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64075 to 64083— Continued. 



64079. La Union White. 



64080. Momungan. 



64081. Mount Province. 



64082 and 64083. Holcus sorghum L. 

 {Sorghum vulgare Pers.). Poaceae. 



Sorghum. 



5. Basso. 64083. Basso Red. 



64084. Cosmos sp. Asteraceae. 



Cosmos. 



From Reading, England. Seeds purchased 

 from Sutton & Sons. Received February 

 25, 1925. Numbered April, 1925. 



Miniature Yellow. A variety with rich- 

 yellow starlike flowers produced in great 

 abundance ; the plants form compact 

 bushes about 18 inches high. (Sutton's 

 Catalogue,, 192%.) 



64085. Hippeasteum sp. Amaryllida- 

 ceae. 



From Brazil. Bulbs collected by Agnes 

 Chase, Bureau of Plant Industry. Re- 

 ceived June 19, 1925. 



Serra do Caparao, Minas Geraes. This 



1 believe to be the same as the plant seen 

 at Serra da Gramma [S. P. I. No. 64053], 

 which had red lilylike flowers 5 to 6 

 inches long, borne in twos or threes at the 

 apex of the scape. The leaves are about 



2 inches wide and a foot long, and fleshy, 

 like hyacinth leaves. (Mrs. Chase.) 



64086 and 64087. 



From Rabat, Morocco. Bulbs collected by 

 David Fairchild, agricultural explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry. Received 

 June 29, 1925. Notes by Doctor Fair- 

 child. 



64086. Dipcadi serotinum Medic. Lil- 

 iaceae. 



A bulbous plant growing about a foot 

 high and producing a slender spike of 

 salmon-colored flowers shaped much like 

 those of a hyacinth. It forms patches in 

 the deep sandy soil of the forest of 

 Mamora. 



64087. Lbucojum trichophyllum 

 Schousb. Amaryllidaceae. 



A graceful bulbous plant, 2 feet high, 

 found in the sandy soil in the forest of 

 Mamora. This plant, with its white 

 hanging flowers, three or four on each 

 stem, gives a delicate touch to the 

 border. 



64088 and 64089. Sacchaeum officina- 

 etjm L. Poaceae. Sugar cane. 



From Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba. Cut- 

 tings presented by Gonzalo M. Fortun, 

 director, Estaci6n Experimental Agro- 

 nomica, through E. W. Brandes, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry. Received June 8, 

 1925. 



Locally developed strains. 



64088. C. O. 210. 64089. C. O. 213. 



64090 to 64099. 



From Tiflis, Caucasus. Seeds presented by 

 the director of the Botanic Garden. 

 Received May 18, 1925. 



64090 to 64099— Continued. 



64090 to 64092. Agropyron spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



64090. Agropyron 

 Gaertn. 



CRISTATUM 



(L.) 



A perennial thickly cespitose grass, 

 with stout rhizomes, native to south- 

 eastern Europe. 



64091. Agropyron orientals 

 Roem. and Schult. 



(L.) 



An annual much-branched grass, 

 prostrate-ascending in habit, native to 

 sandy places in Asia Minor and Tur- 

 kestan. 



For previous introduction see S. P. I. 

 No. 61389. 



64092. Agropyron orientals lasian- 

 thum Boiss. 



An annual grass, thickly branched 

 at the base, with numerous mostly 

 prostrate stems scarcely 8 inches high. 

 Native to Asia Minor and North 

 Africa. 



64093. Avena barbata Brot. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



An annual or biennial grass, up to 30 

 inches in height. Native to southern 

 Europe. 



64094. Avena ludoviciana Durieu. Po- 

 aceae. Grass. 



An annual or biennial grass, very simi- 

 lar to Avena sterilis, but smaller. Native 

 to southern Europe. 



64095. Oryzopsis holciformis (Bieb.) 

 Hack. Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial grass, with a thick short 

 rhizome and stems 3 feet or more in 

 height. The panicles are a foot or more 

 long. Native to southern and southeast- 

 ern Europe. 



64096. Oryzopsis paradoxa vibescens 

 (Trin.) Richter. Poaceae. Grass. 



A perennial densely cespitose grass, 

 with rough stems up to 4 feet in height. 

 The spreading panicles are about 8 inches 

 long. Native to southern Europe and 

 Asia Minor. 



64097 to 64099. Tbiticum spp. Poaceae. 



Grass. 



64097. Triticum cylindricum (Host) 

 Ces. Pass, and Gib. 



An ornamental annual grass with stiff, 

 upright stems and narrow leaves. Na- 

 tive to dry sandy places in southern 

 and southeastern Europe. 



64098. Triticum speltoides (Tausch) 

 Grenier. 



A bushy grass, branching from the 

 base, with slender erect stems bear- 

 ing rough narrow leaves and stiff 

 rather loose spikes of long-awned 

 flowers. It is a native of western 

 Asia, found especially in Syria, and is 

 considered to have been one of the 

 species from* which the cultivated 

 wheats were derived. 



64099. Triticum triunciale (L.) Gren. 

 and Godr. 



A thickly branched annual grass, 

 with ascending stems and flat rough 

 leaves. Native to dry places in the 

 Mediterranean region. 



