14 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPOBTED. 



28352. Diosptbos sp. 



From Baroda, Madras Presidency, India. Presented by Mr. B. S. Cavanaugh, 

 superintendent, State Gardens. Received July 14, 1910. 



28353. Passifloiia i:i>t us Sims. Passionflower. 



From Madras Presidency, India. Presented by Mr. P. s. Eanetkar, superin- 

 tendent, Empress Botanical Gardens, Poona, Bombay, India. Received July 

 I i. L910. 

 •• Edible passion fruit grown for culinary purposes." (Kanetkar.) 



28354. Terminally chebula Retz. Black myrobalan. 



Prom Baroda, India. Presented by Mr. B. S. Cavanaugh, superintendent, State 

 ( rardens. Received July 5, 1910. 



: e No. 25542 for description. 



28355 and 28356. 



From Algeria. Presented by Dr. L. Trabut, Algiers. Received July 5 and 11, 

 L910. 



Seeds of the following; notes by Dr. Trabut: 



28355. Festuca fenas Lagasca. 



"Grows in the very alkaline regions of Shott Khreida. This grass has a very 

 remarkable resistance to alkalinity." 



Distribution. — Southwestern Europe, extending from central Spain and 

 southern France eastward to Croatia. 



28356. Vicia faba L. Horse bean. 

 "Grows wild on the plateau of Sersou, Algeria." 



28357. Melilotus segetalis (Brot.) Ser. 



From Maison Carree, Algeria. Presented by the Botanic Garden. Received 

 July 5, 1910. 



"This is a small, sparsely leaved annual melilot, native of Mediterranean Europe 

 and Africa. It was originally described from Portugal. In former tests carried on 

 by the Office of Forage-CrQp Investigations of the Bureau of Plant Industry it has 

 attained a height of only 10 to 15 inches and its small growth makes it of doubtful 

 value for the United States. This melilot has been received previously under 

 S. P. I. Xos. 17003 and 27473." (H. N. VinaU.) 



28358. Crotalaria candicans Wight and Arnott. 



From Sibpur, Calcutta, India. Presented by Maj. A. T. Gage, superintendent, 

 Royal Botanic Garden. Received July 14, 1910. 



See No. 28344 for description. 



28359. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Ecuador. Procured by Mr. Herman R. Dietrich, consul general, Guaya- 

 quil. Received July 14, 1910. 

 Guaranda. 

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