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63977. Genista sphaerocarpa Lam. 

 Fabaceae. 



From Morocco. Cuttings collected by 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 June 24, 1925. 



From near Demnat. May 31, 1925. A 

 charming drooping desert shrub covered 

 with delicate brilliant yellow flowers some- 

 what resembling small orchids. (Fair- 

 child.) 



63978 to 63997. 



From Paris, France. Seeds presented by 

 Prof. D. Bois, Paris Museum of Natural 

 History. Received June 5, 1925. 



A collection introduced chiefly for test- 

 ing as forage plants. 



63978 to 63983. Astragalus spp. Fab- 

 aceae. 



63978. Astragalus bubaloceras Maire. 



63979. Astragalus frigidus A. Gray. 



A perennial upright or ascending, 

 entirely unbranched or with very few 

 branches. Native to alpine slopes 

 throughout northern Europe and Asia. 



63980. Astragalus galbgiformis L. 



A perennial upright, slightly hairy 

 plant 1 to 3 feet high, native to south- 

 eastern Europe and Asia Minor. 



GLYCYPHYLLGIDES 



63981. Astragalus 

 DC. 



A perennial plant with ascending 

 stems and rather large oval leaflets. 

 Native to eastern Europe and Asia 

 Minor. 



63982. Astragalus hamosus L. 



An annual gray-green hairy plant 

 with prostrate or ascending stems 8 

 inches to a foot in length. Native to 

 sunny places in the Mediterranean 

 countries. 



63983. Astragalus ponticus Pall. 



A hairy-stemmed species with dense 

 axillary flower heads. Native to south- 

 ern Russia. 



63984. Erodium ciconium (Jusl.) Willd. 

 Geraniaceae. 



An annual hairy plant, belonging to 

 the geranium family, with stout ascend- 

 ing branches, oval leaves, and purple 

 flowers. Native to southern Europe and 

 Asia Minor. 



63985. Erodium manescavi Coss. Gerani- 



A perennial plant, belonging to the 

 geranium family, about a foot and a 

 half high, with" narrow leaves 6 inches 

 or more in length and rosy purple flowers 

 about 2 inches across. It grows wild in 

 the Pyrenees Mountains. 



. Gaudinia fragilis (L.) Beauv. 

 Poaceae. Grass. 



An annual ascending grass, 8 inches 

 to 2 feet high, with thick, roughly hairy 

 leaves, confined almost entirely to the 

 Mediterranean countries. 



63987. Jacaranda CHELONiA Griseb. Big- 

 noniaceae. 



63978 to 63997— Continued. 



An Argentinian tree, sometimes as 

 much as 90 feet tall, with a rounded 

 habit and attractive fernlike foliage. 

 The large blue flowers are in terminal 

 panicles a foot long. The wood is valued 

 in Argentina for cabinetwork. 



63988 to 63990. Melica spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 

 J. Melica altissima L. 



A rather tall perennial European 

 grass, 3 to 4 feet in height, with 

 creeping rhizomes, which forms a loose 

 turf. The leaf sheaths and the backs 

 of the leaves are very rough. 



63989. Melica ciliata L. 



A gray-green perennial grass, with 

 stolons 4 inches or more long and 

 stems up to 3 feet in height. The 

 leaf blades are narrow, with rough, 

 bristly margins. Native to rocky places 

 in eastern Europe. 



63990. Melica uniflora Retz. 



A bright-green perennial grass, na- 

 tive to shady humid places in eastern 

 Europe. The creeping rhizome is about 

 4 inches long, and the thick lax stems 

 bear three or four narrow leaves. 



. Paspalum racemosum Lam. Poa- 

 ceae. 



A tropical American grass which is best 

 adapted to the moist or alluvial soils of 

 the Southern States. It grows from a 

 rootstock, with rather coarse tender 

 stems and leaves, reaching a height of 

 about 2 feet. It has promise as a hay 

 or pasture grass. (C. V. Piper, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry.) 



63992. Phleum phleoides (L.) Karst. (P. 

 boehmeri Wibel.). Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial, gray-green, loosely cespi- 

 tose grass, with a short creeping rhizome 

 and stems 1 to 2 feet high. Native to 

 dry stony places throughout central 

 Europe. 



63993. POECILANTHE PARVIFLORA Benth. 



Fabaceae. 



The lapuchillo, as it is called in its 

 native home on the Uruguay River, is a 

 tree of great beauty, with its finely di- 

 vided leaves and small but dense clusters 

 of pink flowers. The heartwood is dark 

 brown, very hardy, heavy, and durable. 



63994. Trifolium rubens L. Fabaceae. 



A perennial clover with a widely creep- 

 ing rhizome and upright glabrous stems 

 1 to 2 feet high. Native to rocky places 

 and thickets in the Mediterranean region. 



63995. Trifolium squarrosum L. Fab- 

 aceae. 



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. 



63996. Trigoneilla ensifera Trautv. Fa- 

 baceae. 



An annual leguminous plant, very 

 closely allied to the fenugreek (Trigo- 

 mella foenum^ffraecum) , from which it 

 differs chiefly in having hairy pods and 

 the lack of odor in its seeds. Its native 

 country is unknown. 



