164 SKEUS AND I'LAiMlS IMPORTED. 



7689 to 7765 —Continued. 



7722. Ceratonia .siliqua. Carob. 

 " Seeds of an improved variety from Blidah." {Scofield.) 



7723. Brassica oleracea. Cabbage. 

 "A few seeds of a wild cabbage from Rouiba." {Scofield.) 



7724. Ae(JILOps ovata. 7725. Hkdvsakum pallidum. 

 From Bouli Bree (?) Fioin Oraii. 



7726. HippocREPis multisiliquosa. 



"Specimen from the garden of the School of Medicine of Algiers. So far as 



known, this plant is not of great importance as a forage plant. It rarely 



reaches 20 inches in height, and has a straggling habit of growth. The stem 

 is hard and produces few leaves." [Scojield.) 



7727. Hymenocarpus circinata. 



"This plant is descriljed by Battandier as being velvety pubescent; stems 

 about 1 foot in height, erect or blant-hed; lower leaves entire, obtuse, attenu- 

 ated at the petiole, 4 to 6 cm. by 2; leaf pinnately divided with an odd leaf at 

 the end; flowers 2 to 4 in a peduncle, umbel exceeding the leaf; pod velvety, 

 flattened, orbiculate, sometimes spiny at the back, sometimes not, 15 mm. in 

 diameter. This plant is extremely rare and difficult to find, but Doctor Trabut 

 is of the opinion that it is of very great value as a forage plant, although it is 

 not yet evident that he has experimental proof to support the belief. Secured 

 by Mr. Fairchild from wild plants growing not far from Oran through assistance 

 of Prof. M. Doumergue, of Oran." {Scofield.) 



7728. Lathyris tixgitanus. 



"This grows from year to year in the garden of the School of Medicine 

 of Algiers, i)roducing a large num])er of flowers which are nearly or quite all 

 fertile." {Scofield.) 



7729. Lathyrx's numidicus. 



"Specimen found growing in the garden of the School of Medicine of 

 Algiers. The original seed was found by Doctor Trabut on the rocks near El 

 Kantara. The plant has a creeping habit of growth; matures very early and 

 produces a large nuudjer of well filled pods; grain rather small, round, dark 

 gray." [Scofield.) 



7730. Lotus ornithopodioides. 



"Specimen from the garden of the School of Medicine of Algiers. This 

 plant is common in waste places near Algiers; has not very robust stems; some 

 reclining; grows in rather poor soil; may reach a height of 15 inches. The 

 roots bear numerous peculiarlv globose nodules. The plant bears seed very 

 freely." {Scofield.) 



7731. Lotus edulis. 



" Specimen from garden of the School of Medicine of Algiers. This plant 

 has a creeping habit of growth, and produces many pods,which are fleshy, 

 with comparatively small seeds, and the pods when green are sweet to the 

 taste. Doctor Trabut thinks that this plant can be improved to be used as a 

 vegetable. ' ' {Scofield. ) 



7732. LUPINUS LUTEUS. 



7733. LuPiNUS sp. 



" A violet lupine of Spanish origin." {Scofield.) 



7734. Medk'ago denticulata var. apiculata. 



