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146905. Pachyrhizus EROSUS (L.) Urban (Cacara erosa (L.) 

 Kuntze). Fabaceae. Yam-bean. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Claud Horn, Office of Foreign Agricultural 

 Relations. United States Department of Agriculture. Received Septem- 

 ber 17, 1943. 



Collected near Iquitos by Dr. Guillermo Klug, for E. C. Higbee, Office of 

 Foreign Agricultural Relations. 



146906. Camellia reticulata Lindl. Theaceae. 



From England. Plants presented by the Stuart Low Co., Enfield, Middlesex. 

 Received October 26, 1943. 



A large, loosely branched tree up to 30 feet high, with grayish bark. The 

 rigid, oblong leaves are not shining, but are dull green and reticulated with 

 deeply sunken veins. The flowers, the largest of the genus, are clear rose 

 and 3 L 2 inches across. This species, not as hardy as Camellia japonica, is 

 native to western Yunnan, China. 



146907 to 146919. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained through the Division of Cereal Crops and 

 Diseases, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 

 Beltsville. Received September 18, 1943. 



146907. Aegilops biuxcialis Visiani. Poaceae. Grass. 



An annual grass, native to the Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see 116287. 

 14690S. Aegilops cylixdrica Host. 



An erect annual grass 1 to 2 feet high; native to Europe. 



For previous introduction see 111154. 



146909. Aegilops eloxgata Lam. 



A bushy annual grass with ascending stems, native to rather dry areas 



in the Mediterranean region. 



146910. Aegilops ovata L. 



An annual densely branched grass, with ascending stems about a foot 

 high, native to the dry Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see 141373. 



146911. Aegilops squarrosa L. 



A bushy grass, branching from the base, with slender erect stems bear- 

 ing rough narrow leaves and stiff, rather loose spikes of long-awned flowers. 

 It is a native of western Asia, especially Syria, and is considered to have 

 been one of the species from which the cultivated wheats were derived. 



For previous introduction see 110061. 



146912. Agropyrox trichophorum (Link) Richt. Poaceae. Grass. 

 A stout perennial grass up to 3 feet high, native to southern Europe. 



146913. Aegilops vextricosa Tausch. Poaceae. Grass. 



An annual grass, native to the Mediterranean region, with upright stems, 

 and panicles up to 8 inches long. 



For previous introduction see 67060. 



146914. Hordeum bulbosum L. Poaceae. Grass. 

 A perennial grass about 4 feet high. 



For previous introduction see 144047. 



146915. Hordeum gussoxiaxum Pari. 



An annual tufted grass up to 1% feet high, with stems often prostrate 

 at the base. Native to sandy regions in central Europe. 



