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84252 to 84553— Continued. 



84296. No. 215. From the old Chard- 

 jui ir-i'-k r. S-nt< ruber 1G. 1920. An 

 uucoiiimou variety of the globular 

 type with dark-green skin and very 

 delicious salmon-colored flesh. 



84297. No. 218. From north of Chard- 

 jui, S -ptember 17, 1929. A melon 

 with i. regular light-green and dark- 

 green stripes, sweet and juicy sal- 

 m on-colored flesh, and a small seed 

 caviry. 



84298. No. 228. From New Urgenj, 

 September 19, 1929. A very large, 

 but not particularly good-flavored 

 melon. 



84299. No. 303. From Chimbai, Sep- 

 tember 24, 1929. A long dark- 

 green, unusual type of melon, with 

 white flesh. 



84300 to 84303. CYNODON dactylon (L.) 

 Pers. Poaceae. Bermuda grass. 



84300. No. 24. From the Tashkent 

 Plant Breeding Station, August 13, 

 1929. A much coarser and lighter- 

 colored variety than that grown in 

 the United States. 



84301. No. 31. From the Krassny 

 Koot Dry Land Experiment Station, 

 Volga German Republic, August 16. 

 ]92W. A dry-land type Avhich 

 thrives under drier and colder con- 

 ditions than are found in the United 

 States. 



84302. No. 34. From the Plant 

 Breeding Station, Tashkent, August 

 15, 1929. 



84303. No. 109. From the Frunze Ex- 

 periment Station, northeastern 

 Turkestan, August 27, 1929. 



84304. Dactylis clomerata L. Poaceae. 



Orchard grass. 



No. 61. From south of Alma Ata, 

 August 21, 1929. Found growing abun- 

 dantly in the mountains ; a more vigor- 

 ous type than that found in the United 

 States. 



84305. Echinops sp. Asteraceae. 



Globethistle. 



No. 121. From northeastern Turkes- 

 tan. August 22, 1929. A plant with 

 beautiful blue flowers in globular heads. 



84306 to 84308. Festuca spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



84306. Festuca sp. 



No. 84. From the mountains of 

 Issyk. northeastern Turkestan, August 

 22, 1929. 



84307. Festuca sp. 



No. 94. From the mountains of 

 Issyk. northeastern Turkestan, August 

 22, 1929. 



. Festuca sp. 



No. 105. Found along an irrigation 

 ditch near Tokmak, northeastern 

 Turkestan, August 26, 1929. 



84309 to 84315. Hordeum spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



84309. Hordeum bulbosum L. 



No. 37. From, the Krassny Koot 

 Dry-Land Experiment Station, Volga 

 German Republic, August 16, 1929. 



84252 to 84553— Continued. 



84310. Hordeum spontaneum Koch. 



Wild barley. 



No. 32. From the Krassny Koot 

 Dry-Land Experiment Station, Volga 

 German Republic, August 16, 1929. 



84311 to 84315. Hordeum vulgaris 

 pallidum Seringe. Six-rowed barley, 



84311. No. 232. Obtained in the 

 Chavait market, between Khiva and 

 Tashans, August 20, 1929. 



84312. No. 249. From Chimbai, 

 August 22, 1929. 



84313. No. 261. From Chimbai re- 

 gion, August 23, 1929. 



84314. No. 292. Obtained in the 

 Gurlen market, Khiva region, 

 August 26, 1929. 



84315. No. 293. Obtained in the 

 Gurlen market, Khiva region, 

 August 26, 1929. Spring barley. 



84316. Lathyrus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 102. From near D.fonechar, north- 

 eastern Turkestan, August 23, 1929. 



84317. Limonium sp. Plurnbaginaceae. 



3 ea-la vender- 

 No. 173. From south of Tashkent, 

 September 4. 1929. A plant with beauti- 

 ful blue flowers, found on the dry steppes 

 of Golodnaya. It is used for tanning, 



84318 to 84320. Linum usitatissimum 

 L. Linaceae. Flax. 



84318. No. 131. From the village of 

 Uzum Agach, 25 miles northeast of 

 Frunze, Turkestan, August 25, 1929, 



84319. No. 246. From Porsu, Turkes- 

 tan, August 21, 1929. 



84320. No. 290. Obtained in the Gut, 

 len market, Khiva region, August 26, 

 1929. 



84321 to 84323. Lupinus angustipol,ius 

 L. Fabaceae. Lupine, 



[Sent in from Warsaw, Poland, with* 



out notes.] 



84324. Lupinus luteus L. Fabaceae, 

 European yellow lupine, 



[Sent in from Warsaw, Poland, with- 

 out notes.] 



84325 to 84454. Medicago spp. Faba- 

 ceae. Alfalfa., 



84325 to 84336. Medicago palcata L. 



Yellow-flowered alfalfa* 



84325. No. 10. From the Krassny 

 Koot Dry-Land Experiment Sta- 

 tion, Volga German Republic, 

 August 7, 1929. Selection No. 

 1202. 



84326. No. 11. From the Ukraine 

 branch of the Botanical Institute. 

 Volki, August 4, 1929. Wili 

 plants. 



84327. No. 14. From near Oren* 

 burg. August 10, 1929. Fount 

 along the railway track. 



84328. No. 48. From the Alma At$. 

 Experiment Station, northeastern 

 Turkestan, August 21, 1029. 



84329. No. 58. From south «of Alma 

 Ata, August 21, 1929. A single 

 wild plant found growing along 

 an irrigation ditch. 



