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187. Glycyrrhiza glabra. Licorice. 



From Uralsk, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 1898. (4 

 packages.) 



Same as No. 186. 



188. Glycyrrhiza glabra. Licorice. 



From Uralsk, Russia. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 1898. (3 

 packages.) 



Same as No. 186. 



189. Prunus armeniaca. Apricot. 



From New Bokhara. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 1898. 



190. Prunus. Plum. 



From Old Bokhara. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 



191. Prunus armeniaca. Apricot. 



From Old Bokhara. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 1898. 



192. Prunus. Cherry. 



From Old Bokhara. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 



193. Prunus armeniaca. Apricot. 



From Old Bokhara. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 1898. 



194. 



From Amu Daria, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 1898. 

 Shrub with inflated pods growing in alkali desert soil. 



195. Ammodendron. Sand acacia. 



From Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 1898. (16 

 packages.) Desert shrub. 



11 Seeds of Ammodendron sieversii and A. karelinii. Used along the Transcaspian 

 Railway to bind the moving sands. In practice no distinction is made between 

 these two species. See No. 198." 



196. Aristida pungens pinnata. Sand oats. 



From Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. Hansen, March, 1898. (1 

 package.) 



"A desert plant found best for binding the sand dunes the first year or two along 

 the Transcaspian Railway. Not found native at Amu Daria but in the Kirghiz 

 Tartar steppes north." 



197. Calligonum. 



From Repetchek, near Amu Daria, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. 

 Hansen, March, 1898. (2 packages.) Desert shrub. See No. 202. 



198. Ammodendron. Sand acacia. 



From Repetchek, near Amu Daria, Turkestan. Received through Prof. N. E. 

 Hansen, March, 1898. (4 packages.) 



" Seeds of Ammodendron sieversii and A. karelinii. The former has leaves with long 

 petioles: the leaves of the latter are nearly sessile. Native desert thorn shrubs or 

 bushy trees, attaining a height of 7 meters; the wood very strong and used for 

 building purposes. Seeds must be sown in the fall (November in Bokhara) ; if sown 

 in spring they remain dormant till tbe following year. Both species are used for 

 binding moving sand dunes along the Transcaspian Railway." 



