JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 195 6 165 



234804 to 234830— Continued 



234812. Lotus pedttnculatus Cav. Trefoil. 

 Col. No. 16255. Katzensee near Zurich. Elevation 400 meters. 



234813. Lotus sp. 



Col. No. 16240. Castle de Saxon. Elevation 600 meters. Vigorous 

 perennial; flowers yellow; decumbent stems; seeds light; wild. 



234814. Lupinus sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 16277. Thusis. Perennial with purple flowers; pods racemose, 

 nonshattering. 



234815 to 234818. Medicago falcata L. Fabaceae. Yellow-flowered alfalfa. 



234815. Col. No. 16268. Near Chur. Wild type; flowers yellow. 



234816. Col. No. 16272. Thusis. Seeds of 1 wild clone; flowers lavender; 

 good seeder. 



234817. Col. No. 16273. Black, peaty soil; Thusis. Large, wild, rhizom- 

 atous clone; stems erect, strong, 1 meter high; leaves large; flowers 

 purple, turning greenish-yellow. 



234818. Col. No. 16276. Thusis. Plant wild, rhizomatous ; flowers yellow. 

 234819 to 234821. Medicago lupulina L. Fabaceae. Black medic. 



234819. Col. No. 16206. Above Aigle. Elevation 1,000 meters. 



234820. Col. No. 16235. Dry rockv site, Col du St. Bernard. Elevation 

 1,600 meters. 



234821. Col. No. 16262. Near Chur. Low spreading herb. 



234822 and 234823. Onobrychis viciaefolia Scop. Fabaceae. Sainfoin. 



234822. Col. No. 16173. Roadside near Le Ponte. Elevation 700 meters. 



234823. Col. No. 16216. Near Liddes. Elevation 1,200 meters. Bushy 

 perennial. 



234824. Rosa sp. Rosaceae. 



Col. No. 16283. Near Thusis. Large shrub. 



234825. Sanguisorba sp. Rosaceae. 



Col. No. 16203. Below Col du Pillom. Elevation 1,200 meters. Perennial 

 herb. 

 234826 and 234827. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 



234826. Col. No. 16318. Landquast. 



234827. Col. No. 16320. Wildhaus. Elevation 400 meters. Plant wild. 



234828. Trifolium repens L. Fabaceae. Whiteclover. 

 Col. No. 16319. Elevation 1,100 meters. Isolated clump; leaves small. 



234829. Vicia nigricans Hook. & Arn. Fabaceae. Vetch. 

 Col. No. 16271. Near Thusis. Leafy herb, apparently cultivated; flowers 



purple. 



234830. Vicia angustifolia L. Narrowleaf vetch. 

 Col. No. 16263. Near Chur. Annual vine; flowers lavender. 



234831 and 234832. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Kenya. Seeds presented by H. C. Thorpe, Njoro. Received Oct. 4, 1956. 



234831. 'Canadian Regent'. 



234832. 354. P.3.B.2.B. 



234833. Dioscorea sylvatica Ecklon Dioscoreaceae. Yam. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds obtained through the United States 

 Embassy, Pretoria. Received Oct. 4, 1956. 

 'Elephant's Foot'. From the Albany Museum Garden, Grahamstown, Cape 

 Province. 



