﻿APEIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  53 
  

  

  27969— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  11720 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  From" 
  southern 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Guatemala 
  southeastward 
  to 
  the 
  prov- 
  

   ince 
  of 
  Sao 
  Paulo 
  in 
  Brazil, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  27970 
  to 
  27977. 
  

  

  From 
  Cambridge, 
  England. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  

   Cambridge 
  University. 
  Received 
  April 
  22, 
  1910. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27970. 
  Chaetochloa 
  macrostachya 
  (H. 
  B. 
  K.) 
  Scribn. 
  & 
  Merrill. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  dry 
  soil 
  from 
  Texas 
  southward 
  through 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Central 
  

  

  America 
  to 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  27971. 
  Chaetochloa 
  sp. 
  

  

  27972. 
  Melilotus 
  dentata 
  (W. 
  & 
  K.) 
  Pers. 
  

  

  27973. 
  Melilotus 
  indica 
  (L.) 
  All. 
  

  

  27974 
  to 
  27976. 
  Pisum 
  arvense 
  L. 
  . 
  Pea. 
  

  

  27977. 
  Pisum 
  sativum 
  umbellatum 
  L. 
  

  

  27978. 
  Stizolobium 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Tamsui, 
  Formosa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Samuel 
  C 
  Reat, 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  May 
  24, 
  1910. 
  

  

  27979. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  between 
  Dushet 
  and 
  Passanaura, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  May 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1333a, 
  Apr. 
  30, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  small-leaved 
  variety 
  growing 
  in 
  stony 
  debris 
  that 
  

  

  has 
  been 
  washed 
  from 
  the 
  mountain 
  sides. 
  Found 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  between 
  

  

  4,000 
  and 
  5,000 
  feet 
  above 
  sea 
  level. 
  Roots 
  sent 
  under 
  No. 
  777 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  28043); 
  

  

  see 
  this 
  number 
  for 
  further 
  description." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27980 
  to 
  27995. 
  

  

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

   May 
  21, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27980. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  Erivan, 
  Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1315a, 
  Mar. 
  28, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  alfalfa, 
  

  

  passing 
  locally 
  under 
  the 
  Tartar 
  name 
  ' 
  Yondjin.' 
  This 
  lot 
  is 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   more 
  drought-resistant 
  strain 
  than 
  No. 
  1304a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27803), 
  but 
  as 
  state- 
  

   ments 
  from 
  native 
  dealers 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  depended 
  on, 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  so. 
  In 
  

   Yelisavetpol 
  I 
  was 
  informed 
  that 
  Erivan 
  alfalfa 
  lasts 
  ten 
  years, 
  while 
  Turkestan 
  

   alfalfa 
  lasts 
  only 
  six. 
  In 
  case 
  this 
  should 
  be 
  so 
  it 
  makes 
  this 
  a 
  much 
  more 
  

   valuable 
  forage 
  plant 
  than 
  the 
  central 
  Asian 
  strains. 
  See 
  also 
  remarks 
  under 
  

   No. 
  1304a 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27803), 
  which 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  same." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  27981. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Yelisavetpol, 
  (Caucasus, 
  Russia. 
  "(No. 
  1316a, 
  Apr. 
  8, 
  1910.) 
  An 
  

  

  alfiilfa 
  found 
  along 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  a 
  dry 
  river 
  bed. 
  Roots 
  sent 
  under 
  No. 
  763." 
  

  

  (Meyer.) 
  

  

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