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136960 to 137011. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Seeds presented by the Botanic Garden 

 University of Middle Asia, Tashkent. Received April 17, 1940. 



136960. Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. Poaceae. Crested wheatgrass. 



136961 to 136970. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



136961. Allium aflatunense B. Fedtsch. 



A large allium with broad-oblong leaves and umbels of purple flowers on a 

 scape up to 4 feet high. Native to Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 113869. 



136962. Allium barsczewskii Lipsky. 



A hardy bulbous plant which may be of ornamental value. Native to western 

 Russia. 



For previous introduction see 73943. 



136963. Allium cepa L. Onion. 



136964. Allium cristophi Trautv. 



An allium of the Molium section, with a large dense umbel of deep-lilac flowers. 

 Native to Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 112853. 



136965. Allium inconspicuum Vved. 



136966. Allium jesdianum Boiss. and Buhse. 



A pink-flowered onion about 2 feet high, with flat linear leaves and a many- 

 flowered umbel. Native to the mountains of Caucasus. 



For previous introduction see 107484. 



136967. Allium oliganthum Kar. and Kir. 



136968. Allium schubertii Zucc. 



A large bulbous plant native to Asia Minor and Iran, with broadly strap-shaped 

 leaves and dull rose-colored flowers in huge rather open subglobose heads, which 

 are at times a foot in diameter. 



For previous introduction see 124947. 



136969. Allium sewerzowi Regel. 



An onion with a scape about 6 inches high and linear-lanceolate leaves slightly 

 exceeding the scape. The rosy-lilac flowers are in a hemispherical umbel. Native 

 to Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 107485. 



136970. Allium suworowi Regel. 



A hardy bulbous plant with very narrow flat leaves up to 16 inches long, and 

 hemispherical umbels of fragrant violet-rose flowers. Native to the Kirghis 

 Desert, Turkistan. 



For previous introduction see 115061. 



136971. Althaea litwinowi Iljin. Malvaceae. 



A hardy herbaceous althaea with solitary or few stems, ovate to orbicular leaf 

 blades, 3-lobed or almost entire, and pale- violet flowers with sulfur or rarely whitish 

 bases arranged singly in axils or few in racemes. A hybrid found in Turkistan, 

 between Althaea nudiflora and A. rhyticarpa. 



136972. Alyssum sp. Brassicaceae. 



Introduced as Alyssum minimum Willd., a name without botanical standing. 



136973. Alyssum szovitsianum Fisch. and Mey. 



An annual yellow-flowered alyssum from southeastern Europe, about a foot high, 

 with oblong-linear leaves and pods sometimes 1 inch long. 

 For previous introduction see 107489. 



