﻿40 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  29889 
  to 
  29905— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  29901. 
  Bromelia 
  sp. 
  

  

  Found 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  tree 
  trunk 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  as 
  No. 
  29889. 
  (M. 
  No. 
  4754.) 
  

  

  29902. 
  Phyllocactus 
  sp. 
  

  

  Found 
  on 
  a 
  tree 
  trunk 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  as 
  No. 
  29893. 
  (M. 
  No. 
  4832.) 
  

  

  29903. 
  Elaphoglossum 
  sp. 
  Fern. 
  

   Found 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  tree 
  trunk 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  as 
  No. 
  29893. 
  (M. 
  No. 
  483 
  3.) 
  

  

  29904. 
  Elaphoglossum 
  herminieri 
  (Bory 
  and 
  Fee) 
  Moore. 
  

  

  Found 
  on 
  a 
  tree 
  trunk 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  locality 
  as 
  No. 
  29893. 
  (M. 
  No. 
  4834.) 
  

  

  29905. 
  Nymphaea 
  sp. 
  Water 
  lily. 
  

  

  Found 
  in 
  a 
  pond 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Chagres 
  River, 
  opposite 
  Bohio, 
  Canal 
  Zone; 
  

   altitude 
  20 
  to 
  40 
  meters. 
  (M. 
  No. 
  4779.) 
  

  

  29906. 
  (Undetermined.) 
  (Orchidaceae.) 
  Orchid. 
  

  

  From 
  Mandingo 
  Valley, 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Panama. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Prof. 
  H. 
  Pittier, 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry. 
  Received 
  February 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

   (P. 
  No. 
  2716.) 
  

  

  29907. 
  Stizolobium 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  February 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   This 
  was 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Mucuna 
  capitata. 
  

  

  29908. 
  Zea 
  mays 
  L. 
  Corn. 
  

  

  From 
  Kweichow, 
  West 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  J. 
  M. 
  "W. 
  Farnham, 
  Shanghai, 
  

   China. 
  Received 
  February 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

   "This 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  variety, 
  probably 
  suitable 
  for 
  New 
  England. 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  aware 
  that 
  

   it 
  possesses 
  any 
  special 
  advantage 
  over 
  other 
  varieties." 
  (Farnham.) 
  

  

  29910. 
  Gossypium 
  Nanking 
  Meyen. 
  Cotton. 
  

  

  From 
  Hwai 
  Yuan, 
  China. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Samuel 
  Cochran, 
  American 
  Pres- 
  

   byterian 
  Mission. 
  Received 
  February 
  24, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Procured 
  for 
  breeding 
  purposes. 
  

  

  29911 
  to 
  29917. 
  Medicago 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Palestine. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  E. 
  Dinsmore, 
  American 
  Colony, 
  Jeru- 
  

   salem, 
  Palestine. 
  Received 
  February 
  14, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  29911. 
  Medicago 
  blancheana 
  Boiss. 
  

   From 
  Jerusalem. 
  " 
  (No. 
  2707.) 
  " 
  

  

  29912. 
  Medicago 
  coronata 
  (L.) 
  Gaertn. 
  

  

  From 
  Jerusalem. 
  " 
  (No. 
  2636.) 
  " 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  from 
  Spain 
  to 
  

   Persia, 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  29913. 
  Medicago 
  palcata 
  L. 
  Siberian 
  alfalfa. 
  

   From 
  Jerusalem. 
  "(No. 
  806a.) 
  " 
  

  

  29914. 
  Medicago 
  littoralis 
  Rohde. 
  

   From 
  Jaffa. 
  "(No. 
  1382. 
  )' 
  r 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  from 
  Spain 
  

   to 
  Syria, 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa, 
  the 
  Canary 
  Islands, 
  and 
  Madeira. 
  

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