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climate of Ireland and Scotland, where it gives a 

 very much better yield of fiber than that from Blue 

 Blossom or Riga seed. Tests of J. W. S. by the 

 Office of Fiber Plants in the plots of fiber flax at 

 East Lansing, Mich., indicate that it is not well 

 adapted to warmer and drier conditions. Like all 

 of the best fiber flaxes, it yields very little seed. 

 (Dewey.) 



73561. Juglans regia L. Juglanda- 

 ceae. Walnut. 



From Tashkent, Turkestan. Seeds presented by 

 Hilaria Rajkova, botanic garden. Received 

 April 12, 1927. 



Variety fallax. A form with very thick -shelled 

 nuts. 



73562 to 73594. 



From Manchuria. Seeds obtained by P. H. 

 Dorsett, agricultural explorer, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Received April 7, 1927. 



73562 to 73570. Hordeum spp. Poaceae. 



Six-rowed barley. 



73562. Hordeum vulgare nigrum (Willd.) 

 Beaven. 



Xo. 9053. Obtained through the economic 

 bureau of the South Manchurian Railway. 



73563 to 73570. Hordeum vulgare pallidum 

 Seringe. 



Numbers 73563 and 73564 were obtained 

 through the economic bureau of the 

 South Manchurian Railway. 



73563. Xo. 9051. 



73564. No. 9052. 



X T umbers 73565 to 73570 were obtained 

 through D. McLorn, postal commis- 

 sioner, Harbin. 



73565. Xo. 9075. 



73566. Xo. 9080. 



73567. Xo. 9083. 



73568. Xo. 9087. 



73569. Xo. 9090. 



73570. Xo. 9093. 



73571 to 73575. Phaseolus AUREUS Roxb. Fa- 

 baceae. Mung bean. 



Manchurian-grown seeds obtained through 

 D. McLorn, postal commissioner, Harbin. 



73571. Xo. 9076. 



73572. No. 9078. 



73573. Xo. 90S2. 



73574. -Xo. 9085. 



73575. Xo. 9092. 



73576 to 73587. Soja max (L.) Piper (Glycine 

 hispida Maxim.). Fabaceae. Soybean. 



Numbers 73576 to 73579 were obtained 

 through the economic bureau of the South 

 Manchurian Railway. 



73576. Xo. 9047. 73578. Xo. 9049. 



73577. Xo. 9048. 73579. Xo. 9050. 

 X T umbers 73580 to 73587 were obtained 



through D. McLorn, postal commissioner, 

 Harbin. 



73580. Xo. 9071. 



73581. Xo. 9072. 



73582. No. 9073. 



73583. Xo. 9077. 



73584. Xo. 9081. 



73585. Xo. 9084. 



73586. Xo. 9088. 



73587. Xo. 9091. 



73588 to 73594. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 

 gare Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 

 Xumbers 73588 to 73590 were obtained 



through the economic bureau of the South 



Manchurian Railway. 



73588. Xo. 9054. 73590. Xo. 9056. 



73589. Xo. 9055. 



X T umbers 73591 to 73594 were obtained 

 through D. McLorn, postal commissioner, 

 Harbin. 



73562 to 73594— Continued. 



73591. Xo. 9074. 73593. Xo. 9086. 



73592. Xo. 9079. 73594. Xo. 9089. 



73595 to 73619. 



From Tashkent, Turkestan. Seeds presented by 

 Hilaria Rajkova, botanic garden. Received 

 April 8, 1927. 



73595 to 73601. Allium spp. Liliaceae. 



73595. Allium barsczewsku Lipsky. 



A hardy bulbous plant a foot or more in 

 height, with a rounded umbel of rose-purple 

 flowers. Xative to Turkestan. 



73596. Allium bodeanum Regel. 



A white-flowered onion about a foot high, 

 from Turkestan. 



73597. Allium caesium Schrenk. 



A lavender-flowered onion, native to 

 Turkestan. 



73598. Allium hymenorrhizum Ledeb. 



A perennial moisture-loving Russian 

 species with linear leaves and purplish violet 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 66428. 



73599. Allium jesdianum Boiss. and Buhse. 



For previous introduction and description 

 see Xo. 73178. 



73600. Allium karataviense Regel. 



An onion, native to Turkestan, with 

 broad leaves and dense umbels of pink 

 flowers. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 66951. 



73601. Allium suworowi Regel. 



A hardy bulbous plant with very narrow 

 flat leaves up to 40 centimeters long and 

 hemispherical umbels of fragrant violet-rose 

 flowers. Xative to the Kirghiz Desert, 

 central Asia. 



73602. Amygdalus petunnikowi Litw. 

 Amygdalaceae. 



A hardy thorny shrub, up to 1 meter high, 

 with fruit about 2 centimeters long, which may 

 prove useful as a stock for stone fruits. Xative 

 to Turkestan. 



73603. Eremurus lactiflorus Fedtsch. Li- 

 liaceae. 



A tall hardy bulbous drought-resistant plant 

 with a spike of white flowers on a long flower 

 stalk. Native to Turkestan. 



73604. Halimodendron halodendron (Pall.) 

 Voss. Fabaceae. Salt tree. 

 A drought-resistant hardy ornamental shrub, 



6 feet high, with pink flowers. Native to 

 Turkestan. 



For previous introduction see No. 60341. 



73605. Hedysarum jaxarticum M. Pop. 

 Fabaceae. 



A hardy herbaceous leguminous perennial 

 native to western Asia. 



73606. Hedysarum semenowtt Regel and Herd. 

 Fabaceae. 



An erect hardy herbaceous perennial native 

 to Turkestan. 



For previous introduction see No. 42193. 



73607. Limonium otolepis (Schrenk) Kuntze 

 (Statice otolepis Schrenk). Plumbaginaceae. 



Sea lavender. 



A perennial plant, native to Turkestan, with 

 small narrowly ovate leaves and short spikes of 

 white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 61433. 



