﻿92 
  SEEDS 
  AXD 
  PLAXTS 
  IMP0KTED. 
  

  

  27418 
  to 
  27462— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27457. 
  Trifolium 
  pratexse 
  L. 
  Red 
  clover. 
  

  

  27458. 
  Triticum 
  durum 
  Desf. 
  Wheat. 
  

   "A 
  sample 
  of 
  black-bearded 
  wheat 
  found 
  growing 
  among 
  other 
  sorts." 
  

  

  27459. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  " 
  Guilli-Patagua 
  or 
  Naranjillo. 
  A 
  splendid 
  evergreen 
  tree. 
  When 
  in 
  flower 
  

   the 
  entire 
  wood 
  and 
  branches 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  blooms, 
  which 
  give 
  the 
  tree 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  being 
  trimmed 
  with 
  yellow 
  lace." 
  

  

  27460. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  27461. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  ' 
  ; 
  A 
  flowering 
  forest 
  tree 
  that 
  has 
  yellow 
  flowers." 
  

  

  27462. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  

  

  " 
  Alberjillas." 
  Same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  this 
  as 
  to 
  Xo 
  27455. 
  

  

  27463 
  to 
  27477. 
  Melilotus 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Madrid, 
  Spain. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Madrid 
  Botanical 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  25, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27463. 
  Melllotus 
  alba 
  Desr. 
  

  

  27464 
  and 
  27465. 
  Melllotus 
  dextata 
  (Waldst. 
  & 
  Kit.) 
  Pers. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Europe 
  and 
  western 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  Sweden 
  and 
  the 
  

   British 
  islands 
  eastward 
  through 
  Russia, 
  Servia, 
  Roumania, 
  and 
  Asia 
  Minor 
  to 
  

   Siberia 
  and 
  Turkestan. 
  

   27466 
  to 
  27468. 
  Melllotus 
  ixdica 
  (L.) 
  All. 
  

  

  27469. 
  Melllotus 
  ixdica 
  tommasixii 
  (Jord.) 
  Schultz. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Sinai 
  peninsula, 
  Arabia. 
  

  

  27470. 
  Melllotus 
  italica 
  (L.) 
  Lam. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  the 
  northern 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  from 
  southern 
  

   France 
  eastward 
  through 
  Italy, 
  Corsica, 
  Sardinia, 
  Sicily, 
  and 
  Greece 
  to 
  Asia 
  

   Minor. 
  

  

  27471. 
  Melllotus 
  messaxexsis 
  (L.) 
  All. 
  

   See 
  Xo. 
  25213 
  for 
  distribution 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  27472. 
  Melllotus 
  speciosa 
  Durieu. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Cool 
  rocky 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Oran 
  and 
  

   La 
  Calle, 
  in 
  Algeria, 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Mauritius. 
  

  

  27473. 
  Melllotus 
  segetalis 
  (Brot.) 
  Ser. 
  

  

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

   southern 
  France, 
  through 
  Italy, 
  Greece, 
  and 
  Asia 
  Minor 
  to 
  Syria, 
  and 
  in 
  Xorth 
  

   Africa. 
  

  

  27474. 
  Melllotus 
  suaveolexs 
  Ledeb. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Eastern 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  Siberia, 
  Turkestan, 
  and 
  India 
  

   eastward 
  to 
  Korea, 
  China, 
  and 
  Japan. 
  

   27475 
  to 
  27477. 
  Melllotus 
  taurica 
  (Bieb.) 
  Ser. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Sterile 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  in 
  the 
  Crimea, 
  and 
  in 
  Asia 
  Minor 
  and 
  

   Kurdistan. 
  

  

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