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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



107865 to 108014— Continued. 



107949 to 107951. Melica spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



107949. Melica altissima L. 



No. 572. Prom foothills south of 

 Alma Ata, July 23, 1934. 



For previous introduction see 84455. 



107950. Melica ciliata L. 



No. 629. From dry slopes of moun- 

 tains alone the Little Alma Ata River, 

 July 23, 1934. 



For previous introduction see 84456. 



107951. Melica cupani Guss. 



No. 591. From the mountains sur- 

 rounding Lake Issyk, east of Alma Ata, 

 July 26, 1934. A tall-growing species 

 which seems to thrive in poor dry soil. 



For previous introduction see 64954. 



107952. Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. 

 Fabaceae. Sweetclover. 



No. 626. Alma Ata Experiment Station, 

 July 22, 1934. 



107953 and 107954. Milium effusum L. 

 Poaceae. Millet grass. 



For previous introduction see 84462. 



107953. No. 611. From the mountains 

 along the Little Alma Ata River, July 

 23, 1934. 



107954. No. 673. Near Lake Issyk, east- 

 of Alma Ata, July 26, 1934. 



107955. MyricAria alopecuroides Schrenk. 

 Tamaricaceae. 



No. 542. Near Lake Issyk, east of Alma 

 Ata, July 26, 1934. A shrub with linear- 

 lanceolate leaves and dense spikes of small 

 pink flowers. Native to central Asia. 



107956. OXYTROPIS OXYPHYLLA (Pall.) DC. 



Fabaceae. 



No. 574. From the foothills southeast 

 of Alma Ata, July 24, 1934. Plants 6 to 

 12 inches high with roots 5 to 6 feet long, 

 which thrive on poor dry soil. 



For previous introduction see 107689. 



107957. Paeonia si 



Ranunculaceae. 



No. 668. From the foothills south of 

 Alma Ata, July 24, 1934. A hybrid of 

 unknown parentage. 



107958 to 107960. Papaver spp. Papavera- 

 ceae. Poppy. 



107958. Papaver croceum Ledeb. 



No. 608. Near Lake Issyk, south of 

 Alma Ata, July 26, 1934. A perennial 

 poppy, native to rocky situations in cen- 

 tral Asia. The leaves are pinnately di- 

 vided, and the flowers are orange yellow. 



107959. Papaver sp. 



No. 666. Forty miles west of Alma 

 Ata on very dry hills, July 24, 1934. 



107960. Papaver pavoninum Schrenk. 



No. 578. Stalinabad, Tajikistan, July 

 1, 1934. An annual poppy with hairy 

 pinnately parted, oblong leaves and 

 rather large, deep-pink flowers on long 

 stems. Native to the region around Ala 

 Kul, Siberia. 



107865 to 108014— Continued. 



107961. Phalaris arundinacea L. Poa- 

 ceae. Reed canary grass. 



No. 570. From the mountains south of 

 Alma Ata, July 23, 1934. A tall rough 

 grass which is a good forage plant. 



For previous introduction see 75349. 



107962. Phalaris sp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



No. 613. From the foothills near Alma 

 Ata, July 23, 1934. 



107963 to 107965. Phleum spp. Poaceae. 



Timothy. 



107963. Phleum alpindm L. 



No. 596. Near Lake Issyk, east of 

 Alma Ata, July 26, 1935. 



107964. Phleum phleoides (L.) Karst. 



No. 590. From the mountains east of 

 Alma Ata, July 24, 1934. 



107965. Phleum sp. 



No. 624. From the dry plains east 

 of Alma Ata, July 25, 1934. 



107966 to 107980. Poa spp. Poaceae. 



Bluegrass. 



107966. Poa alpina L. 



No. 652. From mountains surround- 

 ing Lake Issyk, July 26, 1934. 



107967 and 107968. Poa bulbosa L. 



107967. No. 553. From dry foothills 

 135 miles west of Alma Ata, July 

 29, 1934. 



107968. No. 663. From the steppe 

 northeast of Alma Ata, July 25, 

 1934. 



107969 to 107971. Toa pratensis L. 



Kentucky bluegrass. 



107969. No. 640. From mountains 

 near Alma Ata at 4,000 feet alti- 

 tude, July 24, 1934. 



107970. No. 662. From foothills near 

 Alma Ata, July 23, 1934. 



107971. No. 657. Mountains south of 

 Alma Ata, July 23, 1934. 



107972. Poa sp. 



No. 604. Near Lake Issyk, east of 

 Alma Ata, July 26, 1934. 



107973. Poa sp. 



No. 667. Near Alma Ata, July 1934. 



107974. Poa sp. 



No. 636. Mountains east of Alma 

 Ata, July 24, 1934. 



107975. Poa sp. 



No. 571. Mountains south of Alma 

 Ata, July 23, 1934. 



107976. Poa sp. 



No. 679. From a rocky slope in Lake 

 Issyk Canvon at 4,500 feet altitude, 

 July 25, 1934. 



107977. Poa sp. 



No. 614. Lake Issyk region at 4,500 

 feet altitude, in rocky soil, July 25, 1934. 



107978. Poa compressa L. 



No: 602. Lake Issyk, east of Alma 

 Ata, July 26, 1934. 



