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131908 to 131931.— Continued. 



131927. Rhododendron tschonoskii Maxim. 



A forest shrub, native to Japan, with flaky bark, elliptic leaves 1/3 

 inch long, and heads of 1 to 4 small white flowers. 



For previous introduction see 127630. 



131928. Roscoea alpina Royle. Zingiberaceae. 



A herbaceous perennial up to 6 inches high, with oblong-lanceolate leaves 



3 to 4 inches long and 1 or 2 terminal flowers with white corolla tube and 

 dark-purple limb. Native to the Himalayan region up to about 11,000 feet 

 altitude. 



131929. Roscoea humeana Balf. and Smith. 



A stout gingerlike perennial about 6 inches high, with cigar-shaped 



rhizomes, 4 to 6 broadly lanceolate, sessile leaves 4 to 8 inches long, and 



4 to 8 large violet-purple flowers in a terminal spike. Native to Yunnan 

 Province, China. 



For previous introduction see 91446. 



131930. Roscoea purpurea J. E. Smith. 



A perennial herb 1 foot high, with lanceolate leaves and purple, pale- 

 lilac, or white flowers in a sessile spike. Native to the central and eastern 

 Himalayas up to 10,000 feet altitude. 



For previous introduction see 91447. 



131931. Wachendorfia thyrsiflora L. Haemodoraceae. 



A tuberous herb with firm, strap-shaped leaves 2 to 3 feet long and a 

 dense cylindrical panicle, 1 foot or longer, of bright-yellow flowers, the 

 perianth over 1/2 inch long. Native to South Africa. 



131932 to 131942. Lolium spp. Poaceae. 



From Wales. Seeds presented by Dr. T. J. Jenkin, Welsh Plant Breeding 

 Station, Aberystwyth. Received March 10, 1939. 



131932. Lolium multiflorum Lam. Italian ryegrass. 

 Strain S. 22. 



131933 to 131935. Lolium perenne L. Perennial ryegrass. 



131933. Strain S. 23. 



131934. Strain S. 24. 



131935. Strain S. 101. 



131936. Lolium remotum Schrank. 

 Ba3075 (4).l. 



131937. Lolium remotum var. aristatum (Doell) Aschers. 

 3397 (1) Ba (1). 



131938. Lolium rigidum Gaud. Grass. 

 917 Be (1). 



131939. Lolium loliaceum (Bory and Chaub.) Hand.-Mazz. 



Wimmera ryegrass. 



An annual bunch grass with much-branched, prostrate or ascending 

 stems 2 to 8 inches long. Native to dry sandy places along the coast of 

 southwestern Europe. 



131940 and 131941. Lolium temulentum L. Darnel. 



131940. 3176 (27) Ba (1). (M 92/73). 



131941. 3398 (5) Ba (1). 

 131942. Lolium sp. 



927 Be (1). 



