JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 195 6 159 



234685 to 234704— Continued 



234703. Col. No. 16332. Near Stroby, Zealand. Plants vigorous, cul- 

 tivated. 



234704. Vicia sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 16327. Sonderso Lake, northwest of Copenhagen. Perennial; 

 flowers yellow. 



234705 to 234707. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by Arnold- 

 Thomas Seed Service, Five Point, Calif. Received Sept. 27, 1956." 



234705. Hoedeum sp. Poaceae. 



From a collective farm northwest of Odessa. 



234706. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 

 From plant growing at agricultural exposition in Moscow. 



234707. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 

 From a collective farm northwest of Odessa. 



234708 to 234731. 



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

 Explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, 

 Belts ville, Md. Received Sept, 27, 1956. 



Collected July and Aug., 1956. 



234708. Agropyron elongatum (Host.) Beau v. Poaceae. Tall wheatgrass. 



Col. No. 16095. Eleven km. southwest of Montpellier. Bushy perennial; 

 culms thick, semi-succulent, brittle; possibly good for crossing. 



234709 and 234710. Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Presl Poaceae. 



Tall oatgrass. 



234709. Col. No. 16079. Eight km. southwest of Montpellier. 

 Slender perenial. 



234710. Col. No. 16096. Eight km. west of Montpellier. Culms thin, 

 leafy. 



234711. Avena bromoides Gouan Poaceae. Oats. 



Col. No. 16066. Rocky terrain 20 km. northwest of Montpellier. 

 Perennial. 



234712. Avena fatua L. Poaceae. Wild oats. 



Col. No. 16084. Eight km. southwest of Montpellier. Plants large, coarse- 

 stemmed; panicles large; seeds nonshattering. 



234713 to 234715. Bromus erectus Huds. Poaceae. Meadow bromegrass. 



234713. Col. No. 16071. Seventeen km. northwest of Montpellier. 

 Broad-leaved perennial; spikes partly diseased. 



234714. Col. 16072. Seventeen km. northwest of Montpellier. 

 Perennial; tufts long, leafy. 



234715. Col. No. 16078. Twenty km. northwest of Montpellier. 

 Leafy perennial. 



234716. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. Orchardgrass. 



Col. No. 16067. Eighteen km. northwest of Montpellier. Small, 

 xerophytic perennial. 



