﻿APRIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1910. 
  77 
  

  

  38278. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Pinchow, 
  Shensi, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Berthold 
  Laufer, 
  Peking, 
  who 
  

  

  procured 
  them 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Nelson, 
  China 
  Inland 
  Mission, 
  Pinchow. 
  Received 
  

  

  June 
  28, 
  1910. 
  

  

  "The 
  young 
  plants 
  of 
  this 
  are 
  much 
  used 
  for 
  greens, 
  and 
  eaten 
  by 
  the 
  people. 
  For 
  

  

  fodder 
  it 
  is 
  nearly 
  all 
  used 
  green. 
  The 
  Chinese 
  do 
  not 
  dry 
  much 
  clover 
  for 
  hay. 
  As 
  a 
  

  

  rule 
  it 
  is 
  cut 
  three 
  times 
  throughout 
  the 
  summer, 
  not 
  reckoning 
  when 
  they 
  first 
  pick 
  the 
  

  

  tender 
  plants 
  for 
  greens. 
  I 
  think 
  this 
  variety 
  will 
  grow 
  on 
  most 
  any 
  kind 
  of 
  soil." 
  

  

  (Nelson.) 
  

  

  28279 
  to 
  28285. 
  

  

  From 
  Mexico! 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  N. 
  Rose, 
  associate 
  curator, 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  Received 
  June 
  20, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  N. 
  Rose: 
  

   28279 
  to 
  28282. 
  Cucurbita 
  spp. 
  

  

  28279. 
  From 
  San 
  Bias. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Rose, 
  Standley, 
  and 
  

   Russell, 
  in 
  1910. 
  "A 
  climbing 
  vine; 
  fruit 
  nearly 
  globular, 
  yellow 
  

   streaked 
  with 
  narrow 
  bands 
  of 
  white, 
  3 
  inches 
  long." 
  

  

  28280. 
  From 
  Culiacan, 
  Collected 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Rose, 
  Standley, 
  and 
  

   Russell. 
  "A 
  climbing 
  vine; 
  fruit 
  globular 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  

   long, 
  streaked 
  with 
  alternating 
  bands 
  of 
  yellow 
  and 
  white, 
  2h 
  inches 
  

   long." 
  

  

  28281. 
  From 
  Mazatlan. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Rose, 
  Standley, 
  and 
  

   Russell, 
  April 
  4, 
  1910. 
  "A 
  climbing 
  vine; 
  fruit 
  egg 
  shaped, 
  4 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  dark 
  green 
  with 
  yellowish 
  markings." 
  

  

  28282. 
  From 
  Acaponeta. 
  "A 
  climbing 
  vine; 
  fruit 
  oblong, 
  3£ 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  lemon 
  yellow, 
  with 
  narrow 
  stripes 
  of 
  white." 
  

  

  28283. 
  Malvaviscus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Mazatlan. 
  "Shrub 
  or 
  small 
  tree 
  10 
  to 
  20 
  feet 
  high 
  with 
  large 
  cordate 
  

   leaves. 
  The 
  scarlet 
  flowers 
  are 
  very 
  attractive 
  and 
  are 
  followed 
  by 
  globular 
  

   scarlet 
  fruit. 
  This 
  tree 
  is 
  cultivated 
  in 
  patios 
  at 
  Mazatlan, 
  and 
  I 
  would 
  suggest 
  

   trying 
  these 
  seeds 
  in 
  Florida 
  and 
  southern 
  California. 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  species 
  of 
  

   Malvaviscus 
  are 
  in 
  cultivation, 
  although 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  are 
  very 
  attract- 
  

   ive. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  indentify 
  the 
  species, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  near 
  relative 
  of 
  

   Malvaviscus 
  grandiflora." 
  

  

  28284. 
  Momordica 
  zeylanica 
  Mill. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Culiacan. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Rose, 
  Standley, 
  and 
  Russell, 
  in 
  

   1910. 
  "A 
  vine 
  climbing 
  to 
  the 
  height 
  of 
  10 
  to 
  20 
  feet, 
  forming 
  a 
  dense 
  mass 
  of 
  

   foliage 
  and 
  producing 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  small 
  orange-colored 
  fruits 
  which 
  open, 
  

   exposing 
  the 
  bright-scarlet 
  seeds. 
  More 
  delicate 
  and 
  attractive 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  

   species 
  in 
  cultivation. 
  A 
  splendid 
  climber 
  for 
  trellis 
  work." 
  

  

  28285. 
  Tabebuia 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Alamos. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Rose, 
  Standley, 
  and 
  Russell, 
  in 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  tree 
  20 
  feet 
  high. 
  Produces 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  large 
  yellow 
  Catalpa-like 
  

   flowers 
  which 
  appear 
  before 
  the 
  leaves. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  compound 
  and 
  some- 
  

   what 
  like 
  the 
  horse-chestnut. 
  It. 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  desirable 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  or 
  tree 
  

   for 
  the 
  arid 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Southwest. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  an 
  undescribed 
  species." 
  

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