22 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



24451 to 24575— Continued. 



24548 to 24550— Continued. 



24549. "(No. 194.) From the original lot of Persian seed received at 

 Tashkend, Turkestan, from Meshed, northeastern Persia. See No. 195 

 (S. P. I. No. 24550)." (Hansen.) 



24550. ''(No. 195.) Shabdar from Meshed, northeastern Persia, raised 

 one year at experimental station, Golodnaya or Hunger steppe, Tur- 

 kestan, between Tashkend and Samarkand." (Hansen.) 



"Previous importations of shaftal by the Bureau of Plant Industry (S. P. I. 

 Nos. 19506 and 19507, received December 10, 1906) are yielding promising 

 hay crops in the Southwest. The present numbers are of interest, as they 

 extend considerably the range from which seed has been secured. Meshed 

 lies at an altitude of about 3,000 feet, while the upper Kuram valley, the center 

 of seed production for northwestern India, where this is the only clover grown, 

 has an altitude of nearly 5,000 feet." (Charles J. Brand.) 



Distribution. — An annual clover, found in Persia, in the region of the Caspian 

 Sea, and east to India. 



24551. Oryza sativa L. Rice. 

 "(No. 130.) A very early swamp, white rice, a Kirghiz Tartar variety, from 



Tashkend, Turkestan. Worthy of attention by rice breeders and may prove 

 useful owing to its earliness." (Hansen.) 



24552. Oryza sativa L. Rice. 

 "(No. 148.) Dry-land rice from Tashkend, Turkestan." (Hansen.) 



24553. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Durra. 

 "(No. 152.) ' AJc-zhu-gah-rah,' a native variety from Old Chardchui, Turke- 

 stan. This is extensively cultivated as a cereal in the driest regions of Turke- 

 stan, being better adapted to droughty conditions than maize." (Hansen.) 



"'Dzhugara,' the common white durra of Turkestan. Extensively grown for 

 human food." (Carleton R. Ball.) 



24554. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Durra. 

 "(No. 192.) A red-seeded variety grown by the Turcomen at Bairamalee, 



near Merv, Turkestan." (Hansen.) 



"Brown durra. Never before introduced from Turkestan. A few seeds 

 were found mixed in S. P. I. No. 18389, white durra, from Bassorah, Arabia. 

 Similar forms are found along the northern edge of the Sahara. Very similar 

 to our domestic brown durra." (Carleton R. Ball.) 



24555. Haloxylon ammodendron (C. A. Meyer) Bunge. 



"(No. 133.) One of the best native trees or arborescent shrubs of the sand des- 

 erts of Turkestan. Now much used as a sand binder for the dunes which cause 

 trouble along the Transcaspian railway. The green wood burns freely, is very 

 heavy, and is gathered in immense quantities for fuel. This tree might prove 

 a valuable addition to the native flora in the driest sand deserts of our South- 

 west. The native name is Saxaul." (Hansen.) 



Distribution. — A native of central Asia, extending from the Ural to the Altai 

 mountains and south into Persia. 



24556. Salsola arbuscula Pall. 



"(No. 145.) A native arborescent shrub, native of the sand deserts of the 

 Transcaspian region east of the Caspian Sea in Turkestan. This lot is from 

 Chardchui, where the Russian Government has made extensive experiments 

 in planting sand binders to hold the drifting dunes along the line of the Trans- 

 caspian railway. This species is one of the favorite plants for that purpose." 

 (Hansen.) 

 Distribution. — A native of central Asia, from the Ural to the Altai mountains. 

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