﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
  25 
  

  

  28842 
  to 
  29012— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  29009. 
  Triticum 
  sp. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  From 
  Pendshikent, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1409a, 
  July 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  good 
  local 
  variety 
  of 
  hard 
  winter 
  wheat 
  grown 
  on 
  the 
  plains 
  under 
  irrigation." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29010. 
  Triticum 
  sp. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Merv, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1410a, 
  June 
  13, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  good 
  local 
  variety 
  

  

  of 
  winter 
  wheat 
  grown 
  under 
  irrigation 
  in 
  the 
  oasis 
  of 
  Merv." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29011. 
  Triticum 
  sp. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Bokhara, 
  Turkestan. 
  " 
  (No. 
  1411a, 
  June 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  fine 
  variety 
  

  

  of 
  wheat 
  said 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  Katti- 
  Kurgan, 
  Turkestan, 
  which 
  place 
  is 
  known 
  

   for 
  its 
  good 
  wheat. 
  

  

  "The 
  husks 
  of 
  the 
  Turkestan 
  wheats 
  seem 
  to 
  adhere 
  very 
  firmly 
  to 
  the 
  seed, 
  

   so 
  that 
  even 
  when 
  left 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  for 
  months 
  the 
  grains 
  do 
  not 
  fall 
  out.'' 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29012. 
  Trifolium 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Kazelkovskaia, 
  near 
  Merv, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1412a, 
  June 
  14, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  creeping 
  species 
  of 
  white 
  clover 
  found 
  along 
  irrigation 
  canals 
  and 
  on 
  low 
  

   places 
  in 
  the 
  desert. 
  Of 
  possible 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  lawn 
  clover, 
  under 
  slight 
  irriga- 
  

   tion, 
  in 
  the 
  desert 
  regions 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  29013. 
  Inga 
  edulis 
  Mart. 
  "Inga 
  cipo." 
  

  

  From 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  acting 
  director, 
  Campo 
  

   de 
  Cultura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense. 
  Received 
  November 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  somewhat 
  choicer 
  variety 
  than 
  the 
  one 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  No. 
  27798) 
  which 
  I 
  

   previously 
  transmitted 
  . 
  ' 
  ' 
  (Fischer.) 
  

  

  29014. 
  Vigna 
  uNGTTicuLATA 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

  

  From 
  Para, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Fischer, 
  acting 
  director, 
  Campo 
  

   de 
  Cultura 
  Experimental 
  Paraense. 
  Received 
  November 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  variety 
  of 
  cowpea 
  known 
  here 
  asfeijao 
  manteiga 
  (my 
  Macassar 
  No. 
  2)." 
  (Fischer.) 
  

  

  28015. 
  Alhagi 
  maurorum 
  Medic. 
  

  

  From 
  Cairo, 
  Egypt. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Abdel 
  Hamid 
  Abaza, 
  secretary 
  general, 
  

   Khedivial 
  Agricultural 
  Society. 
  Received 
  November 
  4, 
  1910. 
  

   "A 
  thorny 
  leguminous 
  plant 
  which 
  yields 
  the 
  so-called 
  Alhagi-manna 
  or 
  terend- 
  

   jebin. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  sweet 
  gummy 
  substance 
  which 
  during 
  the 
  heat 
  of 
  the 
  day 
  exudes 
  

   from 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  stems 
  and 
  hardens. 
  It 
  is 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  Arabs 
  and 
  used 
  as 
  

   a 
  sugar 
  substitute, 
  and 
  as 
  an 
  ingredient 
  for 
  certain 
  sweetmeats. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  desert 
  plant, 
  

   growing 
  spontaneously 
  in 
  South 
  Africa, 
  Egypt, 
  Arabia, 
  Asia 
  Minor, 
  and 
  central 
  

   India. 
  It 
  is 
  imported 
  into 
  India 
  from 
  Kabul 
  and 
  Kandahar 
  in 
  considerable 
  quanti- 
  

   ties, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  valued 
  at 
  30 
  shillings 
  per 
  pound. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  the 
  plant 
  suitable 
  

   for 
  southern 
  Florida. 
  If 
  introduced 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  tried 
  in 
  our 
  arid 
  southwestern 
  regions. 
  

   In 
  the 
  hottest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year, 
  when 
  almost 
  all 
  other 
  vegetation 
  is 
  shriveled 
  up, 
  it 
  

   puts 
  forth 
  its 
  leaves 
  and 
  flowers, 
  which 
  are 
  fed 
  to 
  camels; 
  hence 
  it 
  is 
  sometimes 
  called 
  

   camel's 
  thorn. 
  In 
  some 
  places 
  no 
  manna 
  is 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  plant; 
  in 
  no 
  place 
  is 
  much 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  plant. 
  The 
  gummy-looking 
  substance 
  is 
  shaken 
  off. 
  It 
  occurs 
  

   in 
  grains 
  varying 
  from 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  mustard 
  seed 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  hemp 
  seed, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  light- 
  

   brown 
  color 
  and 
  an 
  agreeable 
  saccharine 
  sennalike 
  smell. 
  This 
  substance 
  if 
  unpro- 
  

   tected 
  is 
  probably 
  attacked 
  by 
  weevils 
  or 
  other 
  insects; 
  hence 
  it 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  breed 
  

   worms." 
  (W. 
  E. 
  S 
  afford.) 
  

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