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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



106806 to 106813— Continued. 



106813. Rhus lancea L. f. Anacardiaceae. 



A small tree with gray bark and numer- 

 ous slender branches. The leaves are 

 long-stalked, and the lanceolate linear 

 leaflets are 4 to 5 inches long. Native to 

 the Cape of Good Hope. 



106814 to 106827. Triticum aestivtjm 

 L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



From Italy. Seeds presented by the Direc- 

 tor, Royal Experimental Station for 

 Wheat-growing, Rieti. Received October 

 27, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



106814. Aziziak 11-1,5. 



106815. Balilla. 



106816. Battisti. 



106817. Damiano. 



106818. Edda. 



106819. Fanfulla. 



106820. Fausto. 



106821. Fieramosca. 



106822. Filzi. 



106823. Mentana. 



106824. Mentana Mutico. 



106825. Oberdan. 



106826. Rismondo. 



106827. Villa Glori. 



106828 to 106838. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Botanical 

 Institute, Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan. Re- 

 ceived October 26, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



106828 to 106834. Agropyron spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



106828. Agropyron buonapartis 

 (Spreng.) Dur. and Schinz. 



An annual grass, native to Asia 

 Minor and central Asia, with erect 

 culms and broadly linear leaves. 



106829. Agropyron cristatum (L.) 

 Gaertn. Wheatgrass. 



106830. Agropyron orientals (L.) 

 Roem. and Schult. 



An annual, much-branched grass, 

 prostrate-ascending in habit, native to 

 sandy places in Asia Minor and Turki- 

 stan. 



For previous introduction see 101977. 



106831. Agropyron popovii Drobov. 



A perennial grass with erect stems. 

 Native to Turkistan. 



106832. Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv. 



106833. Agropyron sibiricum deserto- 

 rum Trautv. 



A cespitose perennial grass with a 

 fibrous root, slender erect leafy culms, 

 and long rigid narrow-linear leaves. 

 Native to central Asia. 



106834. Agropyron triticeum Gaertn. 



An annual Siberian grass, much 

 branched at the base, with stems up to 

 8 inches in length. 



For previous introduction see 61391. 



106828 to 106838— Continued. 



106835. Agrostis transcaspica Litv. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass 1 to 3 feet high, na- 

 tive to the Transcaspian region. 



106836. Gastridium ventricosum (Gouan) 

 Schinz. and Thell. (Alopecurus ventri- 

 cosus Huds.). Poaceae. Grass. 



An annual grass 8 to 16 inches tall, 

 with scant rough foliage and dense, spike- 

 like panicles. Native to France. 



106837. Amygdalus brahuica Boiss. 

 Amygdalaceae. 



A bushv shrub, armed with short 

 spines, with small oblong-obtuse leaves 

 and small flowers crowded toward the 

 ends of the branchlets. Native to Asia 

 Minor between 7,000 and 10,000 feet alti- 

 tude. 



106838. Amygdalus bucharica Korsh. 

 Amygdalaceae. 



A small white-flowered tree from the 

 hot dry regions of Turkistan. The fruits 

 are about an inch long. 



106839 and 106840. Zoysia japonica 

 Steud. Poaceae. Japanese lawngrass^ 



From Japan. Seeds purchased from the 

 Chugai Shokubutsu Yen, Tamamoto, Kaw- 

 abegun, near Kobe. Received November 

 20, 1934. 



Introduced for the use of Department spe- 

 cialists. 



106839. Korean strain. 



106840. Japanese strain. 



106841. Zenobia cassinefolia (Vent> 

 Pollard. Ericaceae. 



From North Carolina. Seeds collected by 

 G. M. Darrow, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received November 21, 1934. 



A shrub 4 to 6 feet high, of irregular 

 habit with ovate-oblong, dark shining-green 

 leaves up to 2 inches long and white pend- 

 ent bell-shaped flowers, less than an inch, 

 across, in axillary clusters. Native to the 

 southeastern United States. 



106842 to 106913. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by the Botanical 

 Institute, Ashkhabad, Turkmenistan. Re- 

 ceived October 26, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



106842 to 106844. Aristida spp. Poaceae. 



Grass.. 



106842. Aristida arachnoidea Litv. 



A tufted grass about 10 inches high, 

 with sharp, filiform leaves. Native to 

 the Transcaspian region. 



106843. Aristida pennata Trin. 



A grass, native to Turkistan, where it 

 is found in dry sandy places. 



For previous introduction see 105804. 



106844. Aristida pennata karelini 

 Trin. and Rupr. 



A perennial grass of possible value as 

 a forage crop. Native to the Caspian 

 region. 



For previous introduction see 98203. 



