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   28538 
  to 
  28539— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  to 
  growing 
  lucern 
  for 
  seed 
  only. 
  The 
  crop 
  from 
  this 
  seed, 
  however, 
  is 
  not 
  

   as 
  lasting 
  a 
  one 
  as 
  from 
  the 
  seed 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  23539)." 
  

   (Kanethar.) 
  

  

  28539. 
  "From 
  Poona, 
  which 
  is 
  situated 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  1,900 
  feet 
  and 
  is 
  dis- 
  

   tant 
  80 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  sea. 
  The 
  soil 
  is 
  loamy 
  and 
  responds 
  to 
  manure 
  and 
  

   irrigation 
  treatments 
  readily. 
  The 
  lucern 
  crop 
  in 
  Poona 
  is 
  kept 
  for 
  three 
  

   years, 
  the 
  cuttings 
  which 
  are 
  taken 
  every 
  four 
  to 
  five 
  weeks 
  being 
  fed 
  to 
  

   cattle 
  and 
  horses. 
  The 
  plants 
  are 
  allowed 
  to 
  run 
  to 
  seed 
  in 
  March 
  every 
  

   year. 
  The 
  seeds 
  are 
  sold 
  at 
  about 
  triple 
  the 
  price 
  of 
  seed 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  28538). 
  A 
  quart 
  bottleful 
  is 
  sold 
  at 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  2| 
  rupees, 
  a 
  rupee 
  

   being 
  equal 
  to 
  16 
  pence. 
  " 
  (Kanetkar.) 
  

  

  28540 
  to 
  28550. 
  

  

  From 
  Pretoria, 
  Transvaal, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Burtt 
  Davy, 
  

   government 
  agrostologist 
  and 
  botanist, 
  Transvaal 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  

   Received 
  July 
  23, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  28540. 
  Trichloris 
  mendocina 
  (Phil.) 
  Kurtz. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26651 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28541. 
  Cervicina 
  undulata 
  (L. 
  f.) 
  Skeels. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  27520 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28542. 
  Eragrostis 
  lappula 
  divaricata 
  Stapf. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Pellat 
  Plains, 
  between 
  Matlareen 
  River 
  and 
  Takun, 
  in 
  

   Bechuanaland, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28543. 
  Trisetum 
  spicatum 
  (L.) 
  Richter. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Alpine 
  regions 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Arctic 
  and 
  Antarctic 
  zones. 
  

  

  28544. 
  Chaetochloa 
  nigrirostris 
  (Nees) 
  Skeels. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26653 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28545. 
  Eragrostis 
  plana 
  Nees. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  Kalahari 
  district 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  Cape 
  

   Colony 
  and 
  Natal 
  in 
  South 
  Africa. 
  

  

  28546. 
  Panicum 
  maximum 
  hirsutissimum 
  Nees. 
  

   (Panicum 
  hirsutissimum 
  Steud.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  coast 
  region 
  of 
  Natal 
  and 
  Cape 
  Colony. 
  

  

  28547. 
  Spinifex 
  hirsutus 
  Labill. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Sandy 
  shores 
  of 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  Tasmania, 
  and 
  southern 
  

   Australia. 
  

  

  28548. 
  Trichloris 
  mendocina 
  (Phil.) 
  Kurtz. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  28540 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  28549. 
  Eragrostis 
  gummiflua 
  Nees. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  South 
  Africa; 
  in 
  the 
  Kalahari 
  region 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   coast 
  of 
  Cape 
  Colony 
  and 
  Natal. 
  

  

  28550. 
  Acacia 
  robusta 
  Burchell. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  a 
  characteristic 
  tree 
  of 
  the 
  dry 
  bush 
  veldt 
  below 
  4,500 
  feet 
  altitude 
  

   (i. 
  e., 
  in 
  the 
  subtropical 
  zone 
  of 
  the 
  Transvaal). 
  

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