﻿JANUAKY 
  1 
  TO 
  MARCH 
  31, 
  1911. 
  49 
  

  

  30010 
  and 
  30011— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30011. 
  Asparagus 
  sprengeri 
  Regel. 
  

   Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  of 
  Truck-Crop 
  Diseases 
  in 
  breeding 
  a 
  resistant 
  

   asparagus, 
  and 
  also 
  various 
  forms 
  for 
  florists' 
  use. 
  

  

  30012 
  to 
  30024. 
  

  

  From 
  Edinburgh, 
  Scotland. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Isaac 
  Bailey 
  Balfour, 
  Royal 
  

   Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  March 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  procured 
  for 
  experimental 
  tests 
  and 
  special 
  breeding 
  work: 
  

   30012 
  to 
  30015. 
  Asparagus 
  spp. 
  Asparagus. 
  

  

  30012. 
  Asparagus 
  comorensis 
  Baker. 
  

  

  30013. 
  Asparagus 
  madagascariensis 
  Baker. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Known 
  only 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Madagascar. 
  

  

  30014. 
  Asparagus 
  asparagoides 
  (L.) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight. 
  

  

  This 
  South 
  African 
  liliaceous 
  plant, 
  commonly 
  grown 
  in 
  our 
  green- 
  

   houses 
  as 
  "smilax," 
  was 
  first 
  given 
  a 
  binomial 
  name 
  by 
  Linnaeus 
  in 
  1753, 
  

   Medeola 
  asparagoides. 
  It 
  was 
  again 
  described 
  by 
  Linnseus's 
  son 
  (Supple- 
  

   mentum 
  Plantarum, 
  p. 
  203, 
  1781) 
  as 
  Dracaena 
  medeoloides, 
  the 
  material 
  

   coming 
  from 
  Thunberg. 
  In 
  1794 
  (Prodromus 
  Plantarum 
  Capensium, 
  

   p. 
  66) 
  Thunberg 
  transferred 
  the 
  species 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Asparagus, 
  using 
  

   the 
  name 
  Asparagus 
  medeoloides. 
  The 
  correction 
  to 
  Asparagus 
  aspara- 
  

   goides 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight 
  in 
  the 
  Century 
  Dictionary 
  and 
  

   Cyclopedia 
  (vol. 
  12, 
  p. 
  339, 
  1909) 
  under 
  the 
  heading 
  " 
  Myrsiphyllum. 
  " 
  

  

  Asparagus 
  asparagoides 
  was 
  reported 
  by 
  Thunberg 
  from 
  South 
  Africa 
  

   without 
  definite 
  locality, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  known 
  to 
  occur 
  from 
  Namaqualand, 
  

   the 
  Kalahari 
  region, 
  and 
  Natal, 
  southward 
  to 
  the 
  Cape. 
  

  

  30015. 
  Asparagus 
  sprengeri 
  Regel. 
  

  

  30016. 
  Agropyron 
  intermedium 
  (Host) 
  Beauv. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Southern 
  Europe 
  and 
  western 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  Spain 
  and 
  

   southwestern 
  France 
  eastward 
  through 
  Italy 
  and 
  the 
  Balkan 
  Peninsula 
  to 
  the 
  

   Caucasus 
  region. 
  

  

  30017. 
  Goodia 
  lotifolia 
  Salisb. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tall 
  shrub 
  growing 
  in 
  the 
  states 
  of 
  New 
  South 
  Wales, 
  Vic- 
  

   toria, 
  South 
  and 
  West 
  Australia, 
  and 
  in 
  Tasmania. 
  

  

  30018. 
  Goodia 
  pubescens 
  Sims. 
  

  

  Distribution.- 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Dandenong, 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  Victoria, 
  Australia, 
  and 
  throughout 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Tasmania. 
  

  

  30019. 
  Dactylis 
  glomerata 
  L. 
  Orchard 
  grass. 
  

   Variety 
  variegata. 
  

  

  30020. 
  Indigofera 
  atropurpurea 
  Hamilton. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tall 
  shrub 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  tropical 
  and 
  temperate 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  

   Himalayas 
  to 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  9,000 
  feet, 
  from 
  Hazara 
  and 
  the 
  Punjab 
  region 
  to 
  

   Khasi 
  in 
  northern 
  India. 
  

  

  30021. 
  Indigofera 
  australis 
  Willd. 
  Wild 
  indigo. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  In 
  grassy 
  places 
  and 
  along 
  rivers 
  throughout 
  Australia 
  and 
  in 
  

  

  Tasmania. 
  

  

  30022. 
  Kennedya 
  baumanni 
  Meissner 
  (?). 
  

  

  30023. 
  Medicago 
  carstiensis 
  Wulfen. 
  

  

  30024. 
  Festuca 
  rubra 
  L. 
  Red 
  fescue. 
  

   12370°— 
  Bui. 
  233—12 
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