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92199 to 92245— Continued. 



92211. No. 167. Alma Atinka. A 

 hardy variety from near Wierny, 

 Kasakstan, Union of Soviet So- 

 cialist Republics. 



92212. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) 

 Urb. Variegated alfalfa. 



No. 168. From tbe West Siberian 

 Experiment Station. 



92213. Medicago sativa varia (Mart.) 

 Urb. Variegated alfalfa. 



No. 169. From Paris, France. Re- 

 ceived from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. ; 

 crop of 1928. 



92214 to 92216. Medicago falcata L. 

 Yellow-flowered alfalfa. 



Collected in the Union of Soviet 

 Socialist Republics. 



92214. No. 170. From the District 

 of Samara. 



92215. No. 171. Sickle shaped. 

 From the Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, District of Voronezh. 



92216. No. 172. From the Subdivi- 

 sion of Selection. West Siberian 

 Experiment Station, District of 

 Akmolin. 



92217 to 92219. Medicago sativa L. 



92217. No. 173. From Aulis Ata, 

 near Tashkent, Uzbe Ristan, 

 Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. 



92218. No. 174. From Pisidia Is- 

 parta, Asia Minor. 



92219. No. 175. From the Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station, Pisi- 

 dia Isparta, Asia Minor. 



Nos. 92220 to 92235 were collected 

 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. 



92220. Morus cadcasica Hort. Mora- 

 ceae. Mulberry. 



No. 148. Collected in the Tiflis 



Botanic Garden, Georgia. A very 



sweet-flavored aromatic fruit, supe- 

 rior to others found. 



92221. Prdnus armeniaca L. Amyg- 

 dalaceae. Apricot. 



No. 149. Collected at Dshelaloglu, 

 Armenia, June 17, 1930. A very fine 

 large fruit produced in the steppe 

 region at 4,000 feet altitude. 



92222. Prdnus armeniaca L. Anxyg- 

 dalaceae. Apricot. 



No. 156. Collected at Erivan, June 

 20, 1930. A freestone apricot of 

 medium-to-large size and very fine 

 texture and flavor. 



92223 to 92231. Onobrtchis vulgaris 

 Hill (O. viciaefolia Scop.). Faba- 

 ceae. Sanfoin. 



No. 150. A large type, origi- 

 nally from Afghanistan, but col- 

 lected in Valki, near Kharkof, 

 Ukraine. 



No. 201. From the Lori- 

 bambakski region, Armenia. 



92225. No. 176. From Zangezursk, 

 Karakilis, Armenia. 



92226. No. 177. Turkestan selection. 



92199 to 92245— Continued. 



92227. No. 178. Turkestan selection. 



92228. No. 179. Turkestan selection. 



92229. No. 180. Turkestan selection. 



92230. No. 202. From Ukraine. 



92231. No. 203. From Azerbaijan. 



92232. Lathyrus sativus L. Faba- 

 ceae. Bittervetch. 



No. 152. From Kharkof, Ukraine. 

 A large leafy plant which matures 

 early. 



92233. Lathyrus sativus L. Faba- 

 ceae. Bittervetch. 



No. 153. From Kharkof, Ukraine. 

 An early dwarf plant, very leafy. 



92234. Lolium persicum Boiss. and 

 Hohen. Poaceae. Ryegrass. 



No. 191. From Erivan, Armenia. 

 Collected in high hills in a very hot 

 and dry region. An annual grass 

 closely resembling Lolium multiflorum. 



92235. Punica granatum L. Punica- 

 ceae. Pomegranate. 



No. 185. From Tiflis, Georgia. A 

 large sweet fruit. 



92236. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Faba- 

 ceae. Common bean. 



No. 181. From Trebizond, Asiatic 

 Turkey, October 5, 1930. Beans grown 

 commonly on the hillsides in the Black 

 Sea region with corn in the same field. 



92237. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Faba- 

 ceae. Common bean. 



No. 186. From Bela Slatina, Bul- 

 garia, October 14, 1930. Field beans. 



92238. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbita- 

 ceae. Melon. 



No. 182. From Istanbul, Turkey. 

 Collected October 9, 1930. The Turk- 

 ish sugar melon. A long slender green- 

 gray melon with little mottling ; very 

 sweet. It is much prized by the peas- 

 ants in the Black Sea region. 



92239. Cucumis melo L. 

 ceae. 



Cucurbita- 

 Melon. 



No. 183. Collected at Istanbul, 

 Turkey, October 9, 1930. Turkish 

 sugar melon. A round green melon, 

 mottled with white, cultivated in the 

 Black Sea region. Not so sweet as 

 the preceding, No. 182 [92238], but of 

 good flavor. 



92240. Hippophae rhamnoides L. 

 Elaeagnaceae. 



Common sea-buckthorn. 



No. 184. Collected in the Caucasus 

 Mountains. 



For previous introduction and de- 

 scription see 92105. 



Nos. 92241 to 92245 were collected in 

 the Union of Soviet Socialist Re- 

 publics. 



92241. Vicia sp. Fabaceae. Vetch. 



No. 197. Collected near Erivan, 

 Armenia, June 20, 1930, in a dry can- 

 yon at 950 feet altitude. An early 

 vetch. 



92242. Vicia villosa Roth. Fabaceae. 



Hairy vetch. 



