JANUARY 1 TO MARCH 31, 1935 



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108835 to 108977— Continued. 



108847. Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) 

 Beauv. 



No. 122. June 13, 1934. At Mili- 

 bash on the Syr Darya. 



For previous introduction see 108435. 



108848 and 108849. Agropyron SQUAR- 

 rosum (Roth) Link. 



A perennial grass of possible use as 

 forage. 



For previous introduction see 92961. 



108848. No. 92. June 18, 1934. Ash- 

 khabad, at the edge of the desert. 



168849. No. 118. June 28, 1934. 

 Repetfck Sand Desert Station, Turk- 

 menistan. 



108850. Allium sabulosum Stev. Lilia- 

 ceae. 



No. 112. June 28, 1934. From the 

 Repetek Sand Desert Station, Turkmenis- 

 tan. A yellow-flowered allium, from sandy 

 places in eastern Turkistan, with terete, 

 filiform leaves. The flowers are in lax 

 globular heads. 



108851 and 108852. AmmOD-endron CONOL- 

 lyi Bunge. Fabaceae. 



An evergreen, silky-leaved shrub, native 

 to Siberia, and used as a rand binder. 

 Collected at the Repetek Sand Desert Ex- 

 periment Station, Turkmenistan, June 28, 

 1934. 



For previous introduction see 101978. 



108851. No. 98. .108852. No. 124. 



108853 and 108854. Ammothamnus leh- 

 manni Bunge. Fabaceae. 



A much-branched shrub up to 2 feet 

 high, with compound pinnate leaves, the 

 leaflets cuneate obovate and one-half inch 

 long. The small white flowers are in long, 

 lax racemes. Native to Turkistan. Col- 

 lected near the edge of the Karakum 

 Desert, June 18, 1934. 



108853. No. 106. 108854. No. 73. 



108855. Amygdalus spinosissima Bunge. 

 Amygdalaceae. 



No. 89. From Kopet Dagh, south of 

 Ashkhabad, near the Persian border, June 

 19, 1934. A wild almond. 



For previous introduction see 86302. 



108856. Amygdalus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



No. 88. From Kopet Dagh, near Ash- 

 khabad, June 21, 1934. A wild almond. 



108857 to 108865. Aristida spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



108857 to 108860. Aristida pennata 

 karelini Trin. and Rupr. 



A perennial grass of possible value as 

 a forage crop. 



For previous introduction see 106844. 



108857 to 108859. Collected at the 

 Repetek Sand Desert Experiment 

 Station where they were growing in 

 moving sand. 



108857. No. 128. 108859. No. 85. 



108858. No. 113. 



108860. No. 125. Collected June 27, 

 1934, 15 miles west of Repetek, 

 at Behl Kaduk Wells in the Kara- 

 kum Desert, Turkmenistan. 



108835 to 108977— Continued. 



108861 to 108865. Aristida pennata 

 minor Litv. 



A perennial grass, of possible value 

 as a forage crop. 



For previous introduction see 98204. 



108861. No. 87. June 27, 1934. From 

 Behl Kaduk Wells in the Karakum 

 Desert, west of Repetek, Turkmen- 

 istan. 



108862. No. 109. June 18, 1934. Col- 

 lected north of Ashkhabad at the 

 edge of sand hills, Turkmenistan. 



108863 to 108865. June 28, 1934 ; from 

 the sands at Repetek, Turkmen- 

 istan. 



108863. No. 127. 



108864. No. 86. 



108865. No. 94. 



108866 to 108877. Astragalus spp. Faba- 

 ceae. 



108866 and 108867. Astragalus alope- 

 cias Pall. 



June 18, 1934. From the Karakum 

 Desert north of Ashkhabad. A peren- 

 nial with white-woolly ovate leaflets and 

 pale-yellow flowers. Native to central 

 Asia. 



For previous introduction see 106846. 



108866. No. 116. 108867. No. 119. 



108868 and 108869. Astragalus ammo- 

 dendron Bunge. 



June 18, 1934. From the Karakum 

 Desert, north of Ashkhabad. A large 

 shrub native to sandy places near the 

 Caspian Sea. The pinnate leaves have 

 three leaflets, and the small purplish 

 flowers are in short racemes. 



Received under the varietal name 

 "confirmans," for which a place of pub- 

 lication has not been found. 



For previous introduction see 94925. 



108868. No. 103. 108869. No. 115. 



108870 and 108871. Astragalus chiwen- 

 sis Bunge. 



June 18, 1934. From the Karakum 

 Desert, north of Ashkhabad. An erect, 

 densely villous herb wiih pinnate leaves, 

 the leaflets roundish and refuse. The 

 light-yellowish flowers are in lax ra- 

 cemes. Native to Turkistan. 



108870. No. 104. 



108871. No. 120. 



108872. Astragalus sp. 



No. 105. June 18, 1934. From the 

 Karakum Desert. Received under the 

 name "drobowii," for which a place of 

 publication has not been found. 



108873. Astragalus maximowiczii 

 Trautv. 



No. 117. Collected near Ashkhabad. 

 A yellow-flowered herb with long white- 

 hairy compound leaves, the leaflets 

 broadly elliptic, obtuse. The flowers 

 are in dense axillary spikes. Native to 

 Turkistan. 



108874. Astragalus paucijugus 

 Schrenk. 



No. 11. June 23, 1934. Found on 

 moving sands at Repetek. 



