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106842 to 106913— Continued. 



A shrub up to 20 feet high, with 

 greenish flowers and small crimson fruits. 

 The leaves yield a commercial tannin. 

 Native to southern Europe. 



For previous introduction see 72634. 



106898. Rhus succedanea L. Anaeardia- 

 ceae. Sumac. 



A shrub or small tree up to 30 feet 

 high, with grayish-green elliptic-oblong, 

 long-pointed leaflets, v and slender panicles 

 of yellowish-green flowers. Native to 

 eastern Asia. 



For previous introduction see 48733. 



106899. Saccharum spoxtaxeum L. Poa- 

 ceae. 



A grass closely related to sugarcane. 



For previous introduction see 86174. 



106900. Salsola arborescexs richleri 

 Karel. Chenopodiaceae. 



A much-branched shrub with semiterete 

 leaves and small inconspicuous flowers. 

 Native to the deserts of Siberia. 



106901. Salsola rigida Pall. Chenopodia- 

 ceae. 



A small shrub, yellow hairy throughout, 

 with prostrate or ascending branches and 

 alternate linear leaves. Native to salty 

 places in southwestern Asia. 



106902 to 106905. Stipa spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



106902. Stipa hohexackeriaxa Trin. 

 and Rupr. 



A cespitose perennial grass with slen- 

 der culms and long rigid leaves. Na- 

 tive to Transcaucasia and Iran (Persia). 



106903. Stipa holosericea Trin. and 

 Rupr. 



A tufted perennial grass with spread- 

 ing stems and rigid leaves. Native to 

 Asia Minor. 



106904. Stipa splexdexs Trin. 



Feathergrass. 



A coarse grass 6 feet high, native to 

 the steppes of western Asia, with dense 

 nodding panicles a foot long. The 

 tou.sh leaves and stalks are used to 

 make brooms. 



For previous introduction see 78482. 



106905. Stipa szovitziana Trin. 



A tufted perennial grass with fibrous 

 roots and short rigid leaves. Native to 

 Asia Minor, Arabia, and Iran (Persia). 



106906. Thalictrum mixus L. Ranuncu- 

 laceae. Low meadowrue. 



A species 1 to 2 feet high, native to 

 Europe. Asia, and northern Africa, with 

 loose panicles of drooping yellow or green- 

 ish flowers. 



For previous introduction see 95608. 



106907. Thalictrum sultaxabadexse 

 Stapf. Ranunculaceae. 



A low herb about 6 inches high, with 

 biternate leaves and flowers in a leafy 

 raceme. Native to Iran (Persia). 



106908. Trifolium lappaceum L. 

 ceae. 



Faba- 



106842 to 106913— Continued. 



This European clover has a somewhat 

 reclining habit of growth ; the rather soft 

 and delicate stems are seldom more than 

 12 or 15 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 97794. 



106909 to 106913. Tulipa spp. Liliaceae. 



Tulip. 



106909. Tulipa axdrossowi Litv. 



A wild tulip from central Asia, with 

 a stem 4 to 10 inches high, bearing a 

 single small white flower. The two 

 linear-acute leaves are borne at about 

 the middle of the stem. 



106910. Tulipa borsczowi Regel. 



A Russian tulip with stems 12 to 18 

 inches high, bluish-green, narrowly 

 ovate leaves up to 6 inches in length, 

 and red flowers with black blotches at 

 the base of the petals. 



For previous introduction see 61447. 



106911. Tulipa hoogiana B. Fedtsch. 



A tulip of the section Eriobulbi, with 

 a stem 6 to 18 inches high and four to 

 six lanceolate-tapering leaves 8 to 10 

 inches long. The flower is scarlet, with 

 a large black blotch bordered with 

 orange on the inner side of each seg- 

 ment. Native to Bokhara. 



106912. Tulipa kuschkexsis B. Fedtsch. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 cription see 106777. 



106913. Tulipa micheliaxa Hoog. 



A tulip native to the Caspian region, 

 with a pubescent scape 12 inches high. 

 The lanceolate to linear-lanceolate 

 leaves, usually four, are striped with 

 brown and have undulate margins. The 

 large single flowers are lilac scarlet and 

 vermilion scarlet inside with black 

 lanceolate blotches on the back. 



For previous introduction see 100644. 



106914 to 106932. 



From British Guiana. Seeds collected by 

 W. A. Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. 

 Received October 19, 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



From the Georgetown Botanic Garden, 

 September 27, 1934. 



106914. Barringtoxia asiatica (L.) Kurz. 

 Lecythldaceae. 



No. 2571. A handsome tree 50 feet high, 

 with thick leathery bright-green leaves a 

 foot long and racemes of large showy 

 flowers having white petals and crimson- 

 tipped stamens resembling a brush. The 

 smooth shining-black fruits are shaped 

 like a four-sided pyramid and are 3 to 4 

 inches long on each side. It is native to 

 the East Indies. 



For previous introduction see 97975. 



106915. Bauhixia galpini N. E. Br. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



No. 2561. A small tree 15 feet high. 

 The leaves, two lobed at the apex, are up 

 to 3 inches long, and the brick-red flowers 

 are borne continuously from spring to late 

 autumn. 



For previous introduction see 76775. 



