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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98271 to 98304. Poaceae. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 

 Seeds presented by AVI. KousnetzofT, in charge of 

 forage plants, Institute of Plant Industry, Lenin 

 Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Leningrad, at 

 the request of Prof. N. I. Vavilov. Received 

 March 25, 1932. Numbered in April 1932. 



A collection of forage grasses introduced for the use 

 of Department specialists. 



98271 to 98275. Alopecurus pratensis L. 



Meadow foxtail. 



98271. No. 8023. From the Voronezh Experi- 

 ment Station. 



98272. No. 8026. From the Voronezh Experi- 

 ment Station. 



98273. No. 8229. From Burjato-Mongolia. 



98274. No. 8733. From Melitopol, Ukraine. 



98275. No. 8733-a. From the Askania Nova 

 Experiment Station, Ukraine. 



98276 to 98288. Bromus spp. Bromegrass. 



98276. Bromus albidus Bieb. 



No. 11. From the Volga region in European 

 Russia. 



For previous introduction see 78772. 



98277 to 98280. Bromus erectus Huds. 



Meadow bromegrass. 



A perennial thickly cespitose grass with up- 

 right stems 1 to 3 feet high. Native to Europe 

 and Asia Minor. 



For previous introduction see 68066. 



98277. No. 137. From Samara, European Rus- 

 sia. 



98278. No. 171. From the Saratov Experiment 

 Station. 



98279. No. 497. From Irkutsk, Siberia. 

 No. 500. From Krim. 



98281 to 98284. Bromus inermis Leyss. 



Common bromegrass. 



98281. No. 491. From the Samara Experiment 

 Station. 



98282. No. 511. From Saratov. 



98283. No. 517. From the Askania Nova 

 Experiment Station, Ukraine. 



98284. No. 554. From the Volga region in 

 European Russia. 



98285. Bromus japonicus Thunb. 



No. 1. From Tiflis, Caucasus region. A bi- 

 ennial, upright or ascending grass of wide dis- 

 tribution in Europe and Asia. It commonly 

 becomes 1 to 2 feet high. 



98286. Bromus souarrosus L. 

 No. 17. From Melitopol, Ukraine. 

 For previous introduction see 57515. 



98287. Bromus tectorum L. 



No. 28. From the Kharkov Experiment 

 Station, Ukraine. 



98288. Bromus sp. 



No. 23. From Pamir. 



98289 to 98291. Dactylis GLOMErata L. 



Orchard grass. 



98289. No. 7696. From the Altai region, Siberia. 



98290. No. 7776. From Omsk, Siberia. 



98291. No. 8693. From the Kharkov Experi- 

 ment Station, Ukraine. 



Fescue. 



98292 to 98296. Festuca spp. 



98271 to 98304— Continued. 



98292 and 98293. Festuca elatior L. 



Meadow fescue. 



98292. No. 6081. From the Ural region in 

 Siberia. 



98293. No. 7025. From Omsk, Siberia. 



98294. Festuca elatior arundinacea 

 (Schreb.) Celak. 



No. 8031. From the Voronezh Experiment 

 Station. 

 For previous introduction see 88909. 



98295 and 98298. festuca ovina L. 



Sheep fescue. 



98295. No. 7779. From Omsk, Siberia. 



98296. No. 9392. From Murman, Hibini. 



98297 to 98299. Lolium PERENNE L. 



Perennial ryegrass. 



98297. No. 6149. From the Tambov Govern- 

 ment. 



98298. No. 6585. From the Kaluga Government. 



98299. No. 7648. From the Luga Government. 

 98300 to 98304. Phleum spp. Timothy. 



98300. Phleum phleoides (L.) Karst. 



No. 9421. From Priyenisseisk, Siberia. A 

 perennial gray-green loosely cespitose grass with 

 short creeping rhizomes and stems 1 to 2 feet 

 high. It is native to dry stony places through- 

 out central Europe. 



For previous introduction see 95555. 



98301 to 98304. Phleum pratense L. 



98301. No. 6061. From the Tambov Govern- 

 ment. 



98302. No. 7765. From Oiretia, Siberia. 



98303. No. 8827. From Vitebsk Government. 



98304. No. 9002. From Mingrelia, Caucasus. 



98305. Casimiroa edulis Llave. Ru- 

 taceae. White sapote. 



From California. Bud wood presented by Mrs. 

 Nancy Maltby, Carlsbad. Received April 5, 

 1932. 



Bud wood from a tree 10 years old, which bears 

 fruits weighing 134 pounds. The tree is over 20 

 feet tall. 



For previous introduction see 73081. 



98306 to 98316. 



From Germany. Plants purchased from A. Hesse, 

 Weener. Received April 6, 1932. 



98306 to 98309. Acer spp. Aceraceae. 

 98306. Acer caesium Wall. 



Maple. 



A tree up to 75 feet high, native to the slopes 

 of the Himalayas between 7,000 and 10.000 feet 

 altitude. The palmately five-lobed leaves, pale 

 beneath, are cordate with serrate margins and 

 are 6 to 8 inches long and broad. The flowers 

 appear after the leaves in large pyramidal pan- 

 icles and are followed by smooth fruits with the 

 wings spreading nearly at right angles. 



98307. Acer orientale L. 



Variety semper vir ens. A dwarf form with 

 undivided entire or crenulate leaves, scarcely 

 exceeding half an inch in length. 



98308. Acer cappadocicum Gleditsch. 



Coliseum maple. 



Variety laetum rubrum. A form in which the 

 leaves are blood red while unfolding, later be- 

 coming green. 



