JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1944 105 



150118 to 150120. Nicotiana tabacum L. Solanaceae. Tobacco. 



From Maryland. Seeds obtained from the Division of Tobacco Investigations, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Belts- 

 ville. Received December 23, 1944. 



150118. Connecticut Broadleaf. From Beltsville, Md. 



150119. Gold Dollar. From Florence, S. C. 



150120. White Bwrley. From Greenville, Tenn. 



150121 to 150180. 



From Australia. Seeds collected by William Hartley, Chief of the Division 

 of Plant Industry, Canberra City. Received December 9, 1944. 



150121 and 150122. Agropyron desertorum (Fisch.) Schult. Poaceae. 



Grass. 

 A perennial grass native to sandy, half-desert places in Turkistan. 



150121. CPI 1775. 1943. 



150122. CPI 7659. 1942. 



For previous introduction see 116250. 



150123. Agropyron elongatum (Host.) Beauv. 



A drought-resistant, cespitose perennial grass. Native to central Europe. 



CPI 6020. 1943. 



For previous introduction see 146924. 



150124. Agropyron intermedium (Host.) Beauv. 



A perennial grass growing in clumps up to 4 feet high on dry slopes in 

 central and eastern Europe. 



CPI 8061. 1942. 



For previous introduction see 146667. 



150125 and 150126. Agropyron obtusiusculum Lange. 



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

 sandy places in northern Europe. 



150125. CPI 6039. 



150126. CPI 7761. 1943. 



150127. Agropyron semicostatum (Steud.) Nees. 



A perennial, fibrous-rooted grass, with erect stems and narrowly linear 

 leaves. Native to Afghanistan. 



CPI 8063. 1942. 



150128 and 150129. Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) Beauv. 



An upright cespitose perennial grass, up to 16 inches high, with linear 

 leaves. It is very drought-resistant and is native from southern Europe to 



Manchuria. 



For previous introduction see 116251. 



150130. Agropyron trichophorum (Link) Richt. 



A perennial grass, up to 3 feet high, native to dry, rocky slopes in cen- 

 tral Europe. 



CPI 8064. 



For previous introduction see 107011. 



150131. Arrhenatherum erianthum Boiss. & Reut. Poaceae. Grass. 



A tall perennial grass, native to Spain, with flat leaf blades and dense 

 erect panicles. 



CPI 2283. 1943. 



For previous introduction see 117321. 



