86 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



28645. ViciA PABA L. Horse bean. 



From Paris, France. Purchased from Vilmorin, Andrieux & Co. Received August 

 12, 1910. 

 Winter. 



28646. Medic AGO sativa tunetana Murbeck. 



From Oued Zenati, Algeria. Presented by Mr. A. Clav6. Received August 13 

 1910. 



"The plants from which this seed was taken were found in a single, very limited 

 place on calcareou.s and uncultivated ground. I had to watch carefully to save from 

 the sheep, which are very fond of this excellent forage, a few flowering stems and a few 

 beeds. It was impossible for me to get a larger quantity because of the great scarcity 

 of this species in this region." (Clave.) 



Distribution. — Pine woods on both sandy and calcareous soil in the mountainous 

 region of central Tunis and at Oued Zenati and Tebessa in the province of Constantine 

 in Algeria. 



28648 and 28649. 



From Turkestan. Received through Mr. Frank N. Meyer, agricultiu-al explorer, 

 August 13, 1910. 



28648. TuLiPA sp. Tulip. 



From mountains near Bachar-den, Turkestan. "(No. 790, June 5, 1910.) 

 A tulip growing on sunburned mountain sides in decomposed rock soil. Flow- 

 ers apparently red." (Meyer.) 



28649. Eremurus sp. 



From near Kulikalan, in the province of Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 

 789.) A very robust, ornamental Eremurus, having spikes of flowers that grow 

 4 feet tall and are rosy pink in color. Found at an altitude of about 7,000 

 feet in rich, blackish soil. Of value as an ornamental plant in faii'ly dry climes; 

 apparently able to stand low temperatures. " (Meyer.) 



28653. Eragrostis lehmanniana Xees.(?) 



From Mowbray, Cape Colony, South Africa. Presented by C. Starke & Co. 

 (Ltd.). Received August 13, 1910. 



Distribution. — Central and eastern South Africa, extending from the Graaff Reynet 

 region and Natal southward to the Cape. 



Seeds. 

 28655. Triticum turgidum L. Wheat. 



P'rom Valencia, Spain. Presented by Mr. Robert JVazier, jr., American consul. 

 Received July 12, 1910. 



"Irrigated wheat, the typical variety grown in this vicinity. Usually i)lanted 

 from the end of November to the middle of December. " (Frazier.) 



28656 and 28657. Solanum spp. 



From Peru. Presented by Dr. A. Weberbauer, German Legation, Lima. Re 

 ceived August 16, 1910. 



Tubers of the following; notes by Dr. Weberbauer: 

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