﻿78 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27201 
  to 
  27288— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27269 
  to 
  27287— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27282 
  to 
  27284. 
  North 
  Dakota 
  Grimm. 
  Grown 
  from 
  P. 
  L. 
  H. 
  No, 
  

   3235, 
  which 
  is 
  identical 
  with 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  13358 
  % 
  The 
  first 
  plant 
  

   yielded 
  9| 
  grams 
  of 
  seed; 
  the 
  second 
  12^ 
  grams; 
  the 
  third 
  14 
  grams. 
  

   (See 
  No. 
  27201.) 
  

  

  27285. 
  Commercial 
  sand 
  lucern. 
  Grown 
  from 
  an 
  individual 
  plant 
  of 
  

   No. 
  21217, 
  from 
  Darmstadt, 
  Germany, 
  which 
  yielded 
  18| 
  grams 
  of 
  

   seed. 
  (See 
  No. 
  27216.) 
  

  

  27286. 
  Origin 
  of 
  parent 
  seed 
  unknown. 
  One 
  plant 
  yielded 
  4 
  grams 
  

   of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27287. 
  Origin 
  of 
  parent 
  seed 
  unknown. 
  One 
  plant 
  yielded 
  5| 
  grams 
  

   of 
  seed. 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  The 
  two 
  preceding 
  numbers 
  are 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  transplanted 
  

   plants 
  of 
  Peruvian 
  alfalfa 
  No. 
  9303, 
  which 
  survived 
  an 
  earlier 
  experiment. 
  

  

  27288. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  varia 
  (Mart.) 
  Urb. 
  Sand 
  lucern. 
  

   Grown 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  No. 
  20571 
  (see 
  No. 
  27260). 
  Nineteen 
  plants 
  yielded 
  

  

  1| 
  pounds 
  of 
  seed. 
  Average 
  per 
  plant 
  21 
  grams. 
  

  

  27289 
  to 
  27296. 
  

  

  From 
  Bremen, 
  Germany. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Geo. 
  Bitter, 
  director, 
  Botanical 
  

   Garden. 
  Received 
  March 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27289. 
  Agropyron 
  semicostatum 
  Nees. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  6,000 
  to 
  12,000 
  

   feet, 
  between 
  Kashmir 
  and 
  Sikkim, 
  India, 
  and 
  extending 
  to 
  Afghanistan 
  

   and 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  27290. 
  Eleusine 
  tristachya 
  Lam. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Montevideo, 
  Uruguay, 
  and 
  in 
  Argentina, 
  

   South 
  America; 
  introduced 
  in 
  the 
  Azores, 
  and 
  in 
  Spain 
  and 
  Italy. 
  

  

  27291. 
  Melilotus 
  suaveolens 
  Ledeb. 
  

  

  27292. 
  Melilotus 
  wolgica 
  Poir. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  Russia 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Volga 
  River 
  

   and 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  Caspian 
  Sea. 
  

  

  27293. 
  Phleum 
  japonicum 
  Franch. 
  & 
  Sav. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  sandy 
  shores 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Yokosuka, 
  Japan. 
  

  

  27294. 
  Trigonella 
  calliceras 
  Fisch. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  provinces 
  around 
  the 
  Caspian 
  Sea 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  

   Mountains, 
  southeastern 
  Russia. 
  

  

  27295. 
  Trigonella 
  cretica 
  Boiss. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  27148 
  for 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  27296. 
  Trigonella 
  gladiata 
  Stev. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  from 
  Spain 
  and 
  

   France 
  through 
  Dalmatia 
  and 
  Greece 
  eastward 
  to 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  

   Africa. 
  

  

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