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25941. Elephantorrhiza elephantina (Burch.) Skeels. 



Acacia elephantina Burch., Trav., vol. 2, p. 236. 1824. 



Acacia elephantorrhiza (Burch.) D. C, Prod., vol. 2, p. 457. 1825. 



Elephantorrhiza burchellii Benth., Hook Journ. Bot., vol. 4, p. 344. 1842. 



Although Burchell is given as the authority in De Candolle's Prodromus for the spe- 

 cific name elephantorrhiza, the name he really used and under which he gave an excel- 

 lent botanical diagnosis is that here recognized. 



From Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa. Presented by Prof. J. Burtt Davy, 

 director, Transvaal Department of Agriculture. Received September 10, 1909. 



Seeds. 



"All grazing animals, wild and domestic, are exceeding fond of this plant. It 

 has long, succulent roots and an underground stem. It does not shoot until rather 

 late in the summer, seldom before December, and its stems are killed again by the 

 first frosts of May. The seed-pods are still green when the frost comes, and the seeds 

 not ripe, but they are so well protected by the strong, leatherlike pod, that the 

 frost can not hurt them, and they ripen in the pod long after the stem that bore them 

 has been killed by the frost. The roots are used for tanning leather." (Mrs. Barber, 

 in Harvey, Flora Capensis, vol. 2, p. 277.) 



Distribution. — South Africa. Common in grassy places between the Klipplaat and 

 Zwartkey rivers in Cape Colony. It occurs also in the Cradock and Queenstown dis- 

 tricts in Cape Colony, and is reported from the "Zooloo Country." Originally 

 described from near ''Klaawater" in the southern part of Orange River Colony. 



25942. Berberis saxguixea Franch. 



From Nancy, France. Purchased from V. Lemoine & Sons. Received Sep- 

 tember 14, 1909. 



"This is a little-known species from China and appears to be closely allied to 

 Berberis nepalensis. The blooms are said to be deeper orange-red than any other 

 species. These plants are imported for hybridizing purposes." (IF. Van Fleet.) 



Distribution. — A native of dry stream beds in the province of Szechwan, China. 



25950 to 25953. Vicia faba L. 



From Valencia, Spain. Presented by Mr. Charles S. Winans, American consul. 

 Received September 8, 1909. 



Seeds of each of the following: 



25950 to 25952. Broad bean. 



25950. Caliente. Light brown. 



25951. Panesca. Purplish brown. 



25952. Murciana. Dark purple. 



25953. Horse bean. 



Favon. Purplish black. 



25956 and 25957. 



From Amanus Mountains, Turkey in Asia. Presented by Mrs. F. D. Shepard, 

 Adana. Received September 9, 1909. 



Seeds of each of the following: 



25956. Avena sativa L. Oat. 



25957. Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd. Bitter vetch. 

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