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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



108835 to 108977— Continued. 



Collected north 



108925. Iris sp. 



No. 27. June 1934. 

 of Ashkhabad. 



108926 to 108928. Isatis spp. Brassica- 

 ceae. 



108926 and 108927. Isatis minima 

 Bunge. 



A low annual with oblong sinuate 

 radical leaves, linear-lanceolate stem 

 leaves, and yellow flowers. 



For previous introduction see 92985. 



108926. No. 138. June 14, 1934. Be- 

 tween Milibash and Tashkent. 



108927. No. 59. June 1934. From 

 the Repetek Sand Desert Experi- 

 ment Station, Turkmenistan. 



108928. Isatis violascens Bunge. 



No. 28. May 28, 1934. From the 

 Repetek Sand Desert Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Turkmenistan. A slender annual 

 about a foot high, with oblong-lanceo- 

 late, entire leaves and yellow flowers. 

 Native to Iran (Persia). 



For previous introduction see 92986. 



10 8 929. ECHINOSPERMUM SEMIGLABRUM 



Ledeb. Boraginaceae. 



No. 14. June 18, 1934. North of Ash- 

 khabad, in the Karakum Desert. A sand- 

 loving annual, native to somewhat salty 

 places in central Asia, with a tuft of erect 

 stems 6 to 10 inches high, obtuse-spatu- 

 late leaves, and small white flowers in 

 racemes. 



108930. Lathyrus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 42. June 26, 1934. From the 

 Kopet Dagh near Ashkhabad. 



108931. Leontice eversmanni Bunge. 

 Berberidaceae. 



No. 16. From Repetek, Turkmenistan. 

 A herbaceous perennial about a foot high, 

 with pinnatisect leaves and terminal ra- 

 cm"«3 of small yellow flowers. Native to 

 Turkistan. 



108932. Lycium ruthenicum Murr. Sol- 

 anaceae. 



No. 30. June 18, 1934. From the edge 

 of the Karakum Desert, Ashkhabad. A 

 shrub up to 6 feet high, with fascicled, 

 linear leaves about 1 inch long and small 

 purple flowers. Native to salty areas in 

 southwestern Asia. 



108933. Malcomia circinnata Boiss. 

 Brassicaceae. 



No. 72. June 8, 1934. From the Re- 

 petek Sand Desert Experiment Station, 

 Turkmenistan. An annual about a foot 

 high, with oblong-lanceolate, runcinate 

 leaves and racemes of small pale-pink 

 flowers. Native to Turkistan. 



108934. Matricaria lamellata Bunge. 

 Asteraceae. 



No. 31. From Repetek, June 23, 1934. 

 A low annual, 3 to 5 inches high, with 

 fleshy, hairy, pectinate leaves less than an 

 inch long and small flower heads, the ray 

 flowers white and the disk flowers yel- 

 low. It is a good grazing plant and is 

 native to central Asia. 



108935 to 108941. Collected in June 1934 

 in the clay foothills of the Kopet Dagh, 

 south of Ashkhabad, near the border of 

 Tran. 



108835 to 108977— Continued. 



108935. Medicago radiata 

 ceae. 



No. 57. 



L. Faba- 



108936 to 108939. Onobrychis spp. Fa- 

 baceae. 



108936. Onobrychis chorassanica 

 Bunge. 



No. 34. 



108937. Onobrychis pulchella 

 Schrenk. 



No. 33. An erect annual with 

 narrow acute leaflets, stems about 2 

 feet high, and dull-yellow flowers. 

 A forage plant native to the Soviet 

 Union. 



108938. Onobrychis sp. 



No. 80. Received under the name 

 "perrisanica," for which a place of 

 publication has not been found. 



108939. Onobrychis pulchella 

 Schrenk. 



No. 32. An annual less than a 

 foot high, with narrow leaflets and 

 pink flowers. Native to the Soviet 

 Union. 



108940. Papaver sp. Papaveraceae. 

 No. 35. 



108941. Papaver sp. Papaveraceae. 

 No. 36. 



108942. Peganum harmala L. Zygophyl- 

 laceae. 



No. 81. June 18, 1934. From the edge 

 of the Karakum Desert, near Ashkhabad. 

 In Iran this plant is used medicinally. 



108943. Pennisetum orientale L. Rich. 

 Poaceae. 



No. 45. June 19, 1934. From the foot- 

 hill^ of the Kopet Dagh, 15 miles west of 

 Ashkhabad. 



108944 to 108946. Phleum paniculatum 

 Huds. Poaceae. 



Collected June 20, 1934, in the Kopet 

 Dagh, south of Ashkhabad, near the Iran- 

 ian frontier. 



108944. No. 40. 



108945. No. 29. 



108946. No. 41. 



108947 to 108949. Poa bulbosa L. Poaceae. 



Bluegrass. 



108947. No. 37. June 1934. From 

 near Arice. Uzbekistan. 



108948. No. 44. June 14, 1934. Monti- 

 tash near Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 



108949. No. 38. From the Kopet Dagh, 

 south of Ashkhabad, in a rolling 

 wheatfield, June 20, 1934. 



108950. Prunls microcarpa Meyer. 

 Amygdalaceae. 



No. 43. June 20, 1934. From a moun- 

 tain top in the Kopet Dagh, near Ash- 

 khabad. A bush 3 to 7 feet high, with 

 coarsely serrate leaves, rosy pink flowers 

 less than an inch across, and small yel- 

 lowish or red fruits. Native to Asia 

 Minor. 



108951 to 108953. Rheum spp. Polygona- 

 ceae. 



