JANUAKY 1 TO MAECH 31, 1924 



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58692 to 58718 — Continued. 



58697. Coronilla emerus L. Fabaceae. 



Scorpion-senna. 



A dense, half-hardy, symmetrical shrub, native 

 to southern Europe, 3 to 5 feet high, with deep 

 glossy-green compound leaves and large, showy 

 flowers which are yellow, tipped with red. In 

 warm regions this species is evergreen. 



53893. Coronilla Montana Scop. Fabaceae. 



An erect, smooth yellow-flowered perennial 

 species, with the flowering stems twice as long as 

 the leaves, found in the mountainous regions of 

 the Caucasus. 



58699. Dinebra arabica Jacq. Poaceae. Grass. 



A laxly cespitose, somewhat rigid annual, 

 branched from the base, with the culms some- 

 times prostrate, sometimes ascending or obliquely 

 erect, 1 to 18 inches long. Native to tropical 

 Africa and the East Indies. 



For previous introduction, see S.P.I. No. 49517. 



58700. Festuca amethystina L. Poaceae. 



A densely cespitose perennial grass with fibrous 

 roots, stout culms, and very narrow leaves. 

 Native to central and southeastern Europe. 



58701. Hippocrepis cilia ta Willd. Fabaceae. 



A low annual, with very narrow leaflets and 

 small, pealike, yellow flowers. Native to the 

 Mediterranean countries. 



53702 to 58704. Lotus spp. Fabaceae. 



58702. Lotus edulis L. 



A more or less hairy annual with ascending 

 or erect branched stems 4 to 16 inches long, 

 short-stemmed grayish green leaflets, and large, 

 yellow flowers in few-flowered heads. It grows 

 only in sandy areas in the Mediterranean region. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 



58703. Lotus ornithopodioides L. 



A hairy annual with branched ascending or 

 decumbent stems, mostly 4 to 12 inches long, 

 native to grassy places in the Mediterranean 

 region. The yellow flowers are in clusters of 

 two to five. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 

 51866. 



58704. Lotus siliquosus L. 



A perennial, herbaceous, hairy plant, with a 

 compact base and slender runners. The stems, 

 branched at the base, are mostly about a foot 

 long and either decumbent or ascending. The 

 solitary flowers are bright yellow. Native to 

 northern and eastern Europe. 



58705. Medicago tornata Mill. Fabaceae. 



An annual species, native to Italy, with several 

 slender branching stems a foot and a half long, and 

 small, solitary, yellow flowers. The broad, flat, 

 lunate pods are filled with kidney-shaped seeds. 



58706. Melica altissima L. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



A climbing perennial grass with stout culms 

 narrow long-pointed leaves, and racemelike, elon- 

 gate panicles. Native to southeastern Europe 

 and west-central Asia. 



58707. Pisum elatius Bieb. Fabaceae. 



A hardy annual, about 5 feet high, with leaves 

 composed of one to three pairs of narrow leaflets, 

 and purple flowers. Native to woods and thick- 

 ets in the alpine regions of Europe. 



58692 to 58718— Continued. 



58708. Poa caesia J. E. Smith. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



A densely cespitose perennial grass, native to 

 Europe,, with flowering stems 1 or 2 feet high and 

 leaves resembling those of Kentucky bluegrass 

 (Poa pratensis). It grows very freely, seeding 

 itself. 



For previous introduction, see S. P.I. No. 53156. 



58709. Scleropoa rigida (L.) Griseb. (Festuca 

 rigida Kunth). Poaceae. Grass. 



An annual tufted grass, up to a foot in height, 

 with linear, sharp-pointed leaves and rigid pan- 

 icles. Native to Asia Minor. 



58710. Scorpiurus subvillosa L. Fabaceae. 



A decumbent or ascending annual with one to 

 three stems up to 20 inches in length, long- 

 stemmed, simple, grass-green narrow leaves, and 

 small, yellow flowers. Native to the Mediter- 

 ranean countries. 



58711. Scorpiurus sulcata L. Fabaceae. 



A species very similar to the preceding (S. sub- 

 villosa, S. P. I. No. 58710), differing chiefly in 

 having mostly a 3-flowered umbel and in the 

 sepals being shorter than the calyx tube. Native 

 to the Mediterranean countries. 



58712. Trifolium badium Schreb. Fabaceae. 



Clover. 



An herbaceous perennial clover with flower- 

 bearing stems and also leaf rosettes which do not 

 bear flowers. The stems are mostly 4 to 8 inches 

 long, upright, or ascending. The bright-yellow 

 flowers becoma brown when dried. Native to 

 rocky places in alpine regions of Europe. 



58713. Trifolium squarrosum L. Fabaceae. 



Clover. 



An upright or ascending robust annual, with 

 branches up to 30 inches in length, native to the 

 Mediterranean countries. The pink or white 

 flower heads are oval when young, becoming 

 more elongated later. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 56272. 



58714 to 58717. Trigonella spp. Fabaceae. 



58714. Trigonella corniculata L. 



An annual fodder plant, distributed from 

 southern Europe to Africa and India. It is 

 upright in habit, 4 to 20 inches high, with 

 spreading branches. The elongate or obovate 

 leaflets are greenish white beneath, and the 

 yellow flowers are in racemes. 



- 58715. Trigonella cretica (L.) Boiss. 



A yellow-flowered annual species with ascend- 

 ing stems, obovate leaves, and very short pods. 

 Native to Asia Minor. 



58716. Trigonella monspeliaca L. 



A rather low annual species, usually 2 to 8 

 inches high, with soft pubescence and with a 

 pronounced coumarin odor. The leaflets are 

 gray-green, and the sessile, yellow flowers are 

 very small. Native to the Mediterranean 

 countries. 



58717. Trigonella polycerata L. 



A prostrate or ascending annual, usually 1 or 

 2 feet high, with obovate leaflets and yellow 

 flowers in small umbellike clusters. Native to 

 southern Europe and northern Africa. 



58718. Vicia dasycarpa Ten. Fabaceae. Vetch. 



An annual species which is closely related to 

 the hairy vetch ( V. villosa) ; some varieties of it, 

 however, have an earlier season than hairy vetch 

 and are of special value for the Southern States. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 50318. 



