168 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 164 



234881 to 234941. 



From Switzerland. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry and Harry Schoth, Agricul- 

 tural Explorers, Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research 

 Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received Oct. 11, 1956. 



Collected Aug., 1956. 



234881. Festuca sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 16321. On peat, Wildhaus. Elevation 1,100 meters. 



234882 to 234885. Festuca arundinacea Schreb. Tall fescue. 



234882. Col. No. 16174. Near Le Pont. Elevation 700 meters. 

 Tall caney perennial. 



234883. Col. No. 16254. Near Dielsdorf, north of Zurich. Elevation 400 

 meters. 



234884. Col. No. 16295. Near Schuls. Elevation 1,200 meters. Seeds 

 from 1 plant; leaves soft; stems many, thick, strong, 1.5 meters high. 



234885. Col. No. 16316. Near Landquart. Hydrophytic perennial. 

 234886 to 234889. Festuca elatior L. Meadow fescue. 



234886. Col. No. 16151. By Lac de Joux. Elevation 1,000 meters. 

 Leaves fine; culms short. 



234887. Col. No. 16168. Near La Pont. Elevation 1,000 meters. Peren- 

 nial; leaves yellowish. 



234888. Col. No. 16189. Near St. Croix. Elevation 1,000 meters. Iso- 

 lated plant. 



234889. Col. No. 16196. Below Col du Pillon. Elevation 1,200 meters. 



234890. Festuca arundinacea Schreb. Tall fescue. 



Col. No. 16252. Swamp, Katzensee near Zurich. Elevation 410 meters. 

 Tall perennial; leaves long, harsh. 



234891. Festuca elatior L. Meadow fescue. 



Col. No. 16292. Near Schuls. Elevation 1,200 meters. Perennial; blades 

 soft green. 



234892 and 234893. Festuca arundinacea Schreb. Tall fescue. 



234892. Col. No. 16293. Near Schuls. Elevation 1,200 meters. Plant 

 large, vigorous; leaves coarse, rough, to 5 dm. long; culms about 1.8 meters 

 long. 



234893. Col. No. 16294. Near Schuls. Elevation 1,200 meters. Leaves 

 soft, voluminous, wide; culms only two, slender. 



234894. Festuca elatior L. Meadow fescue. 



Col. No. 16160. Lac de Joux. Elevation 1,000 meters. Vigorous perennial. 



234895 to 234898. Festuca ovina L. Sheep fescue. 



234895. Col. No. 16164. Near La Pont. Elevation 1,100 meters. Tufted 

 perennial. 



234896. Col. No. 16176. Near St. Croix. Elevation 1,000 meters. From 

 1 clone. 



234897. Col. No. 16217. Near Liddes. Elevation 1,200 meters. Leaves 

 short, blue-glaucous. 



234898. Col. No. 16228. Near Liddes. Elevation 1,300 meters. 

 234899 to 234904. Festuca rubra L. Red fescue. 



234899. Col. No. 16158. Near La Cure, Swiss-French border. Elevation 

 1,232 meters. 



