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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



107865 to 108014— Continued. 



107894. No. 655. 



107895. No. 672. 



107896. Berberis heteropoda Schrenk. 

 Berberidaceae. Turkistan barberry. 



No. 674. Mountains south of Alma Ata, 

 July 23, 1934. A handsome spreading 

 shrub up to 6 feet high, with spines, when 

 present, often 2 inches long ; and broadly 

 oval, pale blue-green, entire leaves an inch 

 or two in length. The fragrant orange 

 flowers are in five- to seven-flowered 

 racemes, and the dark-blue berries are 

 covered with a glaucous bloom. Native to 

 Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 65238. 



107897. BRACHYPODIUM PINNAiTUM (L.) 



Beauv. Poaceae. 



No. 627. From the foothills near Alma 

 Ata, July 23, 1934. A perennial grass* 

 used for grazing. 



For previous introduction see 106020. 



107898 to 107901. Bromds spp. Poaceae. 

 Bromegrass. 



107898. Bromus inermis Leyss. 



No. 618. From the steppe northeast 

 of Alma Ata, July 25, 1934. Variety 

 sibiricus. 



107899. Bromus sp. 



No. 642. From the foothills near 

 Alma Ata, July 23, 1934. 



107900. Bromus sp. 



No. 562. From the alkali steppe 95 

 miles west of Alma Ata, July 29, 1934. 



107901. Bromus arvensis L. 



No. 610. From the mountains south 

 of Alma Ata, July 23, 1934. 



107902. Cicer sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 543. From the mountains near 

 Alma Ata, July 27, 1934. Received under 

 the name "Zangonicum," for which a place 

 of publication has not been found. 



107903 to 107905. Codonopsis ovata Benth. 

 Campanulaceae. 



A decumbent perennial up to 12 inches 

 high, with small, ovate, acute or obtuse, 

 hairy leaves less than an inch long. The 

 bell-shaped flowers, about an inch long, 

 white or pale blue speckled inside, are on 

 long terminal peduncles. Native to the 

 Himalayas. 



107903. No. 548. Mountains above Lake 

 Issyk, near Alma Ata, July 26, 1934. 



107904. No. 647. Mountains near Alma 

 Ata, July 23, 1934. A form with 

 beautiful white bell-shaped flowers. 



107905. No. 659. Mountains east of 

 Alma Ata, July 24, 1934. A form 

 with blue-tinged white flowers. 



107906. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. 

 Poaceae. Bermuda grass. 



No. 556. Collected en route from Alma 

 Ata to Frunze, July 29, 1934. 



107907. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. 



Orchard grass. 



No. 684. From foothills en route from 

 Alma Ata to Frunze, July 29, 1934. 



107865 to 108014— Continued. 



107908. Delphinium sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Larkspur. 



No. 633. From the mountains south of 

 Alma Ata, July 23, 1934. A form with 

 blue flowers. 



107909. Delphinium sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Larkspur. 



No. 653. En route to Alma Ata, July 

 21, 1934. A form with yellow flowers. 



107910 to 107912. Elymus spp. Poaceae. 



Wild-rye. 



107910 and 107911. Elymus sibiricus L. 



A tall grass with heavy overhanging 

 heads ; a promising grass for forage. 



For previous introduction see 90139. 



107910. No. 616. From the rocky 

 shore of Issyk Lake Canyon at 4,500 

 feet altitude, July 25, 1934. 



107911. No. 665. Issyk, east of Alma 

 Ata, July 25, 1934. 



107912. Elymus giganteus Vahl. 



Siberian wild-rye. 



No. 561. From the steppe 115 miles 

 west of Alma Ata in alkali soil, July 

 29, 1934. 



107913. Eremurus altaiacus (Pall.) Stev. 

 Liliaceae. 



No. 682. Alma Ata, July 23, 1934. An 

 ornamental desert plant with long linear 

 leaves forming a rosette from which rises 

 a columnar spike of star-shaped rosy- 

 purple flowers. 



107914. Eremurus sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 622. From foothills southeast of 

 Alma Ata, July 24, 1934. 



107915. Erysimum sp. Brassicaceae. 



No. 676. Near Lake Issyk, July 26, 

 1934. A plant with bright-orange flowers. 



107916 to 107927. Festuca spp. Poaceae. 



Fescue. 



107916. Festuca elatior L. 



Meadow fescue. 



No. 641. Alma Ata Experiment Sta- 

 tion, July 22, 1934. 



107917. Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill. 



Great fescue. 



No. 685. Foothills southeast of Alma 

 Ata, July 24, 1934. A shady grass up 

 to 3 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 99125. 



107918. Festuca elatior L. 



Meadow fescue. 



No. 686. Alma Ata Experiment Sta- 

 tion, July 22, 1934. A loosely tufted 

 perennial grass with short creeping root- 

 stalks and erect stems up to 4 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 107056. 



107919. Festuca sp. 



No. 547. Mountains southeast of 

 Alma Ata, July 24, 1934. 



107920. Festuca ovina duriuscula (L.) 

 Koch. 



No. 588. Foothills southeast of Alma 

 Ata, July 24, 1934. 



