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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27662 
  to 
  27674— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  27671. 
  Juniperus 
  foetidissima 
  Willd. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1297a, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  tall-growing 
  

   tree, 
  occurring 
  on 
  dry 
  places. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  and 
  timber 
  tree 
  in 
  

   dry 
  regions 
  where 
  fairly 
  mild 
  winters 
  prevail. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botan- 
  

   ical 
  Garden." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  coniferous 
  forests 
  on 
  the 
  subalpine 
  and 
  alpine 
  slopes 
  of 
  

   the 
  mountains 
  of 
  Greece, 
  and 
  in 
  Armenia 
  and 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Karabagh 
  in 
  

   southeastern 
  Russia. 
  

  

  27672. 
  Juniperus 
  oxycedrus 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1298a, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  Obtained 
  from 
  

   the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  Gardens." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26884 
  for 
  further 
  description. 
  

  

  27673. 
  Juniperus 
  communis 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1299a, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  This 
  well- 
  

   known 
  shrub, 
  occasionally 
  growing 
  into 
  a 
  small 
  tree, 
  occurs 
  on 
  many 
  places 
  in 
  

   the 
  Caucasus 
  and 
  is 
  "worthy 
  of 
  test 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  evergreen 
  in 
  the 
  semiarid 
  

   sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  Garden." 
  

   {Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Europe, 
  northern 
  Asia, 
  northern 
  China, 
  the 
  mountains 
  of 
  

   northern 
  Africa, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  from 
  the 
  Canadian 
  boundary 
  south- 
  

   ward 
  to 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  Arizona, 
  and 
  northern 
  California. 
  

  

  27674. 
  Paeonia 
  mlokosewitschi 
  Lomakin. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1300a, 
  Mar. 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  rare, 
  her- 
  

   baceous, 
  native 
  Caucasian 
  peony, 
  bearing 
  yellow 
  flowers. 
  Obtained 
  from 
  the 
  

   Tiflis 
  Botanical 
  Garden." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  Mountains 
  in 
  the 
  Province 
  of 
  Talysch 
  

   in 
  southeastern 
  Russia. 
  

  

  27675. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  arabica 
  (L.) 
  All. 
  

  

  From 
  Sukhum-Kale, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  

   agricultural 
  explorer, 
  Mar. 
  31, 
  1910. 
  

   This 
  was 
  picked 
  out 
  of 
  No. 
  27343; 
  see 
  this 
  number 
  for 
  remarks. 
  

  

  27676 
  to 
  27679. 
  

  

  From 
  Loutulim, 
  Goa, 
  Portuguese 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  S. 
  Cardosa. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  Apr. 
  16, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27676. 
  Canavali 
  gladiatum 
  (Jacq.) 
  DC. 
  

  

  27677. 
  Canavali 
  obtusifolium 
  (Lam.) 
  DC 
  

  

  27678. 
  Dolichos 
  lablab 
  L. 
  Bonavist 
  bean. 
  

  

  27679. 
  Mimusops 
  kauki 
  L. 
  "Adam's-apple." 
  

   See 
  No. 
  25909 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  large, 
  hard, 
  timber 
  tree, 
  very 
  productive. 
  Its 
  fruit 
  is 
  a 
  berry 
  

   about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  egg 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  palatable 
  and 
  delicious 
  when 
  the 
  trees 
  

   are 
  carefully 
  cultivated." 
  (Cardosa.) 
  

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