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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  26666 
  to 
  26688— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26668. 
  Ononis 
  sp.(?) 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kirikinesh, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  383, 
  January 
  17, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  

   Ononis 
  or 
  perhaps 
  a 
  Lotus 
  growing 
  in 
  earth 
  cliffs 
  together 
  with 
  Medicagos. 
  

   Seems 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  drought 
  resistant 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  perennial 
  fodder 
  

   plant 
  in 
  mild- 
  wintered 
  regions 
  where 
  dry, 
  hot 
  summers 
  prevail." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  26669. 
  Hedysarum 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kirikinesh, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  384, 
  January 
  17, 
  1910.) 
  

   Found 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  localities 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  number 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  

   26668), 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  it." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  26670. 
  Ficus 
  carica 
  L. 
  Fig. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sebastopol, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  385, 
  January 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  fig, 
  with 
  very 
  deeply 
  lobed 
  leaves; 
  growing 
  in 
  exposed 
  rocks; 
  

   freezing 
  back 
  in 
  severe 
  winters, 
  as 
  was 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  root 
  stumps. 
  May 
  be 
  

   experimented 
  with 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  limits 
  of 
  fig-growing 
  sections 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

   States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  26671. 
  Salix 
  vitellina 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Baidari, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  386, 
  January 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  Variety 
  

   aurea. 
  A 
  handsome 
  willow 
  with 
  golden-yellow 
  twigs, 
  growing 
  into 
  a 
  tall 
  shrub, 
  

   or 
  even 
  a 
  good-sized 
  tree. 
  Wood 
  very 
  brittle. 
  Found 
  wild 
  in 
  ravines 
  and 
  also 
  

   cultivated 
  in 
  gardens. 
  An 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  and 
  park 
  tree 
  for 
  mild-wintered 
  

   regions 
  where 
  dry 
  and 
  hot 
  summers 
  prevail." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  26672. 
  Jasminum 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Baidari, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  387, 
  January 
  15, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  

   same 
  as 
  No. 
  375 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26766), 
  see 
  this 
  number 
  for 
  remarks." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  26673. 
  Medicago 
  orbicularis 
  (L.) 
  All. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Balaklava, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1201a, 
  January 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  

   An 
  annual 
  alfalfa 
  found 
  growing 
  upon 
  hill 
  slopes 
  and 
  on 
  stony, 
  rather 
  sterile, 
  

   plains. 
  Germinates 
  in 
  early 
  winter 
  and 
  ripens 
  in 
  early 
  summer. 
  Much 
  liked 
  

   by 
  sheep 
  that 
  graze 
  everywhere 
  on 
  the 
  hills 
  in 
  the 
  Crimea; 
  also 
  fed 
  in 
  the 
  native 
  

   hay 
  to 
  working 
  horses 
  and 
  to 
  bulls. 
  May 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  winter 
  forage 
  plant 
  in 
  

   the 
  mild-wintered 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  especially 
  in 
  California." 
  

   {Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean, 
  from 
  Spain 
  to 
  

   Mesopotamia, 
  and 
  from 
  Abyssinia 
  to 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands. 
  

   26674 
  to 
  26676. 
  Medicago 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Balaklava, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1202a 
  to 
  1204a, 
  January 
  14, 
  

   1910.) 
  Same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  these 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26673)." 
  

   ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  26674. 
  Medicago 
  minima 
  (L.) 
  Grufb. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Western 
  and 
  southern 
  Europe, 
  from 
  Sweden 
  and 
  Spain 
  through 
  

   middle 
  and 
  southern 
  Russia 
  to 
  Greece, 
  and 
  through 
  Asia 
  to 
  western 
  India, 
  and 
  

   in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  26675. 
  Medicago 
  rigidula 
  (L.) 
  Desr. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Same 
  as 
  No. 
  26673. 
  

  

  26676. 
  Medicago 
  rigidula 
  agrestis 
  (Ten.) 
  Burnat. 
  

   ' 
  ' 
  A 
  rare 
  variety 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  France, 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean, 
  and 
  in 
  

   Italy, 
  Sicily, 
  Greece, 
  and 
  Syria. 
  

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