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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



111249 to 111331— Continued. 



111312. Phalaris minor Retz. 



For previous introduction see 109540. 



111313. Phalaris paradoxa L. 



An annual tufted grass over 2 feet 

 high, native to the Mediterranean coun- 

 tries. 



For previous introduction see 44697. 



111314 to 111316. Phleum spp. Poaceae. 



Timothy. 



111314. Phleum michelii All. 

 Native to southern Europe. 



For previous introduction see 30233. 



111315 and 111316. Phleum pratense 

 L. 



111317 to 111320. Poa spp. Poaceae. 



Bluegrass. 



111317. Poa annua L. 



For previous introduction see 78802. 



111318. Poa badensis Haenke. 



A tufted perennial grass ; native to 

 central Europe. 



111319. Poa sp. 



111320. Poa sp. 



111321. POLYPOGON MONSPELIENSIS (L.) 



Desf. Poaceae. 



An annual European grass up to 2 feet 

 high. 



For previous introduction see 109143. 



111322. Secale cereals L. Poaceae. Rye. 

 111S23 to 111326. Sesleria spp. Poaceae. 



111323 and 111324. Sesleria coerulea 



Arduino. 



Moor grass. 



A hardy, blue-gray, perennial grass 

 over a foot high, native to the British 

 Isles. 



For previous introduction see 53159. 



111325 and 111326. Sesleria rigida 

 Henff. Grass. 



A perennial grass, usually less than 

 a foot high ; native to central Europe. 



111327. Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. Po- 

 aceae. 



111328. Sporobolus sp. Poaceae. 



111329. Stipa capillata L. Poaceae. 



Feathergrass. 



For previous introduction see 109376. 



111330. Tragus berteronianus Schult. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



111331. Uniola latifolia Michx. Poa- 

 ceae. Grass. 



111332 and 111333. Phleum pratense 

 L. Poaceae. Timothy. 



From England. Seeds purchased from 

 A. G. Leighton Ltd., Whitchurch, Shrop- 

 shire. Received June 12, 1935. 



Early varieties ; introduced for Depart- 

 ment specialists. 



111332. No. S-48. 



111333. No. S-50. 



111334 to 111338. 



From Mexico. Seeds and bulbs presented 

 by Dr. C. A. Purpus, Huatusco, Vera 

 Cruz. Received June 7, 1935. 



111334 to 111336. Aechmea spp. Bromeli- 

 aceae. 



111334. Aechmea 

 Griseb. 



BRACTEATA 



(Sw.) 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 110838. 



111335. Aechmea mexicana Baker. 



For previous introduction and descrip- 

 tion see 110389. 



111336. Aechmea 

 Griseb. 



nudicaulis 



(L.) 



A species widely distributed in tropi- 

 cal America. The horny strap-shaped 

 leaves, 2 to 3 feet long, are armed with 

 small triangular marginal prickles, and 

 the pale lemon-yellow flowers are in a 

 lax drooping spike on a peduncle 1 to 2 

 feet long. 



For previous introduction see 89440. 



111337. Zephyranthes sp. Amaryllida- 

 ceae. 



Bulbs of a variety with white flowers. 



111338. Zephyranthes sp. Amaryllida- 

 ceae. 



Bulbs of a variety with dark-red flow- 

 ers. 



111339 and 111340. Pinus sylvestris 

 L. Pinaceae. Scotch pine. 



From' the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by G. N. Shlykov, 

 Head of Department of New Cultures and 

 Introduction, Lenin Academy of Agricul- 

 tural Sciences, Leningrad. Received June 

 4, 1935. 



Local varieties of Scotch pine from White 

 Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; 

 introduced for Department specialists. 



111339. No. 2031. 



111340. No. 2186. Received under the 

 varietal name rigensis. 



111341. Dalbergta cochinchinensis 

 Pierre. Fabaceae. 



From Cuba. Seeds presented by R. M. 

 Grey, Superintendent, Atkins Institution 

 of the Arnold Arboretum, Soledad, Cien- 

 fuegos, through F. G. Walsingham. Re- 

 ceived June 4, 1935. 



Originally from the Botanic Gardens, 

 Saigon, Cochin-China. A large tropical 

 evergreen tree with a maximum height of 

 about 80 feet, pinnate leaves 6 to 8 inches 

 long, and small white flowers in axillary 

 panicles 3 to 6 inches long. Native to 

 Cochin-China. 



111342. Ulmus Americana L. Ulma- 

 ceae. American elm. 



From Canada. Cuttings presented by H. F. 

 Roberts, Department of Botany, Univer- 

 sity of Manitoba, Winnipeg. Received 

 June 19, 1935. 



Winnipeg elm ; introduced for Department 



specialists. 



