﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  25 
  

  

  26666 
  to 
  26688— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  26677. 
  Medicago 
  orbicularis 
  microcarpa 
  Rouy 
  & 
  Fouc. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Alupka, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No 
  1205a, 
  January 
  17, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  

   annual 
  alfalfa 
  growing 
  on 
  hill 
  slopes. 
  The 
  same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  this 
  as 
  to 
  

   No. 
  1201a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26673)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Same 
  as 
  No. 
  26673. 
  

  

  26678. 
  Trigonella 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Balaklava, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1206a, 
  January 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  leguminous 
  plant, 
  perhaps 
  an 
  annual. 
  The 
  pods 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  some 
  stony 
  

   fields 
  near 
  Balaklava 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  some 
  wild 
  native 
  hay 
  that 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  

   horses. 
  May 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  fodder 
  plant 
  in 
  similar 
  regions 
  as 
  mentioned 
  for 
  

   No. 
  1201a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26673)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  26679. 
  Coronilla 
  VARIA 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kirikinesh, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1207a, 
  January 
  16, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  perennial 
  leguminous 
  plant, 
  making 
  somewhat 
  woody 
  stems, 
  on 
  which 
  the 
  

   foliage 
  persists 
  in 
  winter 
  when 
  located 
  in 
  sheltered 
  nooks. 
  Grows 
  in 
  dry 
  cliffs 
  

   and 
  between 
  bowlders 
  and 
  rocks. 
  May 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  fodder 
  plant 
  in 
  similar 
  

   regions 
  as 
  mentioned 
  under 
  No. 
  1201a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26673)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Plants 
  of 
  this 
  were 
  received 
  under 
  Meyer 
  No. 
  404 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26817). 
  

  

  26680. 
  Pyrus 
  salicifolia 
  Pall. 
  

  

  From 
  Balaklava, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1208a, 
  January 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  

   same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  this 
  as 
  to 
  No. 
  372 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26763)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Desert 
  slopes 
  of 
  hills 
  and 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus, 
  southern 
  

   Russia 
  and 
  northern 
  Persia. 
  

  

  26681. 
  Malus 
  baccata 
  (L.) 
  Moench. 
  Crab 
  apple. 
  

   From 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1209a, 
  December 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  few 
  

  

  fruits 
  of 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  Malus 
  baccata, 
  from 
  Nertchinsk, 
  Siberia, 
  which 
  are 
  quite 
  

   different 
  from 
  the 
  ordinary 
  form. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Doktorowitz- 
  

   Grebnitzky, 
  pomologist 
  of 
  the 
  Forestry 
  Institute 
  at 
  Liesnoi, 
  near 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  

   who 
  is 
  using 
  this 
  crab 
  apple 
  to 
  create 
  hardier 
  apples 
  by 
  hydridizing 
  it 
  with 
  

   Ma 
  lus 
  prunifo 
  lia 
  and 
  others 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  26682. 
  Malus 
  baccata 
  X 
  prunifolia. 
  

  

  From 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1210a, 
  December 
  10, 
  1910.) 
  Obtained 
  

   from 
  the 
  same 
  source 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  number 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26681) 
  . 
  This 
  hybrid 
  

   has 
  better 
  keeping 
  qualities 
  than 
  the 
  ordinary 
  American 
  crab 
  apples. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  26683. 
  Ribes 
  petraeum 
  Wulf. 
  

  

  From 
  Liesnoi 
  Forestry 
  Institute, 
  near 
  St. 
  Petersburg, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1211a, 
  

   December 
  17, 
  1909.) 
  Seeds 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  bushes 
  from 
  which 
  cuttings 
  were 
  

   sent 
  under 
  No. 
  368 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  26617). 
  See 
  this 
  number 
  for 
  remarks." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Alpine 
  and 
  sub-Alpine 
  slopes 
  of 
  mountains 
  in 
  Switzerland, 
  

   northern 
  Italy, 
  Austria, 
  and 
  east 
  to 
  the 
  Altai 
  and 
  Baikal 
  Mountains 
  in 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  26684. 
  Cercis 
  siliquastrum 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kirikinesh, 
  Crimea, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1212a, 
  January 
  16, 
  1910.) 
  

   The 
  so-called 
  Judas 
  tree; 
  a 
  redbud 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  European 
  and 
  North 
  African 
  

   regions. 
  Highly 
  ornamental. 
  Grows 
  in 
  sterile, 
  stony 
  localities, 
  where 
  it 
  

   remains 
  shrubby, 
  but 
  when 
  planted 
  in 
  a 
  good 
  locality 
  it 
  grows 
  up 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  tree 
  

   25 
  to 
  30 
  feet 
  in 
  height. 
  Strongly 
  recommended 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  and 
  

   park 
  tree 
  in 
  mild- 
  wintered 
  regions 
  where 
  hot, 
  dry 
  summers 
  prevail." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

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