SEPTEMBER, 1900, TO DECEMBER, 1903. 165 



7689 to 7765— Continued. 



7735. Medicago echinus. 



"Specimen found near Oued Smaar, Algeria. This plant is one of the 

 important annual medicagos. It has an inclining or creeping habit of growth ; 

 is very vigorous, and produces a large number of fruits. ' ' ( Scofield. ) 



7736. Medicago helix var. rigidula. 



7737. Medicago dexticulata. 



7738. Medicago orbicularis. 



7739. Medicago truxcatula. 



7740. Medicago turbixata. 



"Specimen found in woods above Mustapha. This plant has an inclining, 

 or sometimes upright, habit of growth. It is an annual, and deserves atrial." 

 (Scofield.) 



7741. Medicago truxcatula. 



7742. Medicago ciliaris. 



7743. Medicago secuxdiplora. 



"Obtained on Ain el Hadjar Plateau." (Scofield.) 



7744. Melilotus macrocarpa. 



"Specimen found near Hotel Continental, Mustapha. It is not particularly 

 common. The plant is mentioned by Battandier as being upright, profusely 

 branched, with bright green leaflets, very large, obovate, glaucous under- 

 neath; flowers about 6 mm. long, pale yellow, in loose bunches, exceeding the 

 leaves. The fruit is almost as large as a small pea, ovoid, obtuse, or spherical; 

 seeds, one or two, large, tuberculate. It is said that Arabs sometimes use 

 these fruits as a spice, since they have the odor of the melilot in a very high 

 degree." (Scofield.) 



7745. Oxoxis sp. 



7746. Oxobrychis sp. 



7747. Oxoxis avellaxa. 



7748. Eriobotrya japoxica. Loquat. 



(Seed never turned over to the office of Seed and Plant Introduction and 

 Distribution. ) 



7749. GrEXISTA SPHAEROCARPA. 



7750. SCORPIURUS VERMICULATA. 



7751. SCORPIURUS SULCATA. 



"Specimen found near Hotel Continental, Mustapha. This plant seems to 

 be at present of very little value. Like S. vermiculata it never attains any con- 

 siderable height, and is, if anything, less vigorous than S. vermiculata. It 

 thrives, however, in very poor soil, and is a harmless weed." (Scofield.) 



7752. Trigoxella gladiata. 



"Xearly related to T. foenum-graecum." (Scofield.) 



7753. Trifoliuh axgustifolium. 



"Specimen from grounds of Danish consulate, Mustapha. This plant is 

 closely allied to T. incarnation. It does not thrive well in Algeria, seldom 

 reaching more than 1 foot in height, and producing few, if any, branches. 

 Some very vigorous specimens were seen near Oran and west of there, where 

 it is more common than near Algiers. It is an annual, maturing earlv in Mav. ' ' 

 (Scofield.) 



