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36535. Bellucia costaricensis Cogniaux. Papaturro agrio. 



From San Jose, Costa Rica. Presented by Mr. Carlos Werckle, Department of 

 Agriculture. Received October 27, 1913. 

 "Shrub with large flowers and yellow fruits of the size of a gooseberry, and with 

 strongly pronounced taste, between sweet and sour. Known only in the valley of 

 Diquis. and the name given it by Werckle does not appear very appropriate." (Pit- 

 tier, Las Plantes Usuales de Costa Rica, 190S.) 



36536 to 36545. 



From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Mr. Raphael Zon, of the U. S. Forest 

 Service, who secured them from Mr. W. A. Dubiansky, Imperial Botanic Gar- 

 den, Petrograd. Received October 25, 1913. 

 36538 to 36540. Calligonum spp. 



36536. Calligonum arborescens Litw. 

 "Trans-Caspian Kara Kum." 



Distribution. — A shrub about 10 feet high, found in the region of south- 

 western Asia east of the Caspian Sea. This species and the one following 

 have proved excellent sand binders in Turkestan. (See S. P. I. Nos. 9583 

 and 9594.) 



36537. Calligonum caput-medusae rubicundum ilerder. 

 "Trans-Caspian Kara Kum." 



36538. Calligonum caput-medusae Schrenk. 

 "Trans-Caspian Kara Kum. 



36539. Calligonum eriopodum Bunge. 

 "Trans-Caspian Kara Kum." 



36540. Calligonum setosum Litw. 

 "Trans-Caspian Kara Kum." 



36541. Elymus sp. 



"A good fodder grass which stands a great'deal of alkali in the soil, but requires 

 some moisture." (Zon.) 

 36542 to 36544. Elaeagnus angustifolia L. Oleaster. 



36542. "Forma spontanea Litw. Stands alkali and sandy soil well." 

 (Zon.) 



36543. "Forma sphaerocar pa Litw. Buchara. It is not afraid of frosts; 

 grows equally well on very alkaline and shifting sands. The fruit is 

 less palatable than that of E. angustifolia forma culta or E. angustifolia 

 spontanea." (Zon.) 



36544. "Forma culta Litw. Trans-Caspian prairie, Buchara. In gar- 

 dens on sandy soils of the valley of the River Amu-Darya. Fairly palat- 

 able edible fruit." (Zon.) 



36545. Aeluropus littoralis (Gouan) Pari. 



"A splendid grass for sands. It yields hay of high quality; is not afraid of 

 very heavy frosts." (Zon.) 



36546 to 36548. Avena sativa L. Oat. 



From Petrograd, Russia. Presented by Mr. Basil Benzin, Department of Agri- 

 culture. Received February 12, 1913. 



