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251418. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. Orchardgrass. 

 Col. No. 17406. Thirty km. east of Rijeka. Elevation 1,000 meters. 



251419. Calamagrostis arundinacea (L.) Roth. Poaceae. Reedgrass. 



Gol. No. 17410. Thirty km. east of Rijeka. Elevation 1,000 meters. Hand- 

 some bunchgrass ; leaves to five dm. long. 



251420. Festuca elatior L. Poaceae. Meadow fescue. 

 Col. No. 17405. Thirty km. east of Rijeka. Elevation 1,000 meters. 



251421. Festuca sp. 



Col. No. 17413. Twenty-four km. east of Rijeka. Elevation 1,000 meters. 

 Xieaves narrow, long. 



251422. Lotus corniculatus var. ciliatus (Tenore) C. Koch Fabaceae. 



Trefoil. 



Col. No. 17397. Zagreb road, 40 km. north of Belgrade, Serbia. Leafy 

 perennial. 



251423. Lotus corniculatus L. Trefoil. 



Col. No. 17400. Poor limestone soil, Stubiza, between Zagreb and Rijeka, 

 Croatia. Elevation 500 meters. Plant depauperate. 



251424. Lotus corniculatus var. ciliatus (Tenore) C. Koch. Trefoil. 



Col. No. 17412. Twenty-four km. east of Rijeka. Elevation 1,000 meters. 

 Plant depauperate ; seed pods large. 



251425. Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. Fabaceae. Yellow sweetclover. 

 Col. No. 17411. Thirty km. east of Rijeka. Elevation 1,000 meters. 



251426. Phalaris arundinacea L. Poaceae. Reed canarygrass. 

 Col. No. 17396. Zagreb road, 40 km. west of Belgrade. 



.251427 and 251428. Phleum pratense L. Poaceae. Timothy. 



251427. Col. No. 17401. Eighty km. east of Rijeka, Croatia. Elevation 

 540 meters. 



251428. Col. No. 17408. Thirty km. east of Rijeka. Elevation 1,000 meters. 



251429. Poa pratensis L. Poaceae. Kentucky bluegrass. 



Col. No. 17409. Thirty km. east of Rijeka. Elevation 1,000 meters. Plant 

 stoloniferous. 



251430. Sorghum virgatum (Hack.) Stapf Poaceae. Tunisgrass. 



Col. No. 17398. Forty km. west of Beograd, Zagreb road, Serbia. Ap- 

 parently spontaneous. 



251431. Trifolium pratense L. Fabaceae. Red clover. 

 Col. No. 17415. Thirty-two km. north of Rijeka. Elevation 500 meters. 



251432. Trifolium repens L. Whiteclover. 

 Col. No. 17402. Eighty km. east of Rijeka, Croatia. Elevation 520 meters. 



251433. Trifolium ochroleucon Huds. 



Col. No. 17414. Thirty-two km. north of Rijeka. Perennial with leafy 

 rosette. 



251434. Phalaris X daviesii S. T. Blake Poaceae. Canarygrass. 



From Australia. Seed presented by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial 

 Research Organization, Brisbane. Received Sept. 29, 1958. 



Fertile allopolyploids with 56 and 42 somatic chromosomes respectively were 

 produced from the sterile Fi hybrid with colchicine. Spontaneous allopoly- 

 ploidy occurred in P. tuberosa X P- minor. A quick growing perennial grass, 

 -adapted to short growing seasons, with well marked morphological characters. 

 Volunteers freely and behaves like a naturally occurring species when cultivated. 



Full data is in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 67 :27-28, 

 1956. 



