﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  61 
  

  

  27089 
  to 
  27095— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27093. 
  Psoralea 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Gagri, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  417, 
  January 
  31, 
  1910.) 
  Found 
  

   growing 
  on 
  dry 
  places 
  in 
  decomposed 
  rock. 
  This 
  legume 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  

   fodder 
  plant 
  in 
  mild-wintered 
  regions 
  where 
  hot 
  summers 
  prevail." 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  27094. 
  Vinca 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Gagri, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  418, 
  January 
  31, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

   Vinca 
  found 
  in 
  shady 
  nooks 
  in 
  the 
  mountains, 
  often 
  hanging 
  down 
  between 
  

   rocks. 
  Apparently 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  ordinary 
  Vinca 
  major. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  

   ground 
  cover 
  or 
  basket 
  plant 
  in 
  mild-wintered 
  regions 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  27095. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Gagri, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  420, 
  February 
  1, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  grass 
  

   growing 
  plentifully 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  between 
  bowlders 
  and 
  rocks 
  on 
  mountain 
  

   sides. 
  Perhaps 
  of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  fodder 
  grass 
  in 
  mild-wintered 
  regions." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27097 
  and 
  27098. 
  Pyrus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Kew, 
  England. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  David 
  Prain, 
  director, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  

   Garden. 
  Received 
  March 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27097. 
  Pyrus 
  chinensis 
  Lindl. 
  Sand 
  pear. 
  

  

  27098. 
  Pyrus 
  simoni 
  Carr. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Provinces 
  of 
  Chihli, 
  Shingking, 
  and 
  Kiangsi, 
  in 
  China, 
  and 
  in 
  

   Korea, 
  Manchuria, 
  and 
  Japan. 
  

  

  27099. 
  Ravensara 
  aromatic 
  a 
  Sonner. 
  

  

  From 
  Port 
  Louis, 
  Mauritius. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Regnard. 
  Received 
  March 
  14, 
  

   1910. 
  

  

  "A 
  fairly 
  interesting 
  spice 
  tree." 
  (Regnard.) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  of 
  Ravensara 
  is 
  a 
  large, 
  bushy 
  tree 
  with 
  a 
  pyramidal 
  head, 
  entire 
  leaves, 
  

   small 
  flowers, 
  and 
  pear-shaped 
  fruits 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  hickory 
  nut. 
  The 
  leaves 
  and 
  

   fruit 
  are 
  prepared 
  by 
  rolling 
  into 
  a 
  ball 
  which 
  is 
  allowed 
  to 
  hang 
  in 
  the 
  air 
  for 
  a 
  month; 
  

   then 
  placed 
  in 
  boiling 
  water 
  for 
  five 
  minutes, 
  and 
  afterwards 
  dried 
  in 
  the 
  sun 
  or 
  before 
  

   a 
  fire. 
  This 
  process 
  preserves 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  fruits 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  keep 
  for 
  several 
  years. 
  

   (Adapted 
  from 
  Sonnerat, 
  Voyage 
  aux 
  Indes 
  Orientates, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  226.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  island 
  of 
  Madagascar. 
  

  

  27101 
  to 
  27105. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Victoria, 
  Minn. 
  Obtained 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  M. 
  Westgate 
  from 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  

  

  Gerdsen, 
  August 
  11, 
  1909. 
  Numbered 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  recording 
  distribution 
  

  

  March 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "These 
  five 
  selected 
  plants 
  were 
  presumably 
  40 
  years 
  old, 
  as 
  the 
  field 
  from 
  which 
  

  

  they 
  were 
  taken 
  was 
  seeded 
  in 
  1868 
  or 
  1869, 
  according 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Gerdsen, 
  and 
  there 
  has 
  

  

  been 
  no 
  apparent 
  reseeding 
  since. 
  The 
  crowns 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  plants 
  were 
  very 
  large 
  and 
  

  

  apparently 
  uniform 
  in 
  age; 
  the 
  individual 
  crowns 
  were 
  often 
  2 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  

  

  were 
  occasionally 
  broken 
  up 
  into 
  two 
  or 
  more 
  separate 
  but 
  adjacent 
  plants." 
  ( 
  Westgate.) 
  

  

  27106. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

  

  From 
  Bangalore, 
  Mysore, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  N. 
  L. 
  Rockey, 
  Gonda, 
  

   United 
  Provinces, 
  India. 
  Received 
  March 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   Seed 
  supposedly 
  of 
  this 
  same 
  variety 
  received 
  under 
  No. 
  25692. 
  

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