JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1934 



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106416 to 106444— Continued. 



106417. Agrostis exarata Trin. 

 Water Lily Canyon, July 1934. 



106418. Agrostis exarata Trin. 

 Sego Canyon, July 1934. 



106419. Agrostis verticillata Vill. 

 Water Lily Canyon, July 31, 1934. 



106420. Agrostis verticillata Vill. 

 Water Lily Canyon, July 20, 1934. 



106421. Bouteloua curtipendula 

 (Michx.) Torr. 



Water Lily Canyon, July 2, 1934. 



106422. Bouteloua gracilis (H. B. K.) 

 Lag. 



Sego Canyon, July 10, 1934. 



106423. Bromus laevipes Shear. 

 Water Lily Canyon, July 24, 1934. 



106424 and 106425. Bromus marginatus 



Nees. 



A perennial grass of some value for 

 grazing, growing on alluvial soils under 

 dry conditions. 



For previous introduction see 24633. 



106424. Water Lily Canyon. 



106425. Sego Canyon between 6,800 and 

 7,500 feet altitude, July 10, 1934. 



106426. Bromus mollis L. 



Water Lily Canyon, July 16, 1934. 



106427. Bromus tectorum glabratus 

 Spenner. 



Water Lily Canyon, July 21, 1934. 



106428. Elymus salina Jones. 



From the top of Skeleton Mesa, July 10. 

 1934. 



106429. Elymus salina Jones. 

 Sego Canyon, July 15, 1934. 



106430. Festuca octoflora Walt. 

 Water Lily Canyon, June 25, 1934. 



106431. MUHLENBERGIA POLYCAULIS Scribn. 



Water Lily Canyon, June 23, 1934. 



106432. MUHLENBERGIA PUNGENS Thurb. 



106433. MUHLENBERGIA Sp. 



Sego Canyon, August 5, 1934. 



106434 and 106435. Oryzopsis hymenoides 

 (Roem. and Schult.) Packer. 



A deep-rooted, drought-resistant peren- 

 nial grass found on steep alluvial banks. 

 It is a good grazing grass, and the Indians 

 used the seed as food. 



106434. Water Lily Canyon, 

 1934. 



106435. Sego Canyon, 

 1934. 



July 



July 20, 

 5 and 6, 

 Trin. and 



106436. Oryzopsis micrantha 

 Rupr.) Thurb. 



Water Lily Canyon, July 1, 1934. A 

 rare grass in this region, found growing 

 in the shade of oak trees. . 



106437. Panicum bulbosum H. B. K. 



Sego Canyon, August 3, 1934. A bulb- 

 ous-rooted cespitose Mexican grass, with 

 erect stems 3 to 4 feet high and narrow 

 long-pointed leaves. 



For previous introduction see 59354. 



106416 to 106444— Continued. 



106438 and 106439. Panicum longiligu- 

 latum Nash. 



A perennial grass with a good root sys- 

 tem ; it tolerates some shade and is food 

 for grazing. 



106438. Water Lily Canyon, June 25, 

 1934. 



106439. Sego Canyon between 6,500 and 

 8,000 feet altitude, July 5, 1934. 



106440. POLYPOGON MONSPELIENSIS (L.) 



Desf. 



Keet Seel, July 28, 1934. An annual 

 grass found on the Pacific coast, with soft 

 bristly, green or yellowish spikes up to 6 

 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 53067. 



106441. Sphenopholi<3 obtusata (Michx.) 

 Scribn. 



From the top of Skeleton Mesa at 8,000 

 feet altitude. 



106442. Sporobolus cryptandrus (Torr.) 

 A. Gray. 



Sego Canyon, July 25, 1934. 



106443. Stipa Comata Trin. and Rupr. 



Sego Canyon, July 10. 1934, and Water 

 Lily Canyon, July 13, 1934. 



106444. Stipa speciosa Trin. and Rupr. 

 Water Lily Canyon, July 18, 1934. 



106445. Iriartea sp. Phoenicaceae. 



Palm. 



From British Guiana. Seeds collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 



Received August 27, 1934. 



No. 2371. Bobo palm. The iriarteas are 

 tall spineless palms with cylindrical or swol- 

 len trunks rising from pyramids of exposed 

 roots, and with rather few unequally pinnate 

 leaves. Native to tropical South America. 



106446. Sttfftta cheysantha Mikan. 

 Asteraceae. 



From Cape Town, Union of South Africa. 

 Seeds presented by Dr. Thomas Barbour, 

 Harvard University. Received September 

 4, 1934. 



A shrub or small tree with alternate, 

 ovate-lanceolate, entire leaves 3 to 5 inches 

 long and golden-yellow flower heads about 3 

 inches across. Native to Brazil. 



106447. Phoenix robusta Hook. f. 

 Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



From India. Seeds collected in the Godaveri 

 district, Madras Presidency, and presented 

 by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Eng- 

 land. Received August 27, 1934. 



A palm 15 to 20 feet high the trunk of 

 which is clothed with the sheaths of the 

 fallen leaves. The pinnate leaves, 3 feet 

 long, have rigid fascicled leaflets. Native to 

 Behar, British India. 



106448. Passiflora mollissima (H. B. 

 K.) Bailey. Passifloraceae. 



From Colombia. Seeds presented by Eduardo 

 Hernandez, Pijao, Department of Caldas. 

 Received September 17, 1934. 



A climbing plant which produces ovate 

 pointed yellow acid fruits of excellent qual- 

 ity. 



For previous introduction see 100701. 



