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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



92958 to 92991— Continued. 



two-fifths of an inch long and very small 

 terminal or axillary flowers. Native to 

 sandy places near Chiva, central Asia. 



92977. CORISPERMUM PAPILLOSUM 



(Kuntze) Iljin. Chenopodiaceae. 



A low bushy plant up to 1 foot high, 

 with slender arched branches. The lower 

 leaves are oblanceolate, the upper ones 

 almost linear. Native to Turkestan. 



92978. Cutandia memphitica (Spreng.) 

 Richter. Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass of possible value as 

 a forage crop. 



92979. DOREMA SABULOSDM LitV. 



ceae. 



Apia- 



A herbaceous perennial about 6 feet 

 high with a thick stem and radical tri- 

 angular pinnate leaves up to 18 inches 

 long. Native to the Caspian region. 



. Ephedra alata Decaisne. Gneta- 

 ceae. 



A tall freely branching shrub with 

 rough green equisetumlike branches, 

 small scalelike leaves, and inconspicuous 

 flowers ; native to Arabia and northern 

 Africa. Of possible value as a source of 

 ephedrine. 



For previous introduction see 77438. 



92981. Eremosparton flaccidum Litv. 

 Fabaceae. 



A bushy tree about 15 feet high, na- 

 tive to sandy places in the trans-Caspian 

 region. The branches are threadlike 

 and limp, and the small flowers are dark 

 violet. 



92982. Ferula karelini Bunge. 

 ceae. 



Apia- 



_ A perennial about 18 inches high, na- 

 tive to arid regions in Persia, with de- 

 compound leaves and umbels of yellowish 

 flowers. 



92983. Ferula litwinowiana K.-Pol. 

 Apiaceae. 



A low herbaceous hairy perennial with 

 numerous small triangular pinnately cut 

 leaves and inconspicuous flowers in com- 

 pound umbels. Native to the trans-Cas- 

 pian region. 



92984. Gage a chlorantha (Bieb.) 

 Schult. f. Liliaceae. 



A bulbous plant with filiform or nar- 

 row-lanceolate leaves and corymbs of 

 greenish-yellow flowers. Native to stony 

 dry places in the Caucasus. 



92985. Isatis minima Bunge. Brassica- 

 ceae. 



A low annual, native to central Asia, 

 with oblong sinuate radical leaves, linear- 

 lanceolate stem leaves, and yellow flowers. 



92986. Isatis violascens Bunge. 

 Brassicaceae. 



A slender annual about 1 foot high 

 with oblong-lanceolate entire leaves up 

 to 2 inches long, with a lax panicle of 

 yellow flowers. Native to desert places in 

 Persia. 



92987. Rheum turkestanicum Jan- 

 ischew. Polygonaceae. 



A wild rhubarb, from the trans-Cas- 

 pian region, over 2 feet high with a large 

 thick rhizome and a short thickened 



92958 to 92991— Continued. 



densely leafy stem. The cordate reniform 

 leaves, up to eight in number, are about 

 1 foot wide. 



92988 to 92990. Salsola spp. Chenopo- 

 diaceae. 



92988. Salsola incanescens Meyer. 



An erect hairy annual about 6 

 inches high, native to Asia Minor, with 

 alternate fleshy filiform deciduous 

 leaves about an eighth of an inch long 

 and numerous stiff branches. 



Salsola arbuscula Pall. (8. 

 reichleri Hort.). 



A shrub up to 15 feet high, native 

 to Turkestan, with linear leaves 3 

 inches long and inconspicuous flowers. 

 It is used to bind sand along the trans- 

 Caspian Railway. 



For previous introduction see 33264. 



92990. Salsola subaphylla Meyer. 



A leafless much-branched shrub about 

 1 foot high, native to desert places on 

 the shores of the Caspian Sea. 



92991. Smirnowia turkestana Bunge. 

 Fabaceae. 



A much-branched shrub with long al- 

 most filiform branches and leaves reduced 

 to a single obovate leaflet. Native to 

 desert places in Turkestan. 



92992 to 93000. 



From China. Material collected by P. H. 

 Dorsett and W. J. Morse, agricultural 

 explorers, Bureau of Plant* Industry. Re- 

 ceived April 20, 1931. 



92992 to 92998. Diospyros spp. Diospy- 

 raceae. Persimmon. 



92992 to 92994. Diospyros kaki L. f. 

 Kaki persimmon. 



Scions obtained at Kutang, Hang- 

 chow, Chekiang Province, March 20, 

 1931, from Chang Shih Lun. 



92992. No. 6921. Fire persimmon. 



92993. No. 6923. Square persim- 

 mon. 



92994. No. 6924. 

 simmon. 



High foot per- 



Nos. 92995 and 92996 are trees ob- 

 tained at Kutang, Hangchow, Che- 

 kiang Province, March 20, 1931, from 

 Chang Shih Lun. 



92995. Diospyros sp. 



No. 6922. White-barked persimmon. 



92996. Diospyros sp. 



No. 6925. Yueh shih tzu. The wild 

 persimmon of Hangchow. This variety 

 is used extensively in the Kutang re- 

 gion as stock to graft the commercial 

 varieties of persimmon. The red 

 fruits are small, not more than 1 inch 

 in diameter. It is reported that trees 

 grafted on this stock produce more fruit 

 than those grafted on the white-barked 

 persimmon, but the quality is not quite 

 so good. 



92997. Diospyros sp. 



No. 6926. Scions of the trees sent 

 in under No. 6925 [No. 92996]. 



92998. Diospyros sp. 



No. 6929. Scions of the trees sent in 

 under No. 6922 [No. 92995]. 



