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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



107478 to 107596— Continued. 



leaves and a raceme of purplish flowers 

 on a scape up to 18 inches high. Na- 

 tive to Turkistan. 



107527. Eremurus olgae Regel. 



No. 451. A hardy herbaceous peren- 

 nial with white flowers produced in a 

 dense raceme. Native to Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 73189. 



107528. Eremurus robustus Regel. 



Giant desertcandle. 



No. 452. A tall hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennial with pale-pink flowers on a stalk 

 5 to 8 feet high. Native to Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 91627. 



107529. Erianthus purpurascens Anders. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 453. A tall stout grass several feet 

 high, related to Saccharum, with leaves 

 about an inch wide. Native to southern 

 Asia. 



107530 to 107539. Ferula spp. Apiaceae. 



107530. Ferula angreni Eug. Korovin. 

 No. 454. 



107531. Ferula assa-foetida L. 



No. 455. A large herbaceous peren- 

 nial, 6 to 12 feet high, with yellow 

 flowers. The plant, which has a bad 

 odor, is one source of asafetida. 



For previous introduction see 73192. 



107532. Ferula ceratophylla Regel and 

 Schmalh. 



No. 456. A low herbaceous perennial 

 2 to 3 feet high, with the lower leaves 

 rigid and trisect, the upper leaves 

 smaller and incised. The small yellow- 

 ish flowers are in umbels about an inch 

 across. Native to Turkistan. 



107533. Ferula diversivittata Regel 

 and Schmalh. 



No. 457. A perennial herb, native to 

 Turkistan, with the lobes of the biter- 

 nate leaves entire. 



107534. Ferula foetidissima Regel and 

 Schmalh. 



No. 458. A stout perennial herb with 

 biternate, crenate-serrate leaves. Na- 

 tive to Turkistan. 



107535. Ferula foliosa Lipsky. 

 No. 459. 



107536. Ferula karatavica Regel and 

 Schmalh. 



No. 460. A perennial herb 3 to 4 

 feet high, with broad biternate leaves 

 and umbels of small flat, ovate fruits. 

 Native to Turkistan. 



107537. Ferula ovina Boiss. 



No. 461. A tall coarse perennial 5 

 to 8 feet high, with finely divided leaves 

 a foot or more in length. Native to 

 Iran (Persia). 



107538. Ferula prangifolia Eug. Kor. 

 No. 462. 



107539. Ferula ugamica Eug. Kor. 

 No. 463. 



107478 to 107596— Continued. 



107540. Festuca elatior arundinacea 

 (Schreb.) Celak. Poaceae. 



Fescue grass. 



No. 464. 



For previous introduction see 99119. 



107541. Festuca elatior L. Poaceae. 



Meadow fescue. 

 No. 465. 



107542 to 107544. Fritillaria spp. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



107542. Fritillaria bucharica Regel. 



No. 466. A fritillaria fromi the moun- 

 tains of eastern Bokhara. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 107059. 



107543. Fritillaria sewerzowi Regel. 



No. 467. A bulbous plant with nu- 

 merous ovate to lanceolate leaves up 

 to 4 inches long and a terminal ra- 

 ceme of 5 to 12 purplish-green flowers. 

 Native to central Asia. 



107544. Fritillaria stenanthera Re- 

 gel. 



No. 468. A low bulbous plant about 3 

 inches high, with opposite, ovate ob- 

 long leaves. The small, lilac, violet- 

 spotted flowers are one-half inch long. 

 Native to Turkistan. 



107545. Gladiolus segetum Ker. Irida- 

 ceae. 



No. 469. A European gladiolus of free 

 habit, fond of warm dry soil and a 

 sunny situation, with rather small rose- 

 purple flowers. 



For previous introduction see 69854. 



107546. Hedysarum semenowii Regel and 

 Herd. Fabaceae. 



No. 470. An erect hardy herbaceous 

 perennial with purplish flowers. Native 

 to Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 73975. 



107547. Hordeum bulbosum L. Poaceae. 



Grass. 

 No. 471. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107361. 



107548. Hyacinth us atrovtolacetts 

 (Regel) Macbride. Liliaceae. Hyacinth, 



No. 472. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 106755. 



107549. Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv. 

 Poaceae. Blady grass. 



No. 473. A perennial grass native to the 

 plains and hills of central and western 

 India. The blades of this grass become 4 

 to 5 feet long. It resembles very closely 

 the esparto of Spain and north Africa, 

 and, when dried before making it into 

 pulp, it yields as high as 68 percent of 

 first-class paper-making pulp. In Queens- 

 land, Australia, this grass grows abun- 

 dantly and three crops a year may be 

 harvested. 



For previous introduction see 49637. 



107550. Incarvillea olgae Regel. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



No. 474. An erect biennial 3 to 4 feet 

 high, with opposite pinnate leaves, the 



