneous. 



16073. 



234678. Col. No. 



16080. 



234679. Col. No. 

 one large plant. 



234680. Col. No. 



16081. 

 16122. 



234681 to 234684. 





