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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



108835 to 108977— Continued. 



108875. Astragalus sp. 



No. 101. June 13, 1934. From Mili- 

 bash on the Syr Darya. 



108876. Astragalus sp. 



No. 91. June 18. 1934. Prom the 

 Karakum Desert, north of Ashkhabad. 



108877. Astragalus sp. 



No. 121. June 21, 1934. From the 

 Ashkhabad Mountains. Excellent fod- 

 der for both grazing and hay. 



108878 and 108879. Atriplex dimorphos- 

 tegia Kar. and Kir. Chenopodiaceae. 



An annual 18 inches high, with alter- 

 nate membranous ovate leaves and termi- 

 nal or axillary inconspicuous flowers. 

 Native to dry places in Arabia and Iran. 



For previous introduction see 98205. 



108878. No. 123. June 30, 1934. From 



the Repetek Sand Desert Experiment 

 Station, Turkmenistan. 



108879. No. 107. June 18. 1934. From 

 the Karakum Desert near Ashkhabad. 



108880 to 103885. BROMUS spp. Poaceae. 



Bromegrass. 



108880 to 108883. Bromus dAnthoniae 

 Trin. 



108880. No. 131. June 19, 1934. 

 From Kopet Dagh, Ashkhabad. 



108881. No. 132. June 18, 1934. 

 From the foothills west of Ashkha- 

 bad. Found in rocky soil. 



108882. No. 133. June 14, 1934. 

 From Montitash, near Ashkhabad. 

 Turkmenistan. 



108883. No. 134. June 14. 1934. 

 Arice, Uzbekistan. 



108384. Bromus scoparius L. 



No. 13. June 14, 1934. From Mon- 

 titash, between Ashkhabad and Tash- 

 kent. An annual grass with erocf culms 

 up to 16 inches high. Native to Turkis- 

 tan. 



108885. Bromus tectorum L. 



No. 129. Collected in June 1934 at 

 the Repetek Sand Desert Station, Turk- 

 menistan. A weedy annual grass with 

 erect slender stems 1 to 2 feet tall and 

 hairy narrow leaf blades. It will pro- 

 duce a good cover crop with very little 

 rainfall. Native to Europe. 



For previous introduction see 107032. 



108886 to 108894. Calligonum spp. Po- 

 lygonaceae. 



108886 to 108891. Collected in June 

 1934 at the Repetek Sand Desert Ex- 

 periment Station, Turkmenistan. 



108886 and 108887. Calligonum ARBO- 

 rescens Litv. 



A drought-resistant shrub 10 feet 

 high. 



For previous introduction see 

 107507. 



108886. No. 5. 108887. No. 2. 



108888 and 108889. Calligonum CA- 

 put-medusae Schrenk. 



Native to northern and central 

 Asia, where it is used as a sand 

 binder. 



108835 to 108977— Continued. 



For previous introduction see 

 107508. 



108888. No. 4. 108889. No. 145. 



108890. Calligonum comosum L*Her. 



No. 7. A densely branched shrub 

 10 to 15 feet high, with minute subu- 

 late leaves and small, ovate, densely 

 spiny, nutlike fruits. Native to the 

 eastern Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see 

 106616. 



108891. Calligonum eriopodum 

 Bunge. 



No. 8. A slender-branched shrub 

 with whitish branchlets and linear- 

 subulate minute leaves which are 

 nearly deciduous. Native to Turkis- 

 tan. Used as a sand binder. 



For previous introduction see 

 107511. 



108892 to 108894. CALLIGONUM SETOSUM 

 Litv. 



A leafless shrub, native to the Cas- 

 pian region, where it is used as a sand 

 binder. 



For previous introduction see 107513. 



108892. No. 136. June 18, 1934. 

 From the Karakum Desert, north 

 of Ashkhabad. 



108893 and 108894. From the Repetek 

 Sand Desert Experiment Station, 

 Turkmenistan. June 28, 1934. 



108893. No. 6. 



108894. No. 3. 



108895 to 108897. Carex spp. Cyperaceae. 



108895. Carex desertorum Litv. 



No. 140. June 19, 1934. From west 

 of Ashkhabad on a day flat. A desert- 

 loving sedge from Turkistan with a 

 creeping rhizome, a solitary stem 2 to 8 

 inches high, and flat rigid leaves half 

 as long as the stem. 



108896. Carex physodes Bieb. 



No. 146. June 1934. From the 



Repetek Sand Desert Exoeriment Sta- 

 tion, Turkmenistan. A perennial sedce, 

 usually about 6 inches high, with fili- 

 form leaves. Native to sandy deserts 

 in Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 107517. 



108897. Carex sp. 



No. 135. June 13, 1934. From Mili- 

 bash on the Syr Darya. 



108898. Convolvulus divaricatus Regel 

 and Schrualh. Convolvulaceae. 



No. 137. June 1934. From the Renetek 

 Sand Desert Experiment Station. Turk- 

 menistan. A densely hairy, erect or 

 ascending plant with small ovate, acute, 

 sessile leaves two-fifths of an inch long 

 and very small terminal or axillary flow- 

 ers. Native to sandy places near Chiva, 

 central Asia. 



For previous introductions see 98211. 



108899. Corispermum papillosum 

 (Kuntze) Iljin. Chenopodiaceae. 



No. 143. June 18, 1934. From the 

 Karakum Desert near Ashkhabad. A low 

 bushy plant up to a foot high, with slen- 

 der, arched branches. The lower leaves 



