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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



107449 to 107477— Continued. 



107476. PlIYSALIS ORINOCENSIS H. B. K. 



Solanaceae. 



No. 2663. Near Scotelweg, November 

 2, 1934. A perennial herb with ovate 

 acute leaves about 2 incbes long, native 

 to northern South America. 



107477. Zea mays L. Poaceae. 



Corn. 



No. 2698. Paramaribo, November 6, 

 1934. Native (?) corn, planted by all 

 people, including Indians. 



107478 to 107596. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds collected in Turkistan by H. L. 

 Westover and C. R. Enlow, Bureau of 

 Plant Industry. Received November 1, 

 1934. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



Collected in the Botanic Garden, Tash- 

 kent. 



107478. Aegilops triuncialis L. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



No. 400. A tbickly branched annual 

 grass with ascending stems and flat rough 

 leaves. It is native to dry places in the 

 Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see 78752. 



107479. Aegilops crassa Boiss. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



No. 401. A decumbent annual grass with 

 flat leaves. Native to Asia Minor. 



107480. Agriophyllum minus Fisch. and 

 Mey. Chenopodiaceae. 



No. 403. An annual, native to sandy 

 deserts in Turkistan, with sessile linear- 

 subulate leaves and inconspicuous axillary 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see 98200. 



107481. Agropyron intermedium (Host) 

 Beauy. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 404. A very good grass for dry 

 soils, especially on slopes. 



For previous introduction see 56502. 



107482. Agropyron trichophorum (Link) 

 Richt. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 405. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107330. 



107483. Agrostis interrupta L. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



No. 406. An annual busby grass up to 

 2 feet high, native to sandy places in the 

 Mediterranean countries. 



For previous introduction see 74158. 



107484 to 107487. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



107484. Allium jesdianum Boiss. and 

 Buhse. Onion. 



No. 407. A piuK-flowered onion about 

 2 feet high, with flat linear leaves and a 

 many-flowered umbel. Native to the 

 mountains of Caucasus. 



For previous introduction see 73599. 



107485. Allium sewerzowi Regel. 



Onion. 



No. 408. An onion with a scape about 

 6 inches high and linear-lanceolate 

 leaves slightly exceeding the scape. The 



107478 to 107596— Continued. 



rosy-lilac flowers are in a hemispherical! 

 umbel. Native to Turkistan. 



107486. Allium stenophyllum Schrenk. 



Onion. 



No. 410. An onion with narrow-linear 

 leaves and a fastisiate-globose head of 

 pinkish flowers. Native to central Asia. 



107487. Allium suworowi Regel. 



No. 409. A hardy bulbous plant with 

 very narrow flat leaves up to 16 inches 

 long and hemispherical umbels of fra- 

 grant violet-rose flowers. Native to the 

 Kirghis Desert, central Asia. 



For previous introduction see 73601. 



107488. Alyssum strictum Willd. Bras- 

 sicaceae. 



No. 411. July 1934. An annual alyssum. 

 with numerous ascending branches 18 

 inches high, oblong-linear leaves, and cy- 

 lindrical racemes or yellow flowers. Native 

 to Asia Minor. 



For previous introduction see 90614. 



107489. Alyssum szovitsianum Fisch. and. 

 Mey. Brassicaceae. 



No. 412. An annual yellow-flowered 

 alyssum from southeastern Europe, about 

 a foot high, with oblong-linear leaves and 

 pods sometimes an inch long. 



For previous introduction see 90615. 



107490. Andropogon ischaemum L. 

 Poaceae. 



No. 413. 



For previous introduction see 84274. 



107496. Astragalus spp. Fa- 



CAMPYLORHYNCHUS 



107491 to 



baceae. 



107491. Astragalus 

 Fisch. and Mey. 



No. 414. A low slender annual with 

 linear, truncate leaflets. Native to- 

 northeastern Asia. 



107492. Astragalus campylotrichus- 

 Bunge. 



No. 415. An erect annual with linear- 

 oblong leaflets. Native to Turkistan. 



107493. Astragalus filicaulis Fisch. 

 and Mey. 



No. 416. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 106850. 



107494. Astragalus retamocarpus Boiss. 

 and Hohen. 



No. 417. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 106855. 



107495. Astragalus schmalhauseni 

 Bunge. 



No. 418. 



107496. Astragalus sieversianus Pall. 



No. 419. For previous introduction 

 and description see 106857. 



107497. Atriplex flabellum Bunge. 

 Clienopodiaceae. 



No. 420. An annual about a foot high, 

 with small cordate-dentate or five- to> 

 seven-lobed leaves. Native to Turkistan. 



