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25016 to 25021. 



From Khartum, Sudan. Presented by Mr. R. Hewison, Director of Agriculture 

 and Lands, Sudan Government, at the request of Mr. C. V. Piper. Received 

 March 16, 1909. 



The following seeds (native names quoted) : 



25016. Vigna ungutculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 

 •• Masri." 



25017. Axdropogox halepensis (L.) Brot. Johnson grass. 



"Garawi." 



"A variety of Johnson grass without rootstocks. This is a thing I have been 

 looking for for some time, and judging from its behavior at Chillicothe, Tex., 

 I think we have something that is going to be of high value. It looks some- 

 thing like Johnson grass, but is entirely devoid of rootstocks, and therefore 

 could be easily eradicated." (C. V. Piper.) 



Distribution. — Apparently a native of southern Europe and Asia, but distrib- 

 uted as a weed and by cultivation generally throughout warm countries, ex- 

 tending north in the United States to southern Pennsylvania and Missouri. 



25018. Dolichos lablab L. Bonavist bean. 

 ' ' Kashrangague.' ' 



25019. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



25020. Pennisetum americanum (L.) Schum. Pearl millet. 



"Dohhu." 



Distribution. — Cultivated generally throughout the Tropics; used in the 

 Southern States for the seed and grown farther north for fodder. 



25021. Cajan indictjm Spreng. 



"Ads." 



Distribution. — Probably a native of India, ascending to 6,000 feet in the 

 Himalayas, and cultivated generally in the Tropics. 



25022. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Oberschiipf, Baden, Germany. Secured from Mr. Ludwig Keller, Ober- 

 schiipf, amt Boxberg, Baden, Germany, at the request of Mr. Charles J. 

 Brand. Received March 11, 1909. 



Alt-Deutsche Frankische lucern. 



25068. Pelargonium odoratissimum (L.) Ait. Geranium. 



From Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Government Botanist, Mustapha- 

 Alger, Algeria. Received March 19, 1909. 



"Cuttings of oil geranium cultivated in Algeria. This variety does not seed." 

 {Trabut.) 



This was procured for Dr. H. True's experiments in the production of rose gera- 

 nium oil. 



Distribution. — A native of the Cape of Good Hope; cultivated in Spain and Algeria. 



25079. Medicago sativa L. • Alfalfa. 



From Grand Isle, Vt. Collected by Mr. X. Schmitz, summer of 1908. 



"Seed from a single plant of alfalfa. This individual plant was growing under 

 very undrained-soil conditions and local testimony indicated that this and associated 

 scattering plants had withstood the unfavorable conditions present for eighteen 

 years." {J. M. Westgate.) 

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