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99115 to 99138— Continued. 



99117. Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv. 



Couch grass. 



Locally grown wild plants. 



For previous introduction see 98531. 



99118. Agropyron scabrum (R. Br.) Beauv. 



Wheatgrass. 



Bs. 379. Harvested at Aberystwyth in 1929; 

 original seed from New Zealand. 



99119 to 99128. Festuca spp. Poaceae. Fescue. 



99119. Festuca elatior arundinacea 

 (Schreb.) Celak. 



Bn. 87. Received from the Bureau of Intro- 

 duction, Leningrad. 



For previous introduction see 98294. 



99120 to 99124. Festuca elatior L. 



Meadow fescue. 



Nos. 99120 to 99122 were received from Gar- 

 ton's, Ltd., Warrington, England, in 1930. 



99120. Bf. 152. No. 10, English Pure Line 

 Strain. 



99121. Bf. 153. No. 6, Danish Pedigree Strain. 



99122. Bf. 154. No. 27, Dutch Indigenous 

 Strain. 



99123. Bf. 156. Sample received through the 

 Bureau of Introduction, Leningrad, from 

 Irkutsk Government, Union of Soviet 

 Socialist Republics. 



99124. 2bF (1) (Ml/66); open-pollinated seed 

 from a single plant of local origin. 



99125. Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill. 



Great fescue. 



597 (2) Bs. (1) (Ml/67); seed from a single 

 plant self-pollinated. Original seed came from 

 wild plants near Belfast, Ireland. 



99126. Festuca ovina L. 



Sheep fescue. 



Bl. 1175. Sample from Sutton & Sons, 

 Reading; described only as "sheep's fescue." 



For previous introduction see 98296. 



99127 and 99128. Festuca rubral. Red fescue. 



99127. Bl. 728/^ ; Welsh Plant Breeding Sta- 

 tion pedigree strain; original material from 

 old British pastures. 



99128. Bl. 1176. Sample from Sutton & 

 Sons; described as " Chewing's fescue." 



99129. Hordeum maritimum With. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



Bs. 492. Sample harvested at Aberystwyth in 

 1930; original seed from Australia. 



99130. Hordeum murinum L. Poaceae. Grass. 



Bs. 592-595. Seed harvested at Aberystwyth 

 in 1930; original material native British grass. 



For previous introduction see 78784. 



99131 to 99138. Lolium spp. Poaceae. 



99131 to 99136. Lolium perenne L. 



Perennial ryegrass. 



99131. Bs. 962. Wimmera ryegrass; 1930 seed 

 from the Government Experiment Farm, 

 Cowra, New South Wales; not yet tested at 

 Aberystwyth. 



99132. Ba. 1769. Original seed received from 

 Australia as representative of typical and 

 true Wimmera ryegrass; present sample har- 

 vested at Aberystwyth in 1928. 



99115 to 99138— Continued. 



99133. Ba. 2246. A mixture from the Hawke's 

 Bay district of New Zealand, received from 

 the Plant Research Station, Palmerston 

 North, New Zealand. 



Nos. 99134 and 99135 were received from 

 Sutton & Sons, Reading, England. 



99134. Ba. 2247. Commercial perennial rye- 

 grass. 



99135. Ba. 2248. British wild perennial rye- 

 grass. 



99136. Ba. 2251. Seed harvested from an old 

 Hampshire pasture. Received from Leigh- 

 ton, Ltd., AVhitechurch, Shropshire, Eng- 

 land. 



99137 and 99138. Lolium temulentum L. 



Darnel. 



99137. Bs. 548. Original seed received from 

 the Basel Botanischer Garten; present 

 sample harvested in Aberystwyth in 1930. 



99138. Bs. 586. Original seed from Sutton & 

 Sons, Reading; present seed harvested at 

 Aberystwyth in 1930. 



99139 to 99242. 



From Kweichow and Hunan Provinces, China. 

 Seeds presented by Albert N. Steward, Depart- 

 ment of Botany, College of Agriculture, Uni- 

 versity of Nanking, Nanking. Received April 23, 

 1932. 



99139 to 99141. Acanthopanax spp. Araliaceae. 



99139. Acanthopanax sp. 



No. 112. Tze Teng Tax. From a rocky slope 

 in Laoshun, Fangchingshan, Kiangkouhsien, 

 October 1, 1931. A shrub up to 15 feet tail, with 

 black fruit. 



99140. Acanthopanax sp. 



No. 105. Tze Lao Pao. Collected November 

 29, 1931, on a brushy slope near Tayoh, Tahoyen, 

 Kiangkouhsien, at 4,000 feet altitude. A shrub 

 up to 7 feet tall. 



99141. Acanthopanax ricinifolium Seem. 



No. 109. TzeChiu. From Miaowang, Kiang- 

 kouhsien, December 1, 1931, at 1,500 feet alti- 

 tude. A tree about 60 feet tall and 25 inches in 

 diameter, with black fruit. Found along the 

 roadside. 



99142. Acer sp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



No. 12. Ching Chuan. From a rocky slope near 

 Laoshan, Fangchingshan, Kiangkouhsien, Octo- 

 ber 1, 1931, at 7,000 feet altitude. A tree 30 feet 

 high and a foot in diameter. 



99143. Acer sp. Aceraceae. 



Maple. 



No. 106. From a hillside in Papan, Kiang- 

 kouhsien, at 1,500 feet altitude, December 6, 1931. 

 An evergreen tree about 35 feet high and 15 inches 

 in diameter. 



Nos. 99144 to 99150 were collected in Tahoyen, 

 Kiangkouhsien. 



99144. Actinidia chinensis Planch, 

 ceae. 



Dillenia- 

 Yangtao. 



No. 94. From a brushy slope, November 26, 

 1931, at 3,000 feet altitude. A strong trailing 

 shrub with edible brownish fruit covered with 

 rusty hairs. 



For previous introduction see 77643. 



99145. Ardisia sp. Myrisinaceae. 



No. 89. Pa Chao Ching Lung. Collected No- 

 vember 7, 1931, on a brushy slope at 2,500 feet 

 altitude. A low shrub about 3 feet tall.iwith 

 scarlet fruit. 



