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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



110100 to 110151— Continued. 



110131. litis ensata Thunb. 



Russian iris. 



A very hardy Chinese form' of the 

 Russian iris, found in moist places. 



For previous introduction see 107678. 



110132. Iris songarica Schrenk. 



A densely tufted Apogon iris about 1 

 foot high, with narrow-linear, strongly 

 ribbed leaves up to a foot long and two 

 to three lilac-colored flowers over an 

 inch long. Native to central Asia. 



110133. Isatis cost at a C. A. Mey. Bras- 

 sicaceae. 



An erect bushy annual about 3 feet 

 bigh, native to northern India, with ob- 

 long leaves 3 to 4 inches long and small 

 yellow flowers in a many-branched pani- 

 cled raceme. 



110134. Libanotis subsimplex M. Popov. 

 Apiaceae. 



A hardy perennial native to the Alatau 

 Mountains, central Asia, with finely di- 

 vided leaves and umbels of small white 

 flowers. 



110135. Linum sp. Linaceae. 



Flax. 



Received under the specific name "chi- 

 onophilum," for which a place of publi- 

 cation has not been found. 



110136. Linum heterosepalum Re gel. 

 Linaceae. Flax. 



A perennial with erect stems over a 

 foot high, ovate-lanceolate leaves, and 

 corymbs of rather large yellow flowers. 

 Native to Turkistan. 



110137. Malcomia africana (Willd.) Ait. 

 Brassicaceae. 



A .summer-blooming annual about 9 

 inches high, with lanceolate dentate 

 leaves and racemes of small purple flow- 

 ers. Native to tropical Africa. 



For previous introduction see 107554. 



110138. Neogata sp. Apiaceae. 



Received under the name "urbis ma- 

 lorum," for which a place of publication 

 has not been found. 



110139. Nitraria schoberi L. Zygophyl- 

 laceae. 



A hardy, densely-branched shrub of 

 spreading habit, with small bluish-green 

 leaves and small berries which change 

 from light green through red into a vio- 

 let black. It is native to China, where 

 it grows on strongly alkaline flats. 



For previous introduction see 106621. 



110140. Oxytropis Recognita Bunge. Fa- 

 baceae. 



A stemless alpine, native to central 

 Asia, with pinnate leaves and racemes of 

 comparatively large buff-colored flowers. 



110141. PEDICULARIS DOLlCHORH IZA 



Schrenk. Scrophulariaceae. 



A hardy herbaceous perennial about a 

 foot high, with deeply pinnately cut 

 leaves resembling those of Achillea milli- 

 folium and terminal spikes of golden- 

 yellow flowers. Native to central Asia. 



110142. Polygonum songaricum Schrenk. 

 Polygonaceae. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 107981, 



110100 to 110151— Continued. 



110143. Potentilla sibirica Th. Wolf. 

 Rosaceae. 



A perennial alpine, native to Siberia, 

 with erect or ascending stems about 1 

 foot high, pinnatifid leaves, and dense 

 cymes of small yellow flowers ; closely re- 

 lated to Potentilla pennsylvanica, but not. 

 so tall and with smaller foliage. 



110144. Primula algida Adam. Primula- 



A perennial primrose, white-mealy or 

 yellow-mealy throughout, with oblong- 

 spatulate leaves and deep rose-violet flow 

 ers. It is native to marshy areas in Asia 

 Minor and is closely related to Primula 

 farinosa. 



For previous introduction see 91992. 



110145. Primula nivalis Pall. Primula- 

 ceae. 



A hardy primrose, with glabrous, some- 

 times farinose, lanceolate or oblong-ovate 

 leaves 3 to 5 inches long, and erect white 

 or purple flowers three-fourths of an inch 

 across, in a dense umbel terminating a 

 stout scape 3 to 10 inches high. A vari- 

 able species with well-marked geographi- 

 cal forms ; native to western and central 

 Asia. 



110146. Puccinellia distans (L. ) Pari. 

 Poaceae. 



An erect or decumbent perennial grass, 

 native to Europe and Asia ; naturalized 

 in the United States. 



For previous introduction see 64793. 



110147. Rheum songaricum Schrenk. 

 Polygonaceae. 



A coarse herbaceous perennial with 

 deeply cordate, reniform leaves. Native 

 to alkaline deserts in central Asia. 



110148. Rumex confertus Willd. Poly- 

 gonaceae. 



A perennial about 4 feet high, with 

 lanceolate leaves. Native to the moun- 

 tains of Asia Minor. 



110149. Rumex sp. Polygonaceae. 



110150. Semenovia transiliensis Regel 

 and Herd. Apiaceae. 



A perennial about a foot high, native 

 to central Asia, with pinnately dissected 

 leaves and compound umbels of small 

 white flowers. 



110151. Spartium junceum L. Fabaceae. 



Spanish broom. 



For previous introduction see 51151. 

 110152 to 110171. 



From Manchuria. Seeds collected by the 

 Asiatic Expedition. Received March 20, 

 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110152. AGROPYRON C R I S T A T U M (L. ) 



Gaertn. Poaceae. Crested wheatgrass. 



No. 8-1 V. September 7, 1934. From 

 Arshan-yamen, Barga District. Found in 

 sandy, half-desert soil on the border of a 

 deep valley. 



110153. Arundinella anomala Steud. Po- 

 aceae. Grass. 



No. 7-IV. September 28, 1934. Col- 

 lected at Barim station, western line of 

 the Chinese Eastern Railway, in a river 

 valley, and from a stony mountain slope. 



