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24620 to 24630— Continued. 



24621 to 24629— Continued. 



24627. Picea engelmanni (Parry) Engelm. 



From Gallinas Canon, Pecos National Forest, New Mexico. Altitude, 

 approximately 7,800 feet. 



Distribution. — A native tree of the high mountain slopes of western 

 North America, extending from Alberta and British Columbia to New 

 Mexico and Arizona, from an elevation of 5,000 feet in the north to 

 11,500 feet in the south. 



24628. Pseudotsuga taxifolia (Lamb.) Britt. 



Collected in Carson National Forest, New Mexico, at an altitude of 

 approximately 7,500 feet. 



Distribution. — From about latitude 55° north in the Rocky Mountains 

 and from the head of the Skeena River in the Coast Range southward 

 through all the Rocky Mountain system to the mountains of western 

 Texas, southern New Mexico, southern Arizona, and northern Mexico. 



24629. Picea engelmanni (Parry) Engelm. 



Collected in Alamo National Forest, New Mexico, at an altitude of 

 approximately 9,000 feet. See No. 24627 for distribution. 



24630. Pinus caribaea Morelet. 



From Miami, Fla. Received through Mr. P. J. Wester, in charge of Subtropical 

 Garden, January 4, 1909. 



Distribution. — A native of the southeastern coast of North America, from 

 South Carolina to the highlands of Central America, and of the Bahamas and 

 the Isle of Pines. 



24631. Gourliea spinosa (Mol.) Skeels. (Lucuma spinosa MoL, 

 1782.) (Gourliea chilensis Gay, 1846.) 



From Nice, France. Presented by Dr. A. Robertson Proschowsky. Received 

 January 28, 1909. 



Seed of the Chafial, a small tree 12 to 15 feet high, with long, thick, cylindrical 

 branches, ending in spines. The leaves are compound, consisting of three pairs of 

 small ovate leaflets. The flowers, borne hi short, loose racemes, are orange-yellow, 

 streaked with red. The fruit is about 1 inch in diameter, covered with a brownish 

 skin and having a pulp resembling a jujube (Chinese date) in flavor. The wood is 

 yellow, quite hard, and used considerably by cabinetmakers. 



Distribution. — This tree grows along hedges in the provinces of Coquimbo, Copiapo, 

 Tambo, and Guanta hi Chile at an elevation of 1,500 to 5,000 feet. 



24635. Medicago sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Boxberg, Baden, Germany. Secured from the Getreidelagerhaus, Box- 

 berg, through Mr. Charles J. Brand. Received January 27, 1909. 

 Alt-Deutsche Frdnkische lucern. "This seed was grown in the same region as 

 No. 22467, under which number a detailed account is given. It is of special interest 

 on account of the fact that it comes from within 15 or 20 miles of the original home 

 of the well-known Grimm alfalfa of Minnesota." (Brand.) 

 8805— Bui. 162—09 3 



