14 SEEDS VXD PLANTS IMPOBTED. 



26070 to 26077— Continued. 



Distribution. The British Islands, France, Spain and Portugal, Italy, and 

 the Balkan Peninsula. 



26071. Medicago hispida nigra (L.) Burnat. 



"Seed in the bur was received at the Plant I ntroduetion Garden, Chico, Cal., 

 in December, l!><> : >. from the University of California. 1 1 perhaps will succeed 

 wherever .)/. hispida drnticuUda or M. arabica does well. In California it is 

 perhaps a Little more aggressive than M. hispida. Of value for pasturage and 

 soil improvement." 



"Distribution. — The European countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea, 

 including Spain, southern France, and Italy; also in the Balkan Peninsula, 

 Asia Minor, Syria, Palestine, and northern Africa. 



26072. Mkdicago hispida nigra (L.) Burnat. 

 Same as No. 26071. 



26073. Medicago hispida Gaertn. 



"Seed in the bur was received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., 

 in December, 1905, from the University of California. Of value for pasturage 

 and soil improvement wherever common bur clover is adapted." 



Distribution. — The Mediterranean region. 



26074. Medicago hispida Gaertn. 

 Same as No. 26073. 



26075. Medicago hispida terebellum (Willd.) Urban. 



"Seed in the bur received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., in 

 December, 1905, from the University of California. This is practically a prickle- 

 less form of bur clover and needs to be tested extensively in the West and South 

 for pasturage and soil improvement." 



Distribution.— The countries along the Mediterranean, from Spain to Pales- 

 tine and Egypt. 



26076. Medicago muricata (L.) All. 



"This is a selection made from seed which was received at the Plant Intro- 

 duction Garden, Chico, Cal., in December, 1905, from the University of Cali- 

 fornia. It is a form of bur clover having a large but very hard bur. Should be 

 tested in sections adapted to bur clovers." 



Distribution. — The province of Riviera, southern France, and in Dalmatia, 

 Croatia, and Herzegovina, southern Austria. 



26077. Medicago sCutellata (L.) Miller. 



"Seed in the bur was received at the Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, Cal., 

 in December, 1905, from the University of California. This is a form of bur 

 clover having a very large papery pod, making it especially desirable for pastur- 

 age. It should be tested in particular in the warmer sections of the South." 



Distribution. — The Mediterranean region. 



26078. Capriola incompleta (Nees) Skeels. 



Cynodon incompletus Nees, Linnsea 7: 301. 1832. 



The genus Capriola was established by Adanson in 1763, while Cynodon 

 was not published until 1805, forty-two years later. Dactilon was pro- 

 posed for the same genus by Villars in 1787 and Fibichia by Koeler in 

 1802. 



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

 government agrostologist and botanist, Transvaal Department of Agriculture. 

 Received October 14, 1909. 

 "This is closely related to common Bermuda grass." (C. V. Piper.) (Roots.) 



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