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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



98200 to 98219. 



From the Union of Soviet Socialist Repub- 

 lics. Seeds presented by M. P. Petrov, 

 director, Repetek Sand' Desert Station 

 (Turkmenistan), Sand Desert Karakum, 

 through the Institute of Plant Industry, 

 Leningrad. Received March 21, 1932. 



These seeds have been introduced as of 

 possible value in experiments being carried 

 on in the arid regions of the southwestern 

 United States. 



98200. Agriophyllum minus Fisch. and 

 Mey. Chenopodiaceae. 



No. 134844. An annual, native to 

 sandy deserts in Turkmenistan, with ses- 

 sile linear-subulate leaves and inconspicu- 

 ous axillary flowers. 



For previous introduction see 92959. 



98201. Agropyron orientale lasian- 

 thum Boiss. Poaceae. Wheat-grass. 



No. 134855. An annual grass, thickly 

 branched at the base, with numerous 

 mostly prostrate stems scarcely 8 inches 

 high. Native to Asia Minor and north- 

 ern Africa. 



For previous introduction see 64092. 



98202. Ammodendron conollyi Bunge. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 134846. An evergreen silky leaved 

 Siberian shrub, used as a sand binder. 



For previous introduction see 94923. 



98203. Aristida pennata karelini Trin. 

 and Rupr. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 134848. A perennial grass of pos- 

 sible value as a forage crop. 



For previous introduction see 94924. 



98204. Aristida pennata minor. Litv. 

 Poaceae. . Grass. 



No. 134847. A perennial grass of pos- 

 sible value as a forage crop. 



For previous introduction see 92965. 



98205. Atriplex dimorphostegia Kar. 

 and Kir. Chenopodiaceae. 



No. 134852. An annual 18 inches high 

 with alternate membraneous ovate leaves 

 and terminal or axillary inconspicuous 

 flowers. Native to dry regions in Arabia 

 and Persia. 



For previous introduction see 92968. 



98206. Bromus tectorum L. Poaceae. 



Bromegrass. 



No. 134854. An annual grass, to be 

 tested as a ground cover. 



For previous introduction see 92969. 



98207 to 98209. Calligonum spp. Poly- 

 gonaceae. 



98207. Calligonum c a p u t-medusae 

 Schrenk. 



No. 134841. A leafless shrub with 

 dichotomus branches, small reddish 

 flowers in the axils of the sheaths, and 

 nutlike fruits covered with filamentous 

 reddish spines. Possibly of value as 

 an ornamental in desert regions and 

 as a sand binder. It is native to 

 western Asia. 



For previous introduction see 94928. 



98208. Calligonum comosum L'Her. 



No. 134839. A densely branched 

 shrub 10 to 15 feet high, with minute 



98200 to 98219 — Continued 



subulate leaves and small ovate, densely 

 spiny, nutlike fruits. Native to the 

 eastern Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction see 94930. 



98209, Calligonum setosum Litv. 



No. 134840. A leafless shrub much 

 like C. caput-medusae, but the filaments 

 on the fruits are brownish and are 

 longer and more slender. It is native 

 to the Caspian region. 



For previ< 



introduction see 92974. 



98210. Carex physodes Bieb. Cypera- 

 ceae. 



No. 134837. A perennial sedge usually 

 about 6 inches high, rarely more, native 

 to sandy deserts of Turkistan, with fili- 

 form leaves and panicles of brownish 

 globose membranous perigynia or sacs 

 half an inch across. 



For previous introduction see 94933. 



98211. Convolvulus divaricatus Regel 

 and Schmalh. Convolvulaceae. 



No. 134842. A densely hairy, erect or 

 ascending plant, with small ovate acute 

 sessile leaves two fifths of an inch long 

 and very small terminal or axillary flow- 

 ers. Native to sandy places near Khiva, 

 central Asia. 



For previous introduction see 92976. 



98212. Ephedra alata Decaisne. Gneta- 

 ceae. 



No. 134851. A tall, freely-branching 

 shrub with rough green equisetumlike 

 branches, small scalelike leaves, and in- 

 conspicuous flowers. Native to Arabia 

 and northern Africa. Of value as a pos- 

 sible source of ephedrine. 



For previous introduction see 94934. 



98213. Eremosparton flaccidum Litv. 

 Fabaceae. 



No. 134850. A bushy tree about 15 

 feet high, native to sandy places in the 

 trans-Caspian region. The branchlets 

 are threadlike and limp, and the small 

 flowers are dark violet. 



For previous introduction see 94935. 



98214. Ferula litwinowiana K.-Pol. 

 Apiaceae. 



No. 134845. A low hairy herbaceous 

 perennial with numerous small triangu- 

 lar pinnately cut leaves and inconspicu- 

 ous flowers in compound umbels. Native 

 to the trans-Caspian region. 



For previous introduction see 92983. 



ammodendron 

 Chenopodiaceae. 



Saxaul. 



98215. Haloxylon 

 (Meyer) Bunge. 



No. 134838. A shrub or tree up to 20 

 feet high, native to Turkistan. It has 

 a gnarled trunk, light-green branchlets 

 which are leafless, and small fruits with 

 thin papery suborbicular wings. 



For previous introduction see 92964. 



98216. Kochia stellaris Moq. Cheno- 

 podiaceae. 



No. 134853. An erect annual plant 

 from the Desert of Karakum, Turkistan, 

 a foot or less high, much branched, with 

 flat linear leaves and very small green- 

 ish flowers. 



