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107478 to 107596— Continued. 



leaflets linear, oblong, and acute. The 

 bell-shaped purple flowers are about an 

 inch long. Native to central Asia. 



107551. Inula grandis Schrenk. Astera- 

 ceae. 



No. 475. A bushy perennial with oblong 

 leathery dentate-serrate leaves 6 to 8 

 inches long and yellow-rayed flowers. 

 Native to Manchuria. 



107552, IXIOLIRION TATARICUM (Pall.) 



Herbert. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 476. A bulbous herbaceous peren- 

 nial which is native from the Caucasus 

 through central Asia. 



For previous introduction see 30817. 



107553. Lachnophyllum gossypinum 

 Bunge. Asteraceae. 



No. 478. An annual composite related 

 to erigeron, with slender stems, oblong 

 leaves about one-half inch long, and small 

 blue flower heads. Native to central Asia. 



107554. Malcomia apricana (Willd.) Ait. 

 Brassicaceae. 



No. 479. An annual about 9 inches 

 high, with lanceolate dentate leaves and 

 small purple flowers. Native to tropical 

 Africa. 



107555. Malcomia turkestanica Litv. 

 Brassicaceae. 



No. 480. An annual with rigid stems 

 about a foot high, with narrow-lanceolate, 

 acute leaves about an inch long and small 

 violet-rose flowers in elongated racemes. 

 Native to Turkistan. 



107556 to 107560. Medicago spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Medick. 



107556. Medicago falcata L. 

 No. 481. 



107557. Medicago lupulina L. 



Black medick. 



No. 482. 



107558. Medicago minima (L.) Gruf- 

 berg. 



No. 483. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 106886. 



107559. Medicago orbicularis (L.) All. 

 No. 484. 



107560. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



No. 485. 



107561 to 107563. Melilotus spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Sweetclover. 



107561. Melilotus alba Desr. 



White sweetclover. 

 No. 486. 



107562. Melilotus indica (L.) All. 

 No. 487. 



107563. Melilotus officinalis (L.) 

 Lam. 



No. 488. 



107564 to 107568. Onobrychis spp. Faba- 

 ceae. 



107564. Onobrychis grandis Lipsky. 



No. 489. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107087. 



107478 to 107596— Continued. 



107565. Onobrychis chorassanica 

 Bunge. 



No. 490. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 106887. 



107566. Onobrychis micrantha 

 Schrenk. 



No. 506. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 106888. 



107567. Onobrychis pulchella Schrenk. 



No. 491. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 107088. 



107568. Onobrychis vulgaris Hill. 



Sanfoin. 



No. 492. 



107569. Phleum paniculatum Huds. Po- 

 aceae. Timothy. 



No. 494. 



107570. Phleum sp. Poaceae. 

 No. 493. 



107571. Poa bulbosa L. Poaceae. Grass. 

 No. 495. Wild alfalfa. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107386. 



107572. Poa sp. Poaceae. Grass. 

 No. 496. 



107573. Polygonum baldschuanicum Re- 

 gel. 



No. 498. A large perennial 10 to 15 feet 

 high, with a woody stem, cordate-hastate 

 leaves, and terminal and axillary pani- 

 cles of small reddish flowers. Native to 

 Bokhara. 



For previous introduction see 13599. 



107574. Prosopis stephaniana (Bieb.) 

 Kunth. Mimosaceae. 



No. 499. A deep-rooted shrubby legume 

 which grows abundantly on dry lands in 

 the island of Cyprus. Sheep and cattle 

 browse on it and the bees make good 

 honey from its abundant flowers. 



For previous introduction see 105816. 



107575. Salsola ap.borescens richleri 

 Karel. Chenopodiaceae. 



No. 500. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 106900. 



107576. Salsola subafhylla Meyer. 

 Chenopodiaceae. 



No. 501. A leafless, much-branched 

 shrub about a foot high, native to desert 

 places on the shores of the Caspian Sea. 



For previous introduction see 105818. 



107577. Scaligeria allioides Boiss. Api- 

 aceae. 



No. 504. A low herbaceous perennial 1 

 to 2 feet high, with pinnately incised 

 leaves and white or pinkish flowers in 

 umbels nearly 2 inches "across. Native to 

 Iran (Persia). 



