﻿JANUARY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1910. 
  87 
  

  

  27364 
  to 
  27399— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27371. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   Propagated 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  seed 
  of 
  wild 
  alfalfa 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  Fraile, 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  near 
  Villamayor, 
  Spain. 
  

  

  27372. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   Grown 
  from 
  cuttings 
  secured 
  at 
  Lanham, 
  Md. 
  Original 
  seed 
  from 
  Botanical 
  

  

  Gardens, 
  Madrid, 
  Spain. 
  Six 
  plants 
  yielded 
  7 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27373 
  and 
  27374. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  varia 
  (Mart.) 
  Urban. 
  Sand 
  lucern. 
  

  

  27373. 
  Produced 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  a 
  plant 
  of 
  No. 
  20571. 
  The 
  parent 
  

   plant 
  bore 
  typically 
  variegated 
  flower 
  heads, 
  has 
  small 
  leaves, 
  loosely 
  

   coiled 
  pods, 
  with 
  one-half 
  to 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  turns, 
  and 
  very 
  woody 
  

   stems. 
  Six 
  plants 
  yielded 
  3 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27374. 
  Seed 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  a 
  plant 
  of 
  No. 
  20571, 
  which 
  bore 
  faded 
  

   bluish-colored 
  flowers 
  with 
  violet 
  veins. 
  Three 
  plants 
  yielded 
  4 
  

   ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27375. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  Sickle 
  lucern. 
  

  

  Seed 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  No. 
  20717, 
  collected 
  by 
  Prof. 
  N. 
  E. 
  Hansen 
  near 
  Khar- 
  

   kof, 
  Russia. 
  The 
  parent 
  plant 
  was 
  low 
  spreading 
  and 
  vigorous. 
  Five 
  plants 
  

   grown 
  from 
  cuttings 
  yielded 
  4 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  The 
  plants 
  that 
  produced 
  the 
  

   present 
  seed 
  were 
  grown 
  in 
  close 
  proximity 
  to 
  M. 
  sativa, 
  hence 
  a 
  sativa 
  X 
  

   falcata 
  cross 
  may 
  have 
  resulted. 
  

  

  27376 
  to 
  27378. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  27376. 
  Seed 
  produced 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  a 
  plant 
  grown 
  at 
  Lanham, 
  Md., 
  

   from 
  seed 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Botanical 
  Gardens, 
  Madrid, 
  Spain. 
  The 
  

   parent 
  plant 
  was 
  exceedingly 
  vigorous 
  and 
  rapid 
  of 
  growth, 
  upright 
  

   in 
  habit 
  and 
  produced 
  unusually 
  large 
  leaves. 
  Five 
  plants 
  yielded 
  

   5 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27377. 
  Mielga. 
  Progeny 
  of 
  a 
  wild 
  alfalfa 
  plant 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  M. 
  

   Fraile, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  near 
  Villares 
  de 
  la 
  Reina, 
  

   Spain. 
  (See 
  No. 
  23391.) 
  Five 
  plants 
  yielded 
  3 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27378. 
  Seed 
  grown 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  two 
  selected 
  individuals 
  that 
  

   yielded 
  1 
  ounce 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27379. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   Grown 
  at 
  Dickinson 
  from 
  cuttings 
  of 
  a 
  plant 
  produced 
  at 
  Lanham, 
  Md. 
  

  

  Original 
  seed 
  from 
  Botanical 
  Gardens, 
  Madrid, 
  Spain. 
  Pods 
  of 
  good 
  size, 
  loosely 
  

   coiled 
  from 
  one 
  to 
  three 
  times; 
  leaves 
  small, 
  flowers 
  dusky 
  purple. 
  Three 
  plants 
  

   yielded 
  4 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27380. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   Grown 
  from 
  S.P.I. 
  No. 
  22949, 
  which 
  represents 
  seed 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  alfalfa 
  plant 
  

  

  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands 
  near 
  Limavida, 
  Chile. 
  Four 
  plants 
  yielded 
  

   4 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  27381. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   Grown 
  from 
  seed 
  produced 
  at 
  Lanham, 
  Md. 
  Original 
  seed 
  from 
  Botanical 
  

  

  Gardens, 
  Madrid, 
  Spain. 
  Parent 
  plant 
  was 
  vigorous 
  and 
  woody, 
  has 
  small 
  

   leaves 
  and 
  white 
  flowers. 
  It 
  was 
  grown 
  in 
  association 
  with 
  other 
  species 
  and 
  

   varieties 
  so 
  that 
  crossing 
  may 
  have 
  occurred 
  readily. 
  Two 
  plants 
  yielded 
  

   4 
  ounces 
  of 
  seed 
  at 
  Dickinson. 
  

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