92 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



27418 to 27462 -Continued. 



27457. Tbipolium pratense L. Red clover. 



27458. Tbittcum dueum Desf. Wheat. 

 "A sample of black-bearded wheat found growing among other sorts." 



27459. (Undetermined.) 



" Guilli-Patagua or Naranjillo. A splendid evergreen tree. When in flower 

 the entire wood and branches are covered with blooms, which give the tree the 

 appearance of being trimmed with yellow lace." 



27460. (Undetermined.) 



27461. (Undetermined.) 



"A flowering forest tree that has yellow flowers." 



27462. (Undetermined.) 



"Alberjillas." Same remarks apply to this as to No 27455. 



27463 to 27477. Melilotus spp. 



From Madrid, Spain. Presented by the Madrid Botanical Garden. Received 

 March 25, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



27463. Melilotus alba Desr. 



27464 and 27465. Melilotus dentata (Waldst. & Kit.) Pers. 



Distribution. — Europe and western Asia, extending from Sweden and the 

 British islands eastward through Russia, Servia, Roumania, and Asia Minor to 

 Siberia and Turkestan . 



27466 to 27468. Melilotus indica (L.) All. 



27469. Melilotus indica tommasinii (Jord.) Schultz. 

 Distribution. — The Sinai peninsula, Arabia. 



27470. Melilotus italica (L.) Lam. 



Distribution. — Along the northern shore of the Mediterranean from southern 

 France eastward through Italy, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and Greece to Asia 

 Minor. 



27471. Melilotus messanensis (L.) All. 

 See No. 25213 for distribution of this species. 



27472. Melilotus speciosa Durieu. 



Distribution. — Cool rocky slopes of the hills in the vicinity of Oran and 

 La Calle, in Algeria, and also on the island of Mauritius. 



27473. Melilotus segetalis (Brot.) Ser. 



Distribution. — The countries bordering on the Mediterranean from Spain and 

 southern France, through Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor to Syria, and in North 

 Africa. 



27474. Melilotus suaveolexs Ledeb. 



Distribution. — Eastern Asia, extending from Siberia, Turkestan, and India 

 eastward to Korea, China, and Japan. 



27475 to 27477. Melilotus taurica (Bieb.) Ser. 



Distribution. — Sterile mountain slopes in the Crimea, and in Asia Minor and 

 Kurdistan. 



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