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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26070 
  to 
  26077— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  British 
  Islands, 
  France, 
  Spain 
  and 
  Portugal, 
  Italy, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Balkan 
  Peninsula. 
  

  

  26071. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  nigra 
  (L.) 
  Burnat. 
  

  

  "Seed 
  in 
  the 
  bur 
  was 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  

   in 
  December, 
  1905, 
  from 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  California. 
  It 
  perhaps 
  will 
  succeed 
  

   wherever 
  M. 
  hispida 
  denticulata 
  or 
  M. 
  arabiea 
  does 
  well. 
  In 
  California 
  it 
  is 
  

   perhaps 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  aggressive 
  than 
  M. 
  hispida. 
  Of 
  value 
  for 
  pasturage 
  and 
  

   soil 
  improvement." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  European 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  Sea, 
  

   including 
  Spain, 
  southern 
  France, 
  and 
  Italy; 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  Balkan 
  Peninsula, 
  

   Asia 
  Minor, 
  Syria, 
  Palestine, 
  and 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  26072. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  nigra 
  (L.) 
  Burnat. 
  

   Same 
  as 
  No. 
  26071. 
  

  

  26073. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  Gaertn. 
  

  

  "Seed 
  in 
  the 
  bur 
  was 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  

   in 
  December, 
  1905, 
  from 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  California. 
  Of 
  value 
  for 
  pasturage 
  

   and 
  soil 
  improvement 
  wherever 
  common 
  bur 
  clover 
  is 
  adapted." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Mediterranean 
  region. 
  

  

  26074. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  Gaertn. 
  

   Same 
  as 
  No. 
  26073. 
  

  

  26075. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  terebellum 
  (Willd.) 
  Urban. 
  

  

  "Seed 
  in 
  the 
  bur 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  in 
  

   December, 
  1905, 
  from 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  California. 
  This 
  is 
  practically 
  a 
  prickle- 
  

   less 
  form 
  of 
  bur 
  clover 
  and 
  needs 
  to 
  be 
  tested 
  extensively 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  and 
  South 
  

   for 
  pasturage 
  and 
  soil 
  improvement." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  along 
  the 
  Mediterranean, 
  from 
  Spain 
  to 
  Pales- 
  

   tine 
  and 
  Egypt. 
  

  

  26076. 
  Medicago 
  muricata 
  (L.) 
  All. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  selection 
  made 
  from 
  seed 
  which 
  was 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Intro- 
  

   duction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  in 
  December, 
  1905, 
  from 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  bur 
  clover 
  having 
  a 
  large 
  but 
  very 
  hard 
  bur. 
  Should 
  be 
  

   tested 
  in 
  sections 
  adapted 
  to 
  bur 
  clovers." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  province 
  of 
  Riviera, 
  southern 
  France, 
  and 
  in 
  Dalmatia, 
  

   Croatia, 
  and 
  Herzegovina, 
  southern 
  Austria. 
  

  

  26077. 
  Medicago 
  scutellata 
  (L.) 
  Miller. 
  

  

  "Seed 
  in 
  the 
  bur 
  was 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  Plant 
  Introduction 
  Garden, 
  Chico, 
  Cal., 
  

   in 
  December, 
  1905, 
  from 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  California. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  bur 
  

   clover 
  having 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  papery 
  pod, 
  making 
  it 
  especially 
  desirable 
  for 
  pastur- 
  

   age. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  particular 
  in 
  the 
  warmer 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  South." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Mediterranean 
  region. 
  

  

  26078. 
  Capriola 
  incompleta 
  (Nees) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  Cynodon 
  incompletus 
  Nees, 
  Linnsea 
  7: 
  301. 
  1832. 
  

  

  The 
  genus 
  Capriola 
  was 
  established 
  by 
  Adanson 
  in 
  1763, 
  while 
  Cynodon 
  

   was 
  not 
  published 
  until 
  1805, 
  forty-two 
  years 
  later. 
  Dactilon 
  was 
  pro- 
  

   posed 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  genus 
  by 
  Villars 
  in 
  1787 
  and 
  Fibichia 
  by 
  Koeler 
  in 
  

   1802. 
  

   From 
  Pretoria, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  

   government 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

   Received 
  October 
  14, 
  1909. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  common 
  Bermuda 
  grass." 
  (C, 
  V. 
  Piper.) 
  (Roots.) 
  

  

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