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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



110618 to 110633— Continued. 



110632. SOLANUM SISYMBRIFOLIUM Lam. 



A plant with small round black 

 fruits. 



For previous introduction see 93098. 



110633. SOLANUM TRIFLORUM CALOPHYL- 



lum (Phil.) Bitter. 



A coarse annual nightshade, native 

 to Argentina and Chile. 



110634 to 110637. Festuca spp. Poa- 

 ceae. Fescue. 



From New South Wales. Seeds presented by 

 G. D. Ross, Under Secretary, .Department 

 of Agikulture, -Sydney. Received April 

 24, 1985. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110634 and 110S35. Festuca elatior L. 



Meadow fescue. 



arundinacea 

 Red fescue. 



110636. Festuca elatior 

 (Schrtb.) Wimm. 



110837. Festuca rubra L. 



110633 to 110663. 



From Sweden. Seeds presented by Dr. A. 

 H. Mugnusson. .Director, Botanic Garden, 

 Goteborg. lieceived ^.pril 22, PJ35. 



Introduced for Department specialists. 



110638 to Ha6i8. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



Onion. 



110638. Allium cernuum Roth. 



Nodding onion. 



For previous introduction see 66125. 



1108o9. ALLIUM DELICATULUH SieverS. 



A Siberian allium about a foot high, 

 with three or four hliiorm leaves and 

 straw-coioieu flowers in flat umbels. 



11084a. Allium flavum L. 



A wild onion with an upright or 

 ascending stem up to a foot high, nar- 

 rowly linear leaves about as long as 

 the stem, and sinaii yei^ow bell-shape<t 

 flowers m a rather dense cluster. Na- 

 tive to dry rocky plates, especially in 

 chalky soil, in South-central Europe. 



For. previous introduction see 104632. 



110641. Allium frigidum Boiss. and 

 Heidr. 



An allium with stems 3 to 5 inches 

 higii, two to three semi-terete leaves, 

 anu small umbels of reddish-yellow 

 flowers. Native to Greece. 



110842. Allium heldreichii Boiss. 



A Grecian species, a foot or less in 

 height with thin terete leaves shorter 

 tiiun the scape and rosy flowers. 



For previous introduction see 58873. 



11G84J. Allium odorum L. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see Ii05o2. 



110644. ALLIUM PULCHELLUM Don. 



An onion with narrow-linear leaves 

 about 1 foot long and a rather dense 

 umbel of beil-sliaped, violet flowers. 

 is a due to Asia Minor. 



For previous introduction see 104634. 



110638 to 110663— Continued. 



110645. Allium senescens L. 



A wild European onion, 1 to 2 feet 

 high, with narrow erect often twisted 

 leaves and numeious rather small pink 

 or lilac flowers in dense heads. 



For previous introduction see 78993. 



110646. Allium stellatum Fraser. 

 For previous introduction see 78994. 



110647. Allium tanguticum Regel. 

 For previous introduction see 110226. 



110648. Allium victorialis L. 



For previous introduction see 108779. 

 110649 to 110652. Festuca spp. Poaceae. 



Fescue, 



110649 r Festuca ovina brachyphylla 



(Schult.) Piper. Aipine fescue. 



An alpine perennial grass, native to 

 central Europe. 



110650. Fesiuca ovtna indigesta 

 (Boiss.) Hack. 



A dwarf perennial grass, native to 

 Spain at altitudes between 6,000 and 

 9,000 feet. 



110651. Festuca varia alpestris 

 (Roem. and Schult.) Hack. 



A perennial grass, native to the 

 mountains of central Europe, with 

 culms 1 to 2 feet high. 



110652. Festuca varia scoparia Kern, 

 and Hack. 



A perennial grass about a foot high, 

 native to western Europe. 



110653. Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench. 

 Convolvulac^ae. Scarlet starglory. 



For previous introduction see 97783. 



110654 to 110656. Lycopersicon esculen- 

 tum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato, 



110857. Rheum alexandrae Batal. Poiy- 

 gonaceae. 



A stout herbaceous perennial, native to 

 China, with a rosette of elliptic-ovate, 

 dark, glossy-green leaves, and flower stems 

 3 to 4 feet high, bearing large pale-yel- 

 low, overlapping leaflike bracts. 



For previous introduction see 105159. 



110658 to 110663. Solanum spp. Solana- 

 ceae. 



110658. Solanum aviculare Forst. f. 



Nightshade. 

 A bushy shrub, 6 to 8 feet high, with 

 laciniate leaves 10 inches long, small 

 cymes of large dark-purple flowers, and 

 yUiOwish fiuits 1 incn in diameter 

 which are used for making marmalade. 



For previous introduction see 9539.7. 



110659. Solanum gracile Otto. 



A slender branching perennial about 

 2 feet higii, with oval to oblong-lanceo- 

 late leaves and white flowers in small 

 racemes, followed by black berries. 

 Native to tropical America. 



11C6G0. Solanum heperodoxum Dun. 



A tall annual, native to Mexico, with 

 pilose stems 2 to 3 feet high, lobed 

 leaves, and pale-blue flowers lollowed 

 by black berries. 



