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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



106S42 to 106913— Continued. 



106870. COTINUS COGGYGBIA Scopoli (Rhus 

 cotinus L. ). Anacardiaceae. 



Smoketree. 



A spreading, rather dense shrub up to 

 15 feet high, with oval or obovate leaves 

 over 3 inches long on slender petioles. 

 The small flowers, usually purplish, are 

 in a densely plumose panicie about 8 

 inches long. Native to central China and 

 the Himalayas. 



106871. Crambe kotschyana Boiss. Bras- 

 sicaceae. 



A perennial with cordate radical leaves 

 about 8 inches long and rather large white 

 flowers. Native to western Asia. 



106872 to 106877. Delphinium spp. Ranun- 

 culaceae. Larkspur. 



106872. Delphinium biternatum Huth. 



A perennial herb with a thick root, 

 erect hairy stem 3 to 4 feet high, biter- 

 nate leave's, and dense racemes of yellow 

 flowers. Native to Turkistan. 



106873. Delphinium camptocarpum 

 Fisch. and Mey. 



A somewhat bushy annual 6 inches 

 high, with biternate leaves and small 

 grayish-blue flowers. Native to sandy 

 places in the southern part of the Union 

 of Soviet Socialist Republics. 



106874. Delphinium orientale J. Gay. 



An annual larkspur which closely re- 

 sembles Delphinium ajacis, but differs in 

 being from 12 to 18 inches high, with 

 an upright branching stem bearing nu- 

 merous dense racemes of violet, pink, or 

 white flowers. Native to southern 

 Europe. 



For previous introduction see 81885. 



106875. Delphinium pilosulum 

 (Trautv.) F. Fedtsch. 



106876. Delphinium rugulosum Boiss. 



An annual plant up to 5 inches high, 

 often with several stems and with gray- 

 ish-blue flowers. 



For previous introduction see 61412. 



106877. Delphinium semibarbatum Bie- 

 nert. 



A low perennial about a foot high 

 with fine-cut foliage and long lax racemes 

 of small yellow flowers. Native to Iran 

 (Persia). 



106878. Elymus giganteus Vahl. Poa- 

 ceae. Siberian wild-rye. 



A tall erect perennial grass, native to 

 Siberia. 



For previous introduction see 61417. 



106879. Eragrostis sp. Poaceae. 



106880. Hordeum bulbosum L. Poaceae. 



A perennial grass a foot or more high. 

 Native to Asia Minor. 



For previous introduction see 88926. 



106881 and 106882. Koeleria phleoides 

 (Vill.) Pers. Poaceae. Grass. 



An annual grass with culms up to a 

 foot high, narrow leaves, and dense spike- 

 like panicles. Native to Europe. 



106883. Leptaleum filifolium (Willd.) 

 DC. Brassicaceae. 



A low annual 1 to 2 inches high, with 

 subsessile linear leaves 1 inch long and 



106842 to 106913— Continued. 



small white flowers with linear petals. 

 Native to Siberia. 



106884. Lolium persicum Boiss. and 

 Hohen. Poaceae. Grass. 



An annual grass, closely resembling 

 Lolium niultiflorum, which does well in a 

 very hot dry region. 



For previous introduction see 92234. 



106885. Lolium temulentum leptochae- 

 ton A. Br. Poaceae. Grass. 



A tall annual grass about 3 feet high, 

 with flat leaves and slender spikes. Na- 

 tive to Europe. 



106886. Medicago minima (L.) Grufberg. 

 Fabaceae. Medick. 



A prostrate leguminous annual with 

 stems about 2 feet long, native to dry 

 situations in southern Europe. 



For previous introduction see 69857. 



106887 to 106890. Onobrychis spp. Faba- 

 ceae. 



106887. Onobrychis chorassanica 

 Bunge. 



An erect shrub with ovate-acute 

 leaflets and purple flowers in long lax 

 racemes. Native to Iran (Persia). 



106888. Onobrychis micrantha Schrenk. 



An annual erect leguminous plant 

 with very narrow acute leaflets, stems 

 about 2 feet high, and dull-yellow 

 flowers. Native to the Union of Soviet 

 Socialist Republics. 



For previous introduction see 73609. 



106889. Onobrychis pulchella Schrenk. 



An annual less than a foot high, with 

 narrow leaflets and pink flowers. Na- 

 tive to the Union of Soviet Socialist 

 Republics. 



For previous introduction see 73611. 



106890. Onobrychis sintenisii Fr. and 

 Sint. 



106891. Pennisetum orientale L. Rich. 

 Poaceae. 



A tall coarse species growing to a 

 height of 6 feet and quite ornamental. 



For previous introduction see 33613. 



106892. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Faba- 

 ceae. Mung bean. 



106893. Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb. Fa- 

 baceae. Rice bean. 



106894. Phleum paniculatum Huds. Poa- 

 ceae. Timothy. 



An erect or ascending annual grass 4 

 to 16 inches hish. Native to the Medi- 

 terranean countries. 



For previous introduction see 84475. 



106895. Pistacia vera L. Anacardiaceae. 



Pistache. 



106896. Psoralea drupacea Bunge. Faba- 

 ceae. 



A woody perennial about a foot high, 

 with roundish dentate leaflets nearly an 

 inch long and small white flowers in 

 dense axillary racemes. Native to Bok- 

 hara. 



106897. Rhus coriaria L. Anacardiaceae. 



Sumac. 



