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92956— Continued. 



Interior, Indian Head, Saskatchewan. 

 Received April 17, 1931. 



A hybrid poplar found on the banks of 

 the South Saskatchewan River, near Sas- 

 katoon. The tree grows readily from cut- 

 tings and makes a rapid growth under 

 cultivation. 



92957. Pakkia speciosa Hassk. Miino- 

 saceae. 



From Straits Settlements. Seeds collected 

 in the Botanic Garden at Penang by P. J. 

 Wester. Bureau of Agriculture, Manila, 

 P. I. Received April 18, 1931. 



Petal. A smooth-barked tree up to 80 

 feet high and 3 feet in diameter, native to 

 the Malay Peninsula. The pubescent, bi- 

 pinnate leaves are made up of 10 to 15 

 pairs of pinnae each bearing 20 to 35 pairs 

 of linear-oblong leaflets one-quartet- of an 

 inch long. The white flowers are borne in 

 dense ovoid heads on long peduncles and 

 are followed by thin flat pods about 18 

 inches long which are cooked and eaten as 

 a vegetable by the Malays. 



92958 to 92991. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by G. Grossmann, 

 chief, Bureau of Introduction, Institute 

 of Plant Industry, Leningrad. Received 

 April 17, 1931. 



A collection of plants growing under 

 very dry arid conditions at the Repetek 

 Sand Desert Station, Turkmenistan Re- 

 public. 



92958. Agriophyllum latifolium Fisch. 

 and Mey. Chenopodiaceae. 



A much-branched annual with ovate or 

 subcordate, long-cuspidate leaves and 

 small inconspicuous flowers in globular 

 axillary clusters. Native to sandy des- 

 erts in Turkestan. 



92959. Agbiophyllum minus Fisch. and 

 Mey. Chenopodiaceae. 



An annual, native to sandy deserts in 

 Turkestan, with sessile linear-subulate 

 leaves and inconspicuous axillary flowers. 



92960. Agropyron orientale lanugino- 

 sum (Griseb.) Richter. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



A perennial grass of possible value as 

 a forage crop. 



92961. Agropyron squarrosum (Roth) 

 Link. Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass of possible value for 

 forage. 



92962. Ammodendron conollyi Bunge. 

 Fabaceae. 



An evergreen silky-leaved Siberian 

 shrub used as a sand binder. 



For previous introduction see 78471. 



92963 and 92964. Haloxylon ammoden- 

 dron (Meyer) Bunge. Chenopodiaceae. 



Saxaul. 



A shrub or tree up to 20 feet high, 

 native to Turkestan. It has a gnarled 

 trunk, light-green branchlets which are 

 leafless, and small fruits with thin pa- 

 pery suborbicular wings. 



92963. Received as Arthrophytum ar- 

 borescens. 



92964. Received as Arthrophytum hal- 

 oxylon. 



92958 to 92991 — Continued. 



92965. Aristida pennata minor Litv. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass of possible value as 

 a forage crop. 



92966. Aristida pennata karelini Trin. 

 and Rupr. Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass of possible, value as 

 a forage crop. 



92967. Astragalus confirmans Freyn 

 and Bornm. Fabaceae. 



A shrub 3 to 5 feet high with oblong- 

 lanceolate caducous leaves up to 2 inches 

 long and racemes of dark-violet flowers. 

 Native to the Caspian region. 



92968. Atriplex dimorphostegia Kar. 

 and Kir. Chenopodiaceae. 



An annual 18 inches high with alter- 

 nate membranous ovate leaves and ter- 

 minal or axillary inconspicuous flowers. 

 Native to dry regions in Arabia and 

 Persia. 



92969. Bromus tectorum L. 



Poaceae. 

 Grass. 



An annual grass to be tested as a 

 ground cover in the arid Southwest. 



92970 to 92974. Calligonum spp. Poly- 

 gonaceae. 



92970. Calligonum arborescens Litv. 



A drought-resistant shrub 10 feet 

 high, said to be a good sand binder. 

 It is found in the region of the Cas- 

 pian Sea. 



For previous introduction see 73185. 



caput-medusae 



92971. Calligonum 

 Schrenk. 



A leafless shrub with dichotomous 

 branches, small reddish flowers in the 

 axils of the sheaths, and nutlike fruits 

 covered with filamentous reddish 

 spines. Possibly of value as an orna- 

 mental in desert regions and useful 

 as a sand binder. It is native to 

 western Asia. 



92972. Calligonum comosum L'Herit. 



A densely branched shrub 10 to 15 

 feet high with minute subulate leaves 

 and small ovate densely spiny nutlike 

 fruits. Native to the eastern Medi- 

 terranean region. 



92973. Calligonum eriopodum Bunge. 



A slender-branched shrub with whit- 

 ish branchlets and linear-subulate 

 minute leaves which are early decidu- 

 ous. Native to Turkestan. 



92974. Calligonum setosum Litv. 



A leafless shrub much like C. caput- 

 medusae,, but the filaments on the 

 fruits are brownish, longer, and more 

 slender. It is native to the Caspian 

 region. 



92975. Carex physodes Bieb. Cypera- 

 ceae. Sedge. 



A sedge which is native to the desert 

 sands of southern Turkestan. It is 

 excellent as forage and also valuable as 

 a sand-binding plant. 



92976. Convolvulus divaricatus Regel 

 and Schmalh. Convolvulaceae. 



A densely hairy erect or ascending 

 plant with small ovate acute sessile leaves 



