﻿36 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  28645. 
  Vicia 
  faba 
  L. 
  Horse 
  bean. 
  

  

  From 
  Paris, 
  France. 
  Purchased 
  from 
  Vilmorin, 
  Andrieux 
  & 
  Co. 
  Received 
  August 
  

   12, 
  1910. 
  

   Winter. 
  

  

  28646. 
  Medic 
  ago 
  sativa 
  tunetana 
  Murbeck. 
  

  

  From 
  Oued 
  Zenati, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Clave. 
  Received 
  August 
  13 
  

   1910. 
  

  

  "The 
  plants 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  seed 
  was 
  taken 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  single, 
  very 
  limited 
  

   place 
  on 
  calcareous 
  and 
  uncultivated 
  ground. 
  I 
  had 
  to 
  watch 
  carefully 
  to 
  save 
  from 
  

   the 
  sheep, 
  which 
  are 
  very 
  fond 
  of 
  this 
  excellent 
  forage, 
  a 
  few 
  flowering 
  stems 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   beeds. 
  It 
  was 
  impossible 
  for 
  me 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  larger 
  quantity 
  because 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  scarcity 
  

   of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  this 
  region." 
  (Clave.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Pine 
  woods 
  on 
  both 
  sandy 
  and 
  calcareous 
  soil 
  in 
  the 
  mountainous 
  

   region 
  of 
  central 
  Tunis 
  and 
  at 
  Oued 
  Zenati 
  and 
  Tebessa 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Constantine 
  

   in 
  Algeria. 
  

  

  28648 
  and 
  28649. 
  

  

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

   August 
  13, 
  1910. 
  

  

  28648. 
  Tulipa 
  sp. 
  Tulip. 
  

   From 
  mountains 
  near 
  Bachar-den, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  790, 
  June 
  5, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  A 
  tulip 
  growing 
  on 
  sunburned 
  mountain 
  sides 
  in 
  decomposed 
  rock 
  soil. 
  Flow- 
  

   ers 
  apparently 
  red." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28649. 
  Eremurus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Kulikalan, 
  in 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  

   789.) 
  A 
  very 
  robust, 
  ornamental 
  Eremurus, 
  having 
  spikes 
  of 
  flowers 
  that 
  grow 
  

   4 
  feet 
  tall 
  and 
  are 
  rosy 
  pink 
  in 
  color. 
  Found 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  about 
  7,000 
  

   feet 
  in 
  rich, 
  blackish 
  soil. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  plant 
  in 
  fairly 
  dry 
  climes; 
  

   apparently 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  low 
  temperatures. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  28653. 
  Eragrostis 
  lehmanniana 
  Nees.(?) 
  

  

  From 
  Mowbray, 
  Cape 
  Colony, 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  C. 
  Starke 
  & 
  Co. 
  

   (Ltd.). 
  Received 
  August 
  13, 
  1910. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Central 
  and 
  eastern 
  South 
  Africa, 
  extending 
  from 
  the 
  Graaft* 
  Reynet 
  

   region 
  and 
  Natal 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  Cape. 
  

  

  Seeds. 
  

   28655. 
  Triticum 
  turgidum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  From 
  Valencia, 
  Spain. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Robert 
  Frazier, 
  jr., 
  American 
  consul. 
  

   Received 
  July 
  12, 
  1910. 
  

   "Irrigated 
  wheat, 
  the 
  typical 
  variety 
  grown 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity. 
  Usually 
  planted 
  

   from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  November 
  to 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  December. 
  " 
  (Frazier.) 
  

  

  28656 
  and 
  28657. 
  Solanum 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Peru. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Weberbauer, 
  German 
  Legation, 
  Lima. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  August 
  16, 
  1910. 
  

   Tubers 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  notes 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Weberbauer: 
  

   223 
  

  

  