This year's "eager beavers" in my annual seed-starting are:
Artemisia viridis Willd. - strong germination after 5 days at room temperature; seeds wild-collected by A. Naumenko, Tadjikistan, Pamir, Maisara Pass.
Astragalus beketowii (Krasn.) B.Fedtsch. - germination starting in 4 days at room temp after scarifying; seeds wild-collected by A. Naumenko, Kyrgyzstan, Pamiralai, Trans Alai Pass.
Chesneya quinata Fed. - germination starting in 5 days at room temp after scarifying; seeds wild-collected by A. Naumenko, Kyrgyzstan, Tien-Shan, Kokomeren valley.
Ephedra fedtschenkoae - starting germ after 4 days at room temp; seeds wild-collected by A. Naumenko, Tadjikistan, Pamir, Bulun-Kul lake.
*Lagochilus seravschanicus Knorring - germ starting in 5 days at room temp after scarifying (extremely hard seed coats!); wild-coll. A. Naumenko, Tadjikistan, Pamir, Sasyk-Kul lake.
Melica jacquemontii - strong germ in 5 days at room temp; seeds from A. Naumenko, ex-Kyrgyzstan, Tien-Shan, Kyrgyz range.
*Edit: I'm wondering now what these seeds are. They are oval, dark brown, shiny and very hard, and they don't match Lagochillus seeds from another source (which are more of a multi-sided, slightly-curved conical shape with a dull tan-brown surface). I may have mixed them up...