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24451 to 24575— Continued. 



24557. Calligoxum sp. 



"(No. 240.) An arborescent shrub, native of the sand deserts of Turkestan, 

 now used as a sand binder along the Transcaspian railway. See Xos. 133, 145, 

 241, and 242 (S. P. I. Xos. 24555, 24556, 24558, and 24559). Seed from Chard- 

 chui." {Hansen.) 



24558. Calligoxum aphyllum (Pall.) Guerke. 



"(No. 241.) Another species used as a sand binder along the Transcaspian 

 railway. Seed from near Chardchui. See Nos. 133, 240, and 242 (S. P. I. 

 Nos. 24555, 24557, and 24559)." {Hansen.) 



Distribution. — A native of southern Russia, in the vicinity of the Caucasus 

 Mountains and the Caspian Sea. 



24559. Calligoxum caput-medusae Schrenk. 



"(No. 242.) Used as a sand binder along the Transcaspian railway. Seed 

 from near Chardchui. Nos. 240, 241, and 242 (S. P. I. Nos. 24557, 24558, and 

 24559) are all native of the sand deserts of Turkestan. See Nos. 133, 240, and 

 241 (S. P. I. Nos. 24555, 24557, and 24558)." {Hansen.) 



Distribution. — A native of the deserts in the region of the Altai Mountains 

 in southern Russia. 



24560. Paxicum miliaceum L. Millet. 



"(No. 136.) 'Orenburg red millet,' grown at Tashkend, Turkestan. May 

 prove to be the same as the Red Lump Orenburg millet I introduced from my 

 1897 trip to Russia. Everything from Orenburg ought to be specially adapted 

 to dry-farming conditions. " {Hansen.) 



24561. Paxicum miliaceum L. Millet. 



"(No. 188.) 'Chinese black milleV from Tashkend, Turkestan. Appears 

 similar to the lot I obtained in Turkestan in 1897. Afterwards Mr. M. A. 

 Carleton secured the Black Veronesh millet. 'Veronesh' appears a better spell- 

 ing than 'Veronezh.' These large black-seeded millets produce heavily in 

 South Dakota, even when sown late on new breaking, and are useful in stock 

 feeding. The Kirghiz Tartars of northern Turkestan use these and other 

 large-seeded native millets extensively as an important part of their daily diet. 

 For their value in feeding steers, see South Dakota Agricultural Experiment 

 Station Bulletin No. 97, by James W. Wilson and H. G. Skinner." {Hansen.) 



24562. Cicer arietixum L. Chick-pea. 



"(No. 141.) Chick-pea or 'Persian pea,' from the experiment station at 

 Bairamalee, Turkestan. This is near Merv, a few miles from the Persian 

 border, in ancient Turcomania. " {Hansen.) 



24563. Triticum durum Desf. Wheat. 



24564. Cicer arietixum L. Chick-pea. 



"(No. 232.) Native chick-pea as grown at Samarkand, Turkestan. " 

 {Hansen.) 



24565. Cicer arietixum L. Chick-pea. 



"(No. 243.) Another lot of 'Persian peas' or Garok, the native name, as 

 grown by the Turcomen in the dry region at Bairmalee, near Merv, Turkestan." 

 {Hansen.) 



24566. Vigxa uxguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 

 "(No. 190.)" Brown-Eye. 



24567. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



"(No. 142.) Turcestanica alfalfa as bought in the native bazaar at Baira- 

 malee, near Merv, Turkestan. See No. 259 (S. P. I. No. 24811)." {Hansen.) 

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