268 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 166 



251139. Lathyrus sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 17326. South of Shavnick, Montenegro. Elevation 3,900 feet. 

 Sprawling annual vine to three feet; flowers bright pink. 



251140 and 251141. Lolium peeenne L. Poaceae. Perennial ryegrass. 



251140. Col. No. 17157. Between Slatina and Bunar, Serbia. Colonial sod- 

 like perennial. 



251141. Col. No. 17184. Ovche Polje, Macedonia. Elevation 1,200 feet. 



251142. Linum PERENNE L. Linaceae. Perennial flax. 



Col. No. 17192. Ovche Polje, Macedonia. Elevation 1,200 feet. Annual 

 spring herb. 



251143. Lotus corniculatus L. Fabaceae. Birdsfoot trefoil. 



Col. No. 17172. Six miles northeast of Skopje, Macedonia. Weak-stemmed 

 perennial to one foot high. 



251144 to 251147. Lotus corniculatus var. ciliatus (Tenore) C. Koch. 



Trefoil. 



251144. Col. No. 17185. Ovche Polje, Macedonia. Elevation 1,200 feet. 

 Spreading or decumbent herb. 



251145. Col. No. 17327. South of Shavnick, Montenegro. Elevation 3,900 

 feet. Decumbent; sparsely scattered on drier slope of meadow. 



251146. Col. No. 17280. Near Prizren, Serbia. Elevation 2,800 feet. Erect 

 perennial to 16 inches high ; stems leafy ; seeding irregularly. 



251147. Col. No. 17284. Murino, Montenegro. Elevation 3.500 feet. Scat- 

 tered, variable population ; pods large. 



251148. Lotus decumbens Poir. Trefoil. 



Col. No. 17349. Riverside swamp, near Metkovic, Dalmatia. Spreading 

 perennial. 



251149. Lotus tenuis Waldst. & Kit. ex Willd. Trefoil. 



Col. No. 17354. Livno Valley, Bosnia. Elevation 2,300 feet. A close- 

 cropped, spreading herb. 



251150 and 251151. Medicago lupulina L. Fabaceae. Black medic. 



251150. Col. No. 17265. North slope, Shar Plannina. Elevation 4,200 feet. 

 Vigorous, spreading, decumbent spring annual. 



251151. Col. No. 17325. South of Shavnick, Montenegro. Elevation 3,900 

 feet. Spring annual. 



251152 to 251154. 



From Italy. Plants collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 Sept. 17, 1958. 



251152. Asparagus sp. Convallariaceae. 



Col. No. 17589. Sandy soil, Maritime Woods, near Pisa. 



251153. Medicago sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 17573. Six miles north of Pietramala, Bologna road. Elevation 

 3,000 feet. Rhizomatous perennial ; stems short, fine ; leaves fine ; flowers 

 purple turning yellow and greenish-yellow. 



251154. Ruscus aculeatus L. Convallariaceae. Butcher's broom. 



Col. No. 17588. 'Pungi-topo'. Sandy soil, Maritime Woods, near Pisa. 

 Perennial. 



251155 to 251202. 



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

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

 Sept. 16, 1958. 



