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20521 to 20795— Continued. 



20766. Orobus luteus. 



From Omsk, Siberia. "(No. 246.) A promising native leguminous 

 forage plant found wild." (Hansen.) 



20767. Panicum miliaceum. Broom-corn millet. 



From Tugai province, Siberia. "(No. 247.) A yellow-seeded millet, 

 native to dry steppes. Taken out of No. 235 (S. P. I. No. 20755)." 

 (Hansen.) 



20768. Panicum miliaceum. Broom-corn millet. 



From Turgai province, Siberia. "(No. 248.) A yellow-seeded mil- 

 let, native to dry steppes. Taken out of No. 245 (S. P. I. No. 20765)." 

 ( Hansen. ) 



20769. Cucumis melo. Muskmelon. 



From tbe Imperial Botanical Garden, St. Petersburg, Russia. "(No. 

 249.) Gathered by Dr. Kochanovsky in 1906 in Mongolia. This variety 

 ought to be of value in the north." (Hansen.) 



20770. Lathyrus magellanicus. 



From Lago San Martin, Patagonia, South America. "(No. 250.) Seed 

 gathered by A. Thesleff in a Swedish scientific expedition and sent to 

 the Botanical Gardens at Helsingfors, Finland, Russia, in 1905. A na- 

 tive forage plant of Magellan Straits." (Hansen.) 



20771. Lathyrus nervosus. 



From Patagonia, South America. "(No. 251.) Seed gathered by 

 A. Thesleff in a Swedish scientific expedition and sent to the Botanical 

 Gardens at Helsingfors, Finland, Russia, in 1905." (Hansen.) 



20772. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 



From Christiania, Norway. "(No. 252.) The Toten clover, which is 

 cultivated over large areas of Norway on account of its extreme hardi- 

 ness. It is descended from a wild plant found at Toten, Norway, by 

 a peasant about 1850. This form has sometimes been called Trifolium 

 pratense norvegica. The present sample is No. 442 of Mr. A. Michelet, 

 seedsman, Christiania, Norway." (Hansen.) 



20773. Trifolium pratense. Red clover. 



From Christiania, Norway. "(No. 253.) The agronomists of Norway 

 claim that the native red clover is hardier than that introduced from 

 America and that the plant is much smoother. I found the same claim 

 as to greater freedom from hairiuess of plant, causing the hay to be 

 more free from dust, made for the native red clovers of Finland and 

 Russia. No. 439 of Mr. A. Michelet." (Hansen.) 



20774. Trifolium hybridum. Alsike clover. 



From Christiania, Norway. "(No. 254.) The Norwegian form of the 

 alsike clover. No. 252 of Mr. A. Michelet." (Hansen.) 



20775. Medicago sativa. Alfalfa. 



From Christiania, Norway. "(No. 255.) A hardy, vigorous, broad- 

 leaved form of alfalfa found in Norway by Mr. O. Malthe. The present 

 variety was selected a few years ago by Mr. Malthe from a patch of 

 alfalfa cultivated in Norway for a score of years. Considered to be a 

 promising mutation." (Hansen.) 



20776. Lathyrus sylvestris. 



From Christiania, Norway. "(No. 256.) A hardy leguminous forage 

 plant as found native a score of years ago in the Romerike Valley, a few 

 miles north of Christiania." (Hansen.) 

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