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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMFOETED. 
  

  

  28059 
  and 
  28060. 
  

  

  From 
  Saigon, 
  Cochin 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  Morange, 
  Chef 
  du 
  Service 
  de 
  

   l'Agriculture. 
  Received 
  June 
  1, 
  1910. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28059. 
  Diospyros 
  decandra 
  Lour. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  northern 
  provinces 
  of 
  Cochin 
  China; 
  fruits 
  offered 
  for 
  sale 
  

   in 
  the 
  markets 
  of 
  the 
  villages. 
  

  

  28060. 
  Garcinia 
  cochinchinensis 
  (Lour.) 
  Chois. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Cultivated 
  and 
  probably 
  also 
  native 
  in 
  Cochin 
  China. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  12021 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  28061. 
  Britoa 
  acida 
  (Mart.) 
  Berg. 
  

  

  From 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Fischer, 
  Campo 
  de 
  Cultura 
  Experi- 
  

   mental 
  Paraense. 
  Received 
  June 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  plant 
  is 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  guava; 
  the 
  fruit 
  is 
  round, 
  with 
  a 
  diameter 
  of 
  2 
  to 
  2\ 
  

   inches; 
  the 
  taste 
  is 
  almost 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  guava, 
  but 
  very 
  acid. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  few. 
  

   The 
  color 
  is 
  like 
  the 
  guava 
  externally; 
  internally 
  it 
  is 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  The 
  skin 
  is 
  thin." 
  

   (Fischer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  woods 
  along 
  the 
  Amazon 
  River 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Nogueira, 
  

   Brazil. 
  

  

  28062 
  and 
  28063. 
  Medicago 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Palermo, 
  Sicily, 
  Italy. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director, 
  Palermo 
  Botanical 
  

   Garden. 
  Received 
  May 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28062. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  confinis 
  (Koch) 
  Burnat. 
  

  

  28063. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  nigra 
  (L.) 
  Burnat. 
  

  

  28064 
  to 
  28069. 
  Medicago 
  spp. 
  

  

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

   Received 
  May 
  6, 
  1910. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28064. 
  Medicago 
  blancheana 
  Boiss. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Syria, 
  extending 
  from 
  Marash 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  region 
  around 
  

   Saida. 
  

  

  28065. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  denticulata 
  (Willd.) 
  Urban. 
  

  

  28066. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  Gaertn. 
  

  

  28067 
  and 
  28068. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  nigra 
  (L.) 
  Burnat. 
  

  

  28069. 
  Medicago 
  rigidula 
  (L.) 
  Desr. 
  

  

  28070 
  and 
  28071. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Russia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Prof. 
  N. 
  E. 
  Hansen, 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  

   Station, 
  Brookings, 
  S. 
  Dak., 
  May 
  7, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28070. 
  "(No. 
  260.) 
  Seeds 
  gathered 
  from 
  plants 
  growing 
  wild 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  

   steppes 
  of 
  the 
  Semipalatinsk 
  region, 
  Akmolinsk 
  Province, 
  southwestern 
  

   Siberia, 
  in 
  1908, 
  by 
  courtesy 
  of 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  A. 
  Sladkoff, 
  assistant 
  director, 
  Depart- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  Crown 
  Domains, 
  Omsk, 
  Siberia." 
  (Hansen.) 
  

  

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