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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



107645 to 107717— Continued. 



garden ; apparently a domesticated plant. 

 It is reported that the Chinese eat it. 



107691. Papaver sp. Papaveraceae. 



Poppy. 



No. 62. September 12, 1934. Hailar. 

 A hardy, everbiooming poppy found on high 

 sand ridges. The lemon-yellow flowers are 

 IMj to 2 inches across. 



107692. Phragmitbs sp. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 56. September 12, 1934. Hailar. 

 A wet-land grass, 4 to 6 feet tall, found 

 occasionally on low ground on the river 

 plain. 



107693 to 107695. Poa sphondylodes Trin. 

 Poaceae. Bluegrass. 



Found along the edges of sand dunes 

 and in depressions on the plains in the 

 vicinity of Hailar. A good grazing grass. 



For previous introduction see 64786. 



107693. No. 3. August 5, 1934. 



107694. Plants. 



107695. No. 19. August 15, 1934. 



107696. Rosa sp. Rosaceae. Rose. 



No. 61. September 12, 1934. Hailar. 

 Hardy plants, 1 to 3 feet tall, densely 

 covered with small spines, found in wind- 

 blown sand, and usually growing in 

 clumps. The large red hips are abun- 

 dantly produced. 



107697. Salix sp. Salicaceae. Willow. 

 Plants. 



107698. Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. Po- 

 aceae. Millet. 



September 21, 1934. From the North 

 Manchurian Railroad Experiment Station, 

 Harbin. 



107699. Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. Po- 

 aceae. Grass. 



No. 40. August 30, 1934. A common 

 grazing grass around Hailar, especially in 

 the river delta. 



107700 to 107704. Stipa spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



107700. Stipa capillata L. Feathergrass. 



No. 33. August 24, 1934. Hailar. A 

 slender grass, up to 4 feet high, found 

 in small bunches on both the sand ridges 

 and plains. The abundant seeds are 

 scattered by the wind as soon as ma- 

 ture. 



107701 to 107703. Stipa sibirica Lam. 



An upright perennial grass, native to 

 Siberia, up to 4 feet tall, with well-de- 

 veloped roots. It is found commonly in 

 scattered bunches on the sand ridges 

 and on the plains near Hailar. 



107701. No. 17. August 13, 1934. 



107702. No. 24. August 20, 1934. 



107703. No. 38. August 30, 1934. 



107704. Stipa speendens Trin. 



Feathergrass. 



No. 22, August 20, 1934. Hailar. 

 Erect, slender, dark-green plants over 

 4 feet tall, found in the sand. The 

 abundant seed heads shatter as soon as 

 the seed is ripe. 



107645 to 107717— Continued. 



107705. Thermopsis lanceolata R. Br. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 8. August 10, 1934. Hailar. A 

 perennial herb up to 2 feet high, with 

 oblong-lanceolate leaflets and bright-yellow 

 flowers in terminal racemes. Native to 

 Siberia and Alaska, where it is found in 

 moist sandy places. 



107706 and 107707. Trifolium lupinaster 

 L. Fabaceae. Clover. 



A wild clover, scantily furnished with 

 foliage, that can withstand severe drought 

 and is able to grow on very poor soil. 



107706. No. 43. September 3, 1934. 

 Hailar. 



107707. No. 52. September 12, 1934. 

 Hailar. 



107708 to 107715. Vicia spp. Fabaceae. 



Vetch. 



107708. Vicia amoena Fisch. 



No. 28. August 24, 1934. Hailar, on 

 a sandy ridge. A perennial hairy 

 vetch, native to Siberia, with stems 

 up to 2 feet high and purplish flowers. 



107709 and 107710. Vicia AMOENA OB- 

 longipolia Regel. 



A variety with climbing, mailtiple- 

 branched stems 6 to 8 feet long and 

 elongate-oblong leaflets. The seed pods 

 open as soon as the seed is mature. 

 Native to eastern Siberia. 



107709. No. 

 Hailar. 



August 11, 1934. 



107710. No. 27. August 20, 1934. 

 Hailar. 



107711 and 107712. VlClA PSEUDO-OROBUS 

 Fisch. and Mey. 



Received as Vicia tanakae, now con- 

 sidered to be identical with the above 

 species. A giant vetch, probably per- 

 ennial, with many-branched stems 6 to 

 8 feet long, large leaflets, the basal ones 

 over 2 inches long, and abundant flow- 

 ers. Found growing in sand and climb- 

 ing over shrubs. 



107711. No. 26. August 20, 1934. 

 Hailar. 



107712. No. 32. August 24, 1934. 

 Hailar. 



107713. Vicia sp. 



No. 36. September 3, 1934. Hailar. 



107714. Vicia sp. 



No. 12. June 6, 1934. Tokyo, Japan. 

 A small feathery-leaved vetch resem- 

 bling Vicia wonantha, but smaller. 

 Found growing among grasses as a vol- 

 unteer in the Imperial Palace grounds. 



107715. Vicia sp. 



No. 13. June 6, 1934. Tokyo, Japan. 

 A vetch which resembles Vicia villosa 

 except that the young stems are gla- 

 brous. Found among grasses as a vol- 

 unteer in the Imperial Palace grounds. 



107716. (Undetermined.) 



Plants of an undetermined grass. 



107717. (Undetermined.) 



Plants of an undetermined grass. 



