G2 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MrORTED. 





28059 and 28060. 



Prom Saigon, Cochin China. Presented by Mr. P. Morange, Chef du Service de 

 I' Agriculture. Received June 1, 1910. 



,1 of the following: 



28059. DlOSPYBOS decandra Lour. 



Distribution. — The northern provinces of Cochin China; fruits offered for sale 

 in the markets of the villages. 



28060. Garcinia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Chois. 

 Distribution. — Cultivated and probably also native in Cochin China. 

 See No. 12021 for description. 



28061. Britoa acida (Mart.) Bero;. 



From Para, Brazil. Presented by Mr. W. Fischer, Campo de Cultura Experi- 

 mental Paraense. Received June 4, 1910. 



"This plant is related to the guava; the fruit is round, with a diameter of 2 to 2\ 

 inches; the taste is almost like that of the guava, but very acid. The seeds are few. 

 The color is like the guava externally; internally it is pale yellow. The skin is thin." 

 (Fischer.) 



Distribution. — In the woods along the Amazon River in the vicinity of Nogueira, 

 Brazil. 



28062 and 28063. Medicago spp. 



From Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Presented by the Director, Palermo Botanical 

 Garden. Received May 6, 1910. 



Seed of the following: 



28062. Medicago hispida confinis (Koch) Burnat. 



28063. Medicago hispida nigra (L.) Burnat. 



28064 to 28069. Medicago spp. 



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

 Received May 6, 1910. 



Seed of the following: 



28064. Medicago blancheana Boiss. 



Distribution. Syria, extending from Marash southward to the region around 

 Said a. 



28065. Medicago hispida denticulata (Willd.) Urban. 



28066. Medicago hispida Gaertn. 



28067 and 28068. Medicago hispida nigra (L.) Burnat. 



28069. Medicago rigidula (L.) Desr. 



28070 and 28071. Medicago falcata L. 



From Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, Brookings, S. Dak., May 7, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



28070. "(No. 260.) Seeds gathered from plants growing wild in the dry 

 steppes of the Semipalatinsk region, Akmolinsk Province, southwestern 

 Siberia, in 1908, by courtesy of Mr. L. A. Sladkoff, assistant director, Depart- 

 ment of Crown Domains, Omsk, Siberia." (Hansen.) 



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