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249746 to 249748. Hordeum bulbosum L. Poaceae. Bulbous barley. 



249746. Col. No. 16993. Coarse, dry, rooky soil, Messera, Crete. Elevation 

 400 feet. Weedy perennial along woods. 



249747. Col. No. 17016. Dry rocky soil, 15 miles southeast of Hiraklion, 

 Crete. Elevation 1,500 feet. Tall, caney perennial. 



249748. Col. No. 17030. Mountain near Thebes. Elevation 2,000 feet. Peren- 

 nial on protected reforested land. 



249749. Luzula silvatica (Huds.) Gaud. Juncaceae. Woodrush. 



Col. No. 17101. Ierissos by Athos. Elevation 50 feet. Perennial in bottom- 

 land meadow ; cut for hay. 



249750. Lathyrus sativus L. Fabaceae. Grass peavine. 



Col. No. 17039. San Dimitros, Mount Olympos, Crete. Elevation 2,700 feet. 

 Winter-spring annual ; flowers yellow. 



249751 and 249752. Lolium perenne L. Poaceae. Perennial ryegrass. 



249751. Col. No. 17002. Asomatos, Crete. Elevation 2,500 feet. Fine-leaved 

 perennial. 



249752. Col. No. 17126. Pefki, Pindhos Mountains. Elevation 2,500 feet. 

 Perennial growing in meadow with some irrigation. Cut for hay. 



249753. Lotus corniculatus L. Fabaceae. Birdsfoot trefoil. 



Col. No. 17099. Moist, sandy, river alluvium, Ierissos, Athos. Elevation 

 50 feet. Many-stemmed leafy perennial. 



249754. Lotus angustissimus L. Trefoil. 



Col. No. 17100. Moist sandy river bottom, Ierissos, Athos. Elevation 50 

 feet. Decumbent to erect perennial, thick, bushy, in clonal colonies ; stems 

 and leaves fine. 



249755. Lotus ornithopodioides L. Trefoil. 



Col. No. 17014. Fifteen miles southeast of Hiraklion, Crete. Elevation 

 1,500 feet. Spreading winter-spring annual ; seed pods ripening determinately. 



249756. Trifolium filiforme L. 



Col. No. 17062. Twelve miles north of Ierissos by Athos. Elevation 2,500 

 feet. Fine-stemmed, leafy perennial forming a dense cover to 1.5 feet high ; 

 flowers minute, yellow ; seeds freely. 



249757. Lotus angustissimus L. Trefoil. 



Col. No. 17075. Rocky ground, Karyai, Athos. Elevation 1,800 feet. Dif- 

 fuse perennial ; fine-stemmed ; small-leaved. 



249758. Lupinus hirsutus L. Fabaceae. European blue lupine. 



Col. No. 17009. Potamous Amari Canyon, Crete. Elevation 2,400 feet. 

 Winter-spring annual ; seed pods large, flat, in whorls. 



249759. Lupinus sp. 



Col. No. 17043. San Dimitros, Olympus. Elevation 2,700 feet. Winter- 

 spring annual ; seed pods large. 



249760. Lupinus sp. 



Col. No. 17079. Karyai, Athos. Elevation 1,800 feet. Annual spring herb 

 to one foot high ; crown branching ; stem thick. 



249761 and 249762. Medicago arabica (L.) All. Fabaceae. 



Spotted burclover. 



249761. Col. No. 17042. San Dimitros, Olympus. Elevation 2,700 feet. 

 Vigorous winter-spring annual ; stems to three feet long ; flowers yellow. 



249762. Col. No. 17059. Fifteen miles north of Ierissos, Athos. Elevation 

 2,500 feet. Winter-spring annual. 



