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129572 to 129586— Continued 



129578 to 129586. Rosa spp. Rosaceae. Rose. 



129578. Rosa beggekiana Schrenk. 



No. 84. A dense prickly shrub 4 to 8 feet high, with oval or elliptic, bluish 

 or grayish-green leaflets. The flowers, in large or small corymbs, are white 

 or rarely pink and about 1 inch across ; the fruits are very dark red. Native 

 to northern Iran [Persia] and Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 116205. 



129579. Rosa gebleriana Schrenk. 



No. 85. A rose with erect prickly stems, leaves of 9 to 11 ovate-oblong 

 leaflets, and corymbs of white or pale yellow flowers. Allied to Rosa laxa. 

 Native to the Altai region. 



129580. Rosa persica Michx. Persian rose. 



No. 86. A low straggling shrub 1 to 3 feet high, with simple oval to oblong 

 glaucous leaves and small yellow flowers. It is native to dry clayey ridges 

 and alkaline loess plains from northern Iran [Persia] to Siberia. 



For previous introduction see 116203. 



129581. Rosa spinosissima L. Scotch rose. 



A low shrub, usually 3 to 4 feet high, with spreading or recurving branches 

 and densely prickly branchlets. It is native to Europe. The compound leaves 

 are made up of 5 to 11 orbicular serrate leaflets about 1 inch long, and the 

 pink, white, or yellow flowers, 2 inches across, are solitary but borne on 

 numerous short branchlets along the stems. 



For previous introduction see 116204. 



129582. Rosa beggeriana Schrenk. 

 No. 89. 



For previous introduction and description see 129578. 



129583. Rosa sp. 



No. 90. Introduced under the name "sosnovskiana," for which a place of 

 publication has not been found. 



129584. Rosa turkestanica Regel. 



No. 91. A tall shrub native to Turkistan, with few prickles, yellow flowers, 

 and bright-red ovoid fruits 1 inch long. 



For previous introduction see 54231. 



129585. Rosa sp. 

 No. 92. 



129586. Rosa sp. 

 No. 93. 



129587 to 129590. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the McGregor Museum, 

 Kimberley. Received June 30, 1938. 

 129587. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link. Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass with ascending stems up to 2 feet long. Native to South 

 Africa. 



129588 and 129589. Eragrostis lehmanniana Nees. Poaceae. Grass. 



A native South African grass. 



For previous introduction see 15343. 



129588. The common type. 



129589. Variety Robusta. 



129590. Tricholaena repens (Willd.) Hitch. Poaceae. Natal grass. 



An annual or short-lived perennial grass with slender stems, often decumbent 

 at the base, about 3 feet high. Native to South Africa. 



