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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



76500 to 76538— Continued. 



76516 and 76517. Pisum sativum L. Fabaceae. 



Pea. 



76516. No. 39. Darghin district. 



76517. No. 52. Laki district. 



76518. Soja max (L.) Piper (Glycine hispida 

 Maxim.) Fabaceae. Soybean. 



No. 308. Originally from Khassar Yook. 



76519 to 76529. Triticum aestivum L. (T. vul- 

 gare Vill.). Poaceae. Common wheat. 



76519 to 76525. Variety erythrospermum. 



76519. No. 1682. Originally from Andi 

 district, Daghestan. 



76520. No. 1879. Originally from Kaytago, 

 Tabassaran district, Daghestan. 



76521. No. 2033. Originally from Makach 

 Kala district, Dahgestan. 



76522. No. 2121. Originally from Samoor 

 district, Daghestan. 



76523. No. 2126. Originally from Samoor 

 district, Daghestan. 



76524. No. 2250. Originally from Avary 

 district, Daghestan. 



76525. No. 2438. Originally from Ossetia 

 district, Daghestan. 



76526. No. 3250. Originally from Kaytago 

 Tabassaran district, Daghestan. Variety 

 ferrugineum. 



76527. No. 3552. Originally from Buynaksky 

 district, Daghestan. Variety ferrugineum. 



76528. No. 3609. Originally from Avary 

 district, Daghestan. Variety ferrugineum. 



76529. No. 5962. Originally from Laksky 

 district, Daghestan. Variety fuliginosum. 



76530 to 76535. Triticum duru,m Desf. Poaceae. 

 Durum wheat. 



76530. No. 3085. Originally from Kaytago 

 Tabassaran district, Daghestan. Variety 

 hordeiforme. 



76531. No. 3484. Originally from Kaytago 

 Tabassaran district, Daghestan. Variety 

 hordeiforme. 



76532. No. 3913. Originally from Derbent 

 district, Daghestan. Variety hordeiforme. 



76533. No. 3937. Originally from Derbent 

 district, Daghestan. Variety murciense. 



76534. No. 4182. Originally from Kaytago 

 Tabassaran district, Daghestan. Variety 

 coerulescens. 



76535. No. 4353. Originally from Kaytago 

 Tabassaran district, Daghestan. Variety 

 coerulescens. 



76536 to 76538. Vicia spp. Fabaceae. 

 76536. Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd. 



Vetch. 



No. 235. A wild variety originally from 

 Samoor district, Daghestan. 



76537. Vicia faba L. Broadbean. 

 No. 180. Originally from Avary district. 



76538. Vicia sativa L. Common vetch. 

 No. 229. 



76539 to 76549. Saccharum spp. Poa- 

 ceae. 



From Coimbatore, India. Cuttings presented by 

 T. S. Venkatraman, Government sugarcane 

 expert of the Imperial Sugarcane Station at 

 Coimbatore. Received April 23, 1928. 



76539 to 76549— Continued. 



76539. Saccharum arundinaceum Retz. 



Grass. 

 A tall grass, native to India and China, 

 closely related to sugarcane. 



For previous introduction see No. 55667. 



76540. Saccharum munja Roxb. Grass. 



Sarhandar. An Indian perennial grass with 

 stems 20 feet high, lanceolate leaves 5 feet long, 

 and ovoid panicles 1 to 2 feet long. 



76541. Saccharum narenga (Nees) Wall. 



Grass. 



A perennial Indian grass with slender stems 

 8 feet high, linear leaves a foot long, and narrow 

 panicles a foot long. 



76542 to 76546. Saccharum officinarum L. 



Sugarcane. 



Indian varieties. 



76542. Chunnee. A variety of the Saretha 

 group. 



76543. Hemja. 



76544. A variety of the Nagori group. 



76545. Dhaulu. A variety of the Sunnabile 

 group. 



76546. Uba. A variety of the Pansahi group. 



76547 to 76549. Saccharum spontaneum L. 



Grass. 



For previous introduction see No. 73997. 



76547. Dacca. 



76548. Gehra Bon. 



76549. A local variety. 



76550 to 76602. 



From Elstree, Herts, England. Plants presented 

 by Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House 

 Gardens. Received April 13, 1928. 



76550 to 76552. Abelia spp. Caprifoliaceae. 



76550. Abelia chinensis R. Br. 



A spreading Chinese shrub 4 to 5 feet high, 

 with reddish branchlets, ovate serrate leaves 

 2 to 3 inches long, and fragrant white flowers 

 in dense axillary and terminal cymes. 



76551. Abelia serrata Sieb. and Zucc. 



A Japanese shrub about 5 feet high, with 

 rhombic-ovate leaves an inch long and 

 axillary pairs of rosy pink flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 73401. 



76552. Abelia triflora R. Br. 



A Himalayan shrub up to 15 feet high, 

 with corrugated bark, ovate-lanceolate leaves 

 2 to 3 inches long, and terminal clusters of 

 fragrant rosy white flowers. 



For previous introduction see No. 73402. 



76553. Artemisia incana (L.) Druce. Astera- 



ceae. 



A shrubby perennial, native to Armenia and 

 Persia, with intensely gray orbicular leaves 

 palmately divided into linear lobes and small 

 gray flower heads. 



For previous introduction see No. 73404. 



76554 to 76556. Berberis spp. Berberidaceae. 



Barberry. 

 76554. Berberis actinacantha Mart. 



An evergreen Chilean shrub 3 to 4 feet 

 high, with 3-parted to 5-parted often leaflike 

 spines, broadly ovate spiny margined leaves, 

 fascicles of three to six fragrant deep-yellow 

 flowers, and dark fruits. 



For previous introduction see No. 65222. 



