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234734 and 234735. 



From Ceylon. Seeds presented by the Royal Botanic Garden, Peradeniya, 

 through R. J. Godbey, Kendall, Fla. Received Sept. 28, 1956. 



234734. Klugia notoniana (Wall.) A. DC. Gesneriaceae. 



234735. Osbeckia rubicunda Arnott Melastomataceae. 



234736 to 234766. 



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

 Explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, 

 Beltsville, Md. Received Sept. 28, 1956. 



Collected June and July, 1956. 



234736 and 234737. Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Presl Poaceae. 



Tall oatgrass. 



234736. Col. No. 15992. Six km. south of Los del Rey Catolico, Aragon. 

 Perennial; leaves coarse, long. 



234737. Col. No. 15993. Six km. south of Los del Rey Catolico, Aragon. 

 Perennial. 



234738 to 234741. Avena bromoides Gouan Poaceae. Oats. 



234738. Col. No. 15981. Saline land 20 km. west of Sarinena, Aragon 

 Province. Palatable perennial. 



234739. Col. No. 16037. Rocky soil, Boltana, Pyrenees Mountains. Scat- 

 tered perennial. 



234740. Col. No. 16041. Scattered on rocky slope, near Mediano, Pyrenees 

 foothills. 



234741. Col. No. 16056. Protected slope among young pines, Montalban, 

 Teruel Province. Elevation 1,000 meters. Vigorous perennial. 



234742. Helictotrichon pubescens (Huds.) Pilger Poaceae. 



Col. No. 16047. Twenty km. west of Carinena, Aragon. Tufted perennial; 

 leaves short. 



234743 and 234744. Bromus erectus Huds. Poaceae. 



Meadow bromegrass. 



234743. Col. No. 15994. Hill 7 km. south of Los del Rey Catolico. Small 

 tufted perennial. 



234744. Col. No. 16009. Near Tiermas, Pyrenees Mountains. Elevation 

 700 meters. Slender, erect; culms long; leaves small, palatable. 



234745. Cynosurus cristatus L. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 16013. In protection of shrubs about 20 km. west of Jaca, Pyrenees 

 Mountains. Elevation 700 meters. Small slender perennial; palatable. 



234746 to 234748. Festuca arundinacea Schreb. Poaceae. Tall fescue. 



234746. Col. No. 16012. Near Tiermas, Pyrenees Mountains. Elevation 

 700 meters. Perennial; leaves coarse, sparse. 



234747. Col. No. 16040. Near Boltana, Pyrenees Mountains. Stolonif- 

 erous; leaves small. 



234748. Col. No. 16042. Rocky slope near Mediano, foothills of the 

 Pyrenees Mountains. 



234749 to 234752. Festuca ovina L. Poaceae. Sheep fescue. 



234749. Col. No. 15975. Aragon Province. Elevation 500 meters. 

 Small, tufted xerophytic perennial. 



234750. Col. No. 16002. Near San Guesca, Aragon. Xerophytic peren- 

 nial; leaves short. 



234751. Col. No. 16050. Twenty km. west of Carinena, Aragon. Xero- 

 phytic perennial; leaves short. 



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