﻿JANUAEY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  28 
  

  

  26654 
  to 
  26656. 
  

  

  From 
  Salisbury, 
  Rhodesia, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  Mcllwaine, 
  at 
  

   the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  D. 
  Riley, 
  Box 
  11, 
  Mercedes, 
  Tex. 
  Received 
  February 
  2, 
  

   1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following. 
  Native 
  names 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Mcllwaine: 
  

  

  26654. 
  Sclerocarya 
  caffra 
  Sond. 
  

  

  "Morula." 
  See 
  No. 
  24762 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  26655. 
  Flacourtia 
  ramontchi 
  L'Herit. 
  

   " 
  Mgokolo." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Common 
  throughout 
  India, 
  both 
  wild 
  and 
  cultivated; 
  also 
  

   in 
  Madagascar 
  and 
  the 
  East 
  Indian 
  islands. 
  

  

  26656. 
  Sideroxylon 
  sp. 
  

   "Bumbulu." 
  

  

  26657. 
  Eupatoritjm 
  sp. 
  (?) 
  

  

  From 
  Paraguay. 
  Procured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Cornelius 
  Ferris, 
  jr., 
  American 
  consul, 
  Asun- 
  

   cion, 
  Paraguay. 
  Received 
  February 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   "I 
  think 
  this 
  is 
  Caahu; 
  the 
  other 
  name 
  is 
  Yoyouvetima. 
  It 
  grows 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  

   about 
  10 
  feet, 
  always 
  on 
  the 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  woods, 
  in 
  wood 
  soil. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  

   dyeing 
  wool." 
  (Notes 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  packet 
  which 
  contained 
  seed.) 
  

  

  26658 
  to 
  26665. 
  

  

  From 
  Medan, 
  Sumatra. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  R. 
  de 
  Bussy. 
  Received 
  February 
  

   3, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  26658. 
  Nephelium 
  sp. 
  

  

  26659. 
  Garcinia 
  sp. 
  

  

  26660. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Brown 
  seeded. 
  Cowpea. 
  

   26661 
  and 
  26662. 
  Vigna 
  sesquipedalis 
  (L.) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight. 
  

  

  26661. 
  Reddish-brown 
  seeds. 
  

  

  26662. 
  Reddish-brown 
  and 
  white 
  seeds. 
  

   26663 
  to 
  26665. 
  Stizolobium 
  sp. 
  

  

  26663. 
  Mottled 
  black 
  and 
  brown 
  seeds. 
  

  

  26664. 
  Black 
  seeded. 
  

  

  26665. 
  Gray 
  seeded. 
  

  

  26666 
  to 
  26688. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   February 
  3 
  and 
  5, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  and 
  plants 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  26666. 
  Medicago 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Alupka, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  377 
  to 
  380, 
  January 
  17, 
  1910.) 
  

   Perennial 
  alfalfas 
  found 
  growing 
  in 
  cliffs 
  and 
  on 
  steep 
  hill 
  slopes 
  in 
  decomposed 
  

   rock 
  and 
  in 
  clayey 
  soil. 
  These 
  plants 
  will 
  in 
  all 
  probability 
  not 
  bear 
  heavy 
  

   frosts. 
  There 
  are 
  probably 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  species 
  in 
  this 
  lot." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26667. 
  Medicago 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kirikinesh, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  381 
  and 
  382, 
  January 
  17, 
  

   1910.) 
  Perennial 
  alfalfas 
  growing 
  in 
  earth 
  cliffs; 
  have 
  very 
  long 
  roots 
  and 
  are 
  

   therefore 
  drought 
  resistant. 
  Probably 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  number 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26666)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

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