264 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 168 
269837. NANNORRHOPS RITCHIEANA (Griffith) Wendl. ex Aitchi- 
son Phoenicaceae. Mazri palm. 
From Pakistan. Seeds presented by the Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar. 
Received Nov. 28, 1960. 
269838 to 269840. 
From Germany. Seeds presented by the Department of Cultivation of Marsh- 
lands. Research Station, Husum. Received Nov. 23, 1960. 
269838. AGROSTIS STOLONIFERA L. Poaceae. 
‘Salzstrassgras’. Not fully maritime, but tolerates occasional flooding 
with sea water. 
269839. FESTUCA RUBRA var. LITORALIS G. Meyer Poaceae. 
‘Standrotschwingel’. Good pasturegrass, forming thick carpet; tolerates 
occasional flooding with sea water, but not high humidity. Seeds are slow 
germinating. 
269840. JUNCUS GERARDI Loisel. Juncaceae. 
‘Druckdahl’, ‘Harzgyras’. 
269841. BIXA ORELLANA L. Bixaceae. Anatto-tree. 
From New Caledonia. Seeds presented by the South Pacific Commission, 
Noumea. Reeceived Nov. 29, 1960. 
SPC No. 1224. 
269842 to 269858. 
From Tunisia. Seeds presented by the United States Operations Mission, 
Tunis. Received Nov. 28, 1960. 
269842. BRACHYPODIUM SYLVATICUM (Huds.) Beauv. Poaceae. 
Fifteen km. north of Ain Draham; about 75 cm. annual rainfall. Plants 
slender; heads dropping; foliage light green. 
269843 and 269844. AMPELODESMOS MAURITANICUS (Poir.) Dur. & Schinz 
Poaceae. 
269843. Limestone outcroppings, hilltops and draws, 15 km. south of 
Beja. Foliage coarse, edges serrate; stands dense; good watershed 
protection, lightly grazed. 
269844. Four km. west of Enfidaville. 
269845. CUPRESSUS sp. Pinaceae. 
‘Tunis’. Tall; slender tree with ere to the ground. Windbreak in 
fairly dry areas. 
269846 and 269847. DACTYLIS GLOMERATA L. Poaceae. Orchardgrass. 
269846. Four km. west of Enfidaville. Plants well developed, moder- 
ately productive, dormant in August. 
269847. Dry site 60 km. southwest of El Djem, with 20 cm. annual rain- 
fall. Plant good forage producer; dormant in August. 
269848. DACTYLIS GLOMERATA var. HISPANICA (Roth) Duby 
Limestone soil, protected area above EH] Kef. Plants leafy, relatively tall. 
269849. ZRAGROSTIS PAPPOSA (Duf. ex R. & S.) Steud. Poaceae. 
Dry hilltop 50 km. southwest of El] Djem. Good forage producer in 
competition with Dactylis, Stipa and Aristida. 
269850. FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA Schreb. Poaceae. Tall fescue. 
Protected area above El Kef. Annual rainfall 37 to 47 cm. Plants tall, 
leafy. 
269851 and 269852. HyYPARRHENIA HIRTA (L.) Stapf Poaceae. 
269851. Shallow, rocky site 25 km. east of Tabarka. 
269852. Fifteen km. north of Ain Draham. Annual rainfall 75 cm. 
Plants have wide ecological distribution. 
