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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



53031 to 53080— Continued. 



53079. Triticum aestivum X ovatum. Poacese. Hybrid wheat 

 {Aegilops triticoides Req.) 



A European annual 2 feet high with narrow cylindrical spikes of 

 closely appressed awned spikelets. 



53080. ViGNA cYLiNDRicA (Stickm.) Skeels. Fabaceie. Catjang*. 



A crop grown for its seeds and also used as a string bean in India. 



Received as Dolichos catjang, which is now referred to Vigna cylinr 

 drica. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 35349. 



53081 to 53114. 



From Leyden, Netherlands. Seeds presented by Prof. Dr. J. M. Janse, 

 director, Botanic Garden, Received April 15, 1921. 



Introduced for experiments with leaf rusts of grains and grasses. 



53081. AcoNiTUM LYCOCTONUM L. Ranuuculaccse. Monkshood. 



A slender-stemmed perennial 3 to 6 feet high, native to Europe and 

 Siberia, with deeply cut leaves and yellow or whitish flowers. 



53082. AcoNiTUM napellus L. Ranunculacese. Monkshood. 



The best known and most poisonous species of Aconitum ; it is used 

 in medicines. The erect stem is 8 to 4 feet high and the flowers blue. 

 Native to the temperate north. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 20881. 



53083. Aconitum paniculatijm Lam. Ranunculacejfi. Monkshood. 

 A European blue-flowered species. 



53084. Agropyron caninum (L.) Beauv. Poacese. Wheat-grass. 



A grass common in timber and timber clearings near Chita, Trans- 

 baikal region of eastern Siberia. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I, No. 24475. 



53085. AcROPYBON ELONGATTJM (Host.) Beauv. Poacese. Wheat-grass. 

 {A. rigidum Beauv.) 



A perennial grass 14 to 2 feet high, with rough linear leaves. Native 

 to the sandy coasts of the Mediterranean and the alpine summits of 

 Lebanon. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 17827. 



53086. AxTiERHiNUM OKONTiUM L. Scrophulariaccse. Snapdrag-on. 



A slender annual, native to North America, 6 to 12 inches high, with 

 small purple or white flowers. 



53087. Aquilegia frageans Benth. Ranunculacese. Columbine. 

 A Himalayan plant 6 inches high, with yellow-striped flowers. 



53088. Arehenatheru:m elatius (L.) Beauv. Poacese. Tall oat-grass. 



(A. avenaceum Beauv.) 



"This is occasionally cultivated in the humid regions of the United 

 States as a meadow grasss under the name of tall oat-grass. It is a 

 fairly satisfactory forage grass." {A. Hitchcock.) 



53089. Berberis crataegina DC. Berberidacese. Barberry. 



A deciduous shrub 5 feet high, with 6 to 10 flowered racemes 1 to 2 

 inches long and bluish black fruits. Native to Asia Minor. 



