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110152 to 110171— Continued. 



For previous introduction see 90130. 



110154 to 110158. Elymus spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



110154. Elymus dasystachys Trin. 



No. lSa-IV. September 5, 1934. 

 From sand dunes near the Ganjour 

 Monastery, Barga District. A perennial 

 grass 2 to 3 feet high, with creeping 

 rhizomes. Native to central Asia. 



110155 to 110158. Elymus fseudo-agro- 

 pyron Trin. 



A perennial grass with a creeping 

 rhizome and flat leaves. 



For previous introduction see 107672. 



110155. No. 9-IV. August 7, 1934. 

 From marshy alkaline shore of 

 Lake Khangai-nor, Barga District. 



110156. No. 10-IV. September 25, 

 1934. Collected on a damp saline 

 steppe north of the Manlou station, 

 western line of the Chinese Eastern 

 Railway. 



110157. No. lOa-IV. October 1934. 

 Collected on an alkaline steppe in 

 the vicinity of Manlou station, 

 western line of the Chinese East- 

 ern Railway. 



110158. No. lOc-IV. October 1934. 

 Collected on an alkaline steppe in 

 the vicinity of Manlou station, 

 western line of the Chinese East- 

 ern Railway. 



110159. Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. Faba- 

 ceae. 



No. 12-IV. October 1, 1934. Collect- 

 ed on the rocky shore of the Tal River, 

 below Barim station, western line of the 

 Chinese Eastern Railway. 



For previous introduction see 109823. 



110160. OXYTROPIS MYRIOPHYLLA (Pall.) 



DC. Fabaceae. 



No. 11-IV. September 9, 1934. Col- 

 lected near Khandagai, Barga District, on 

 the sunny side of a steep mountain slope 

 in stony half-desert soil on the road to 

 Khalym-Arshan. A stemless perennial 

 with a large root, pinnate leaves about 8 

 inches long, and purplish flowers in ra- 

 cemes. Native to the mountains of 

 Siberia. 



110161. Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. Poa- 

 ceae. 



No. 6-IV. October 24, 1934. Col- 

 lected on an alkaline steppe northeast of 

 Manlou station, western line of the Chi- 

 nese Eastern Railway. 



For previous introduction see 109828. 



110162 to 110166. Stipa spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



110162 and 110163. Stipa baicalensis 

 Roshev. 



A tufted perennial grass up to 2 feet 

 tall, native to the steppes of Siberia. 



110162. No. 4-IV. September 28, 

 1934. Collected in a river valley 

 on the mountain slope near Barim 

 station, western line of the Chi- 

 nese Eastern Railway. 



110163. No. 5-IV. September 2, 1934. 

 From a stony steppe, Tal River 

 Valley near Barim station, west- 



110152 to 110171— Continued. 



ern line of the Chinese Eastern 

 Railway. 



110164 to 110166. Stipa sibirica Lam. 



From a stony mountain slope of the 

 Tal River Valley, near Barim station, 

 western line of the Chinese Eastern 

 Railway. An erect perennial grass, na- 

 tive to Siberia, up to 4 feet tall with 

 well-developed roots. 



For previous introduction see 107703. 



110164. No. I-IV and No. Ia-IV. Sep- 

 tember 28, 1934. 



110165. No. 2-IV. July 2, 1934. 



110166. No. 3-IV. September 29. 

 1934. 



110167 and 110168. Thermopsis lanceo- 

 lata R. Br. Fabaceae. 



September 6, 1934. From sand dunes in 

 the neighborhood of the Ganjour Monas- 

 tery, Barga District. A perennial herb up 

 to 2 feet high, with oblong-lanceolate 

 leaflets and bright-yellow flowers in ter- 

 minal racemes. Native to Siberia and 

 Alaska where it is found in moist sandy 

 places. 



For previous introduction see 107705. 



110167. No. 16-IV. 110168. No. 17-IV. 



110169 and 110170. Trifolium lupinaster 

 L. Fabaceae. 



Collected on stony wooded steppes on a 

 mountain slope near Barim station, west- 

 ern line of the Chinese Eastern Railway. 



110169. No. 14-IV. September 30, 1934. 



110170. No. 15-IV. September 28, 1934. 



110171. Vicia sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 13-IV. September 28, 1934. From 

 stony steppes in the vicinity of Barim 

 station, western line of the Chinese East- 

 ern Railway. 



110172 to 110196. 



From Venezuela. Seeds collected by W. A. 

 Archer, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived March 15, 1935. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110172. Achras zapota L. Sapotaceae. 



Sapodilla. 

 No. 3109. Nispero. Collected Febru- 

 ary 24, 1935, at Valencia. A small tropi- 

 cal American tree with dark-green leath- 

 ery leaves and roundish fruits about 2 

 inches in diameter ; these have thin skin 

 and pale-brown, soft, juicy, sweet pulp. 



For previous introduction see 103804. 



110173. Centrosema pubescens Benth. 

 (Bradburya pubescens (Benth.) Kuntze). 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 3078. February 23, 1935. Col- 

 lected on the highway between Valencia 

 and El Cambul, State of Carabobo. 



110174. Brownea grandiceps Jacq. Caes- 

 alpiniaceae. 



No. 3110. Rosa de monte. Collected 

 February 26, 1935, at Valencia. A hand- 

 some evergreen tropical American tree 

 about 30 feet in height, with attractive 

 pinnate foliage and bright-red flowers in 

 large dense capitate spikes borne at the 

 ends of the branches. 



For previous introduction see 98808. 



