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108835 to 108977— Continued. 



are oblanceolate, the upper ones almost 

 linear. Native to Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 92977. 



108900. Crambe kotochyana Boiss. Bras- 

 sicaceae. 



No. 130. Collected June 18, 1934, about 

 10 miles west of Ashkhabad in rocky soil. 

 An erect herb with rounded-ovate dentate 

 leaves 7 to 9 inches long and large white 

 flowers. Native to Iran (Persia). 



For previous introduction see 107520. 



108901 to 108905. Cucumis melo L. Cu- 

 curbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



Presented by Director Frezi, Peoples 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, Chardjui, 

 Turkmenistan, June 24, 1934. 



108901. No. 67. Orange gulabe. From 

 Keike ; their best selection. 



108902. No. 68. Persian gulabe. 



108903. No. 69. Green Chardjui gulabe. 



108904. No. 70. Black Chiva gulabe. 



108905. No. 71. Brown Chardjui gulabe. 

 Large meat, but not so sweet. 



108906. Cutandia memphitica (Spreng.) 

 Richter. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 1. June 28, 1934. From the Repe- 

 tek Sand Desert Experiment Station, 

 Turkmenistan. A perennial grass of pos- 

 sible value as forage. 



For previous introduction see 92978. 



108907. Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. 



Orchard grass. 



No. 11. Collected June 20, 1934, in 

 the Ashkhabad Mountains. 



108908. Danthonia forskalii Trin. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



No. 9. June 27, 1934. From the Repe- 

 tek Sand Desert Experiment Station. 

 Turkmenistan. A tufted perennial grass 

 about 16 inches tall, with broad linear 

 leaves over 2 inches long. Native to sandy 

 places in Egypt. 



108909 and 108910. Delphinium campto- 

 carpum Fisch. and Mey. Ranunculaceae. 



A somewhat bushy annual 6 inches high, 

 with biternate leaves and small grayish- 

 blue flowers. Native to sandy places in 

 southeastern Europe. 



For previous introduction see 106873. 



108909. No. 10. From the Repetek Sand 

 Desert Experiment Station, Turkmen- 

 istan. 



108910. No. 111. Collected June 18, 

 1934, in the Karakum Desert. 



108911. Dianthus sp. Silenaceae. 



No. 144. June 21, 1934. From the 

 Kopet Dagh, near Ashkhabad. 



108912 and 108913. Elymus caput-medusae 

 L. Poaceae. 



108912. No. 26. June 13, 1934. From 

 Arice, Uzbekistan. 



108913. No. 24. June 14, 1934. From 

 the foothills west of Ashkhabad in 

 dry rocky soil. 



108835 to 108977— Continued. 



108914. Ephedra strobilacea B u n g e. 

 Gnetaceae. 



No. 12. June 23, 1934. Renetek Sand 

 Desert Experiment Station, Turkmenistan. 

 A large bushy shrub about 6 feet high, 

 with irregularly whorled, terete, yellow- 

 ish branches and minute triangular leaves. 

 Native to central Asia. 



108915. Eremosparton flaccidum Litv. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 17. June 23, 1934. Repetek. A 

 bushy tree about 15 feet high, native to 

 sandy places in the Transcaspian region. 

 The branches are threadlike and limp, 

 and the small flowers are dark violet. 



For previous introduction see 98213. 



108916. Eremostachys sp. Menthaceae. 



No. 75. Collected June 14, 1934, be- 

 tween Milibash and Tashkent. An erect 

 perennial with large dentate leaves, 

 mostly radical. The yellowish flowers are 

 in dense whorls. 



108917. Ferula badrakema K.-Pol. Apia- 

 ceae. 



No. 150-G. June 17, 1934. From the 

 Repetek Sand Desert Experiment Station, 

 Turkmenistan. A large coaise perennial, 

 4 to 5 feet high, with pinnatisect leaves 

 and whitish flowers in dense terminal 

 umbels. Native to the Transcaspian 

 region. 



108918. Fritillaria karelini (Fisch.) 

 Baker. Liliaceae. 



No. 47. June 18, 1934. From the 

 Kopet Dagh near Ashkhabad. A dwarf 

 compact species, with flowers which vary 

 from pink to lilac, in 3- to 12-flowered 

 racemes. 



For previous introduction see 61423. 



108919. Hedysarum wightianum Aitch. 

 and Baker. 



No. 20. June 21, 1934. From the 

 mountains near Ashkhabad. A low shrub 

 up to a foot high, with compound leaves 

 2 to 4 inches long and small reddish- 

 yellow flowers in racemes. Native to Af- 

 ghanistan. 



108920 to 108923. Hordeum spp. Poaceae. 



108920 and 108921. Hordeum bulbosum 

 L. Grass. 



108920. No. 22. June 20, 1934. From 

 the Kopet Dagh, south of Ashkha- 

 bad. 



108921. No. 25. June 20, 1934. 

 From the Ashkhabad Mountains. 



108922. Hordeum murinum L. Grass. 



No. 21. June 1934. From Montitash 

 near Arice, Uzbekistan. 



For previous introduction see 99130. 



108923. Hordeum spontaneum C. Koch. 



Barley. 



No. 23. June 1934. From the Kopet 

 Dagh, south of Ashkhabad. 



For previous introduction see 107062. 



108924. Iris filifolia Boiss. Iridaceae. 



No. 58. June 1934. From the Repetek 

 Sand Desert Experiment Station, Turk- 

 menistan. An iris with pale-green fili- 

 form leaves 2 feet or more long and 

 violet-purple flowers about 1 inch long on 

 a scape 2 feet high. Native to Spain. 



