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249710. Trifolium campestre Shreb. Fabaceae. Large hop clover. 



Col. No. 16974. Near Porcuna, Cordoba. Elevation 3,500 feet. Winter- 

 spring annual to 10 inches high ; flowers yellow. 



249711. Trifoltum cherleri Jusl. Clover. 



Col. No. 16898. Ten miles south of Evoras, Portugal. Elevation 500 feet. 

 Early maturing winter-spring annual. 



249712. Trifolium incarnatum L. Crimson clover. 



Vol. No. 16978. Near Porcuna, Cordoba. Elevation 3,000 feet. Winter- 

 spring annual ; stem thick, upright, single. 



249713. Trifolium saxatile All. Clover. 



Col. No. 16929. Parque de Caso Campo, Madrid. Elevation 2,500 feet. 

 Small winter-spring annual. 



249714 and 249715. Trifolium striatum L. Striate clover. 



249714. Col. No. 16828. Parque de Caso Campo, Madrid. Plants simple or 

 diffuse, erect, winter-spring annuals, to six inches high. 



249715. Col. No. 16977. Near Porcuna, Cordoba. Winter-spring annual 

 to 12 inches high ; midwinter forage. 



249716. Trifolium subterranean L. Subterranean clover. 



Col. No. 16927. Parque de Caso Campo, Madrid. Winter-spring annual 

 for winter ground cover. Reported very variable. 



249717 to 249768. 



From Greece. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New 

 Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 Aug. 6, 1958. 



249717 and 249718. Anthoxanthum odoratum L. Poaceae. 



Sweet vernalgrass. 



249717. Col. No. 17004. Rocky slope, Asomatos, Isle of Crete. Elevation 

 2,500 feet. Spindling, palatable, tufted perennial. 



249718. Col. No. 17066. Twelve miles north of Ierossos, Athos. Elevation 

 2,500 feet. Cut for hay. 



249719 and 249720. Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Presl. Poaceae. 



Tall oatgrass. 



249719. Col. No. 17087. Karyai, Athos. Elevation 2,000 feet. Clumps of 

 leafy canes, 5.5 feet high, in chestnut forest. 



249720. Col. No. 17092. Rocky slope, Athos Mountains. Elevation 2,000 

 feet. Clumps in open chestnut forest. 



249721. Avena sattva L. Poaceae. Common oats. 



Col. No. 16991. Agricultural Experiment Station, Messira, Crete. Eleva- 

 tion 400 feet. 



249722. Bractiypodium pinnatum (L.) Beauv. Poaceae. 



Japanese falsebrome. 



Col. No. 17124. South of Grevena. Elevation 2,500 feet. Perennial with 

 broad, hairy leaves. 



249723. Brachypodium sp. 



Col. No. 17084. Granitic slope, Karyai, Athos. Elevation 1,800 feet. Pere- 

 nial grass with leafy culms. 



249724. Bromus racemosus L. Poaceae Bald brome. 



Col. No. 17069. Fifteen miles north of Ierissos, Athos. Elevation 2,500 

 feet. Plant to three feet high ; leaves few. 



249725. Lolium temulentum L. Poaceae. Darnel. 



Col. No. 17078. Karyai, Athos. Elevation 1,800 feet. Succulent peren- 

 nial herb ; stems thick. 



