﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  39 
  

  

  27792. 
  Acacia 
  decurrens 
  Willd. 
  Black 
  wattle. 
  

  

  From 
  Berea, 
  Durban, 
  Natal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Medley 
  Wood, 
  

   director, 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  May 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Along 
  river 
  banks 
  and 
  on 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  in 
  the 
  provinces 
  of 
  Queens- 
  

   land, 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Victoria, 
  and 
  South 
  Australia 
  in 
  Australia, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  

   of 
  Tasmania. 
  

  

  27793. 
  Carica 
  papaya 
  L. 
  Papaya. 
  

  

  From 
  Tlacotalpan, 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  Mexico. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Edward 
  Everest, 
  Hda. 
  

   "La 
  Candelaria." 
  Received 
  May 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   "These 
  seeds 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  very 
  sweet, 
  good 
  fruit." 
  (Everest.) 
  

  

  27794 
  to 
  27796. 
  Medicago 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Paris, 
  France. 
  Presented 
  by 
  The 
  Director, 
  Paris 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   History, 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper. 
  Received 
  May 
  2, 
  1910. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27794. 
  Medicago 
  carstiensis 
  Wulfen. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  open 
  grassy 
  places 
  or 
  in 
  thickets 
  in 
  the 
  southern 
  part 
  of 
  

   Austria, 
  especially 
  in 
  Istria, 
  Croatia, 
  Bosnia, 
  and 
  Dalmatia. 
  

   27795 
  and 
  27796. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  denticulata 
  (Willd.) 
  Urban. 
  

  

  27797. 
  Rollinia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Horqueta, 
  Paraguay, 
  South 
  America. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  R. 
  Gwynn. 
  

   Received 
  April 
  27, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "Chirimoya 
  chica 
  Colorado. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  red 
  fruit, 
  growing 
  on 
  a 
  bush, 
  and 
  to 
  

   my 
  taste 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  varieties." 
  (Gwynn.) 
  (Seed.) 
  

  

  27798. 
  Inga 
  edulis 
  Mart. 
  

  

  From 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  acting 
  director, 
  Campo 
  de 
  

   Cultura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense. 
  Received 
  May 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  known 
  -as 
  Ingd 
  cipo. 
  ' 
  Cipo 
  ' 
  here 
  is 
  the 
  word 
  for 
  liane, 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  fruit 
  

   undoubtedly 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  curious 
  appearance 
  and 
  resemblance 
  to 
  a 
  liane. 
  It 
  is 
  

   from 
  1 
  foot 
  to 
  2 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  a 
  man's 
  thumb, 
  or 
  even 
  

   thicker, 
  usually 
  twisted 
  and 
  crooked. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  pulp 
  in 
  texture 
  

   something 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  Theobroma 
  grandiflorum. 
  This 
  pulp 
  is 
  acidulous, 
  but 
  has 
  little 
  

   flavor." 
  (Fischer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Mexico, 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Vera 
  Cruz, 
  southward 
  through 
  Central 
  

   America 
  to 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Amazon 
  in 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  27801 
  to 
  27813. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  

   April 
  30, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27801. 
  Hordeum 
  sp. 
  Barley. 
  

  

  From 
  Tiflis, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1302a, 
  Mar. 
  20, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  sample 
  of 
  

   black 
  winter 
  barley 
  used 
  locally 
  for 
  horse 
  feed 
  (see 
  S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27829). 
  Obtained 
  

   from 
  Mr. 
  Eiranoff, 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Society 
  in 
  Tiflis." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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