16 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



24451 to 24575— Continued. 



24457. Medicago platycarpa (L.) Trautv. 



"(No. 73.) A strong-growing perennial yellow-flowered alfalfa found wild in 

 timber clearings and along edges of the forests in central Siberia. The name 

 platycarpa refers to the large flat pod. This alfalfa should be thoroughly tested 

 in regions like northern Wisconsin and Minnesota. Will endure extreme cold, 

 but probably not severe wind sweep as well as Medicago falcata and Medicago 

 ruthenica. This lot was gathered near Chylim, between Obb and Omsk, in 

 Tomsk Province, western Siberia. All the three Siberian alfalfas are yellow 

 flowered." (Hansen.) 



Distribution. — Found throughout Siberia, extending east as far as Lake Baikal. 

 24458 to 24460. Trifolium lupinaster L. 



24458. "(No. 94.) As found native at Chita, Transbaikal region, on 

 Siberian railway. See No. 68 (S. P. I. No. 24817)." (Hansen.) 



24459. "(No. 92.) As found native at Chita, Transbaikal region, on 

 Siberian railway. See No. 68 (S. P. I. No. 24817)." (Hansen.) 



24460. "(No. 78.) This lot was gathered on the open steppe just north 

 of the Altai Mountain range between Brisk and Beloglasowo, southern 

 Tomsk Province, western Siberia. Worthy of introduction into the 

 western ranges as a wild plant, and for trial as a cultivated clover 

 wherever trouble is experienced from the winterkilling of the common 

 red clover. See No. 68 (S. P. I. No. 24817)." (Hansen.) 



Distribution. — A native of Asia, extending from central Russia through 

 Siberia, Mongolia, and Manchuria; also in Japan. 



24461. Trifolium medium Huds. 



"(No. 69.) Mammoth red clover as found wild near Obb, Tomsk Province, 

 at the intersection of the Siberian railway and the Obi River. All the Siberian 

 clovers should receive careful attention, as they may be found especially 

 adapted to our Prairie Northwest where trouble is experienced from the winter- 

 killing of the common red clover." (Hansen.) 



Distribution. — A native of open woods and fields in northern and central 

 Europe and across Asia to the region of Lake Baikal. 



24462. Vicia cracca L. 



"(No. 67.) A vetch gathered growing wild on the open steppe near Obb, 

 Tomsk Province, western Siberia, where the Obi River crosses the Siberian 

 railway. Common on the open steppes. Not cultivated here as yet, as the 

 country is too thinly settled." (Hansen.) 



24463. Vicia cracca L. 



"(No. 88.) As found wild on open steppe at Omsk, Akmolinsk Province, 

 western Siberia." (Hansen.) 



24464. Vicia amoena Fisch. (?) 



"(No. 64.) A wild vetch gathered at village Verk-Tchitinskaya, 20 versts 

 north of Chita, Transbaikal region, Siberian railway." (Hansen.) 



Distribution. — A native of central Siberia, extending from the Ural Mountains 

 to the region of Lake Baikal. 



24465. Vicia tenulfolia Roth. 



"(No. 13.) A native vetch on open steppe at Beloglasowo, between Biisk 

 and Smeinogorsk, southern Tomsk Province, western Siberia." (Hansen.) 



Distribution. — A native of Europe and Asia, extending from central Russia 

 to Lake Baikal. 



