﻿50 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  30025 
  and 
  30026. 
  Strychnos 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Amani, 
  German 
  East 
  Africa. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  director, 
  Biologisch- 
  

   Landw. 
  Institut. 
  Received 
  March 
  9, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  30025. 
  Strychnos 
  sp. 
  30026. 
  Strychnos 
  quaqua 
  Gilg. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Quilimane, 
  in 
  the 
  Mozambique 
  district 
  of 
  

   East 
  Africa, 
  

  

  "Introduced 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  this 
  office 
  in 
  bringing 
  together 
  all 
  the 
  members 
  of 
  this 
  

   genus 
  with 
  edible 
  fruits, 
  in 
  the 
  hope 
  of 
  finding 
  some 
  worthy 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  

   semitropical 
  fruits 
  standing 
  shipment 
  well. 
  One 
  edible 
  species, 
  Strychnos 
  spinosa, 
  

   has 
  fruits 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  a 
  small 
  pomelo, 
  with 
  a 
  shell 
  that 
  requires 
  a 
  hammer 
  to 
  crack 
  it." 
  

   (Fair 
  child.) 
  

  

  30027. 
  Medicago 
  falcata 
  L. 
  Siberian 
  alfalfa. 
  

  

  From 
  Svalof, 
  Sweden. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  N. 
  H. 
  Nilsson, 
  director, 
  Swedish 
  Seed- 
  

   Breeding 
  Association. 
  Received 
  March 
  8, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  seed 
  from 
  our 
  real 
  Medicago 
  falcata, 
  which 
  grows 
  wild 
  in 
  most 
  parts 
  of 
  our 
  

   country 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  species. 
  Its 
  harvest 
  value 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  great, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  lying 
  down, 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  pasture 
  plant 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  valuable. 
  It 
  turns 
  vast 
  dry 
  

   stretches 
  of 
  sandy 
  (but 
  calcareous) 
  ground 
  into 
  excellent 
  pasture 
  fields, 
  where 
  an 
  

   astonishingly 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  cattle 
  can 
  feed 
  the 
  whole 
  summer. 
  The 
  seed 
  should 
  

   be 
  prepared 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  germinate." 
  (Nilsson.) 
  

  

  30030 
  to 
  30032. 
  Pyrus 
  spp. 
  Wild 
  pears. 
  

  

  From 
  Algeria, 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Algiers. 
  Received 
  March 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

   Cuttings 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Trabut: 
  

  

  30030. 
  Pyrus 
  longipes 
  Coss. 
  and 
  Dur. 
  

   "A 
  large 
  fruit." 
  

  

  30031. 
  Pyrus 
  gharbensis 
  Trabut. 
  

  

  "This 
  is 
  near 
  to 
  Pyrus 
  longipes, 
  but 
  is 
  sufficiently 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  form 
  

   of 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  the 
  fruit. 
  This 
  pear 
  grows 
  on 
  the 
  tufas 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Lamo- 
  

   riciere, 
  Daya. 
  I 
  called 
  it 
  gharbensis 
  from 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  region 
  which 
  formed 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  kingdom 
  of 
  Gharb 
  (of 
  the 
  west), 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  Arab 
  

   domination." 
  

  

  30032. 
  Pyrus 
  sp. 
  

  

  "A 
  Pyrus 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  distinguished, 
  and 
  which 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  

   basins 
  of 
  the 
  high 
  plateaus 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Shott, 
  a 
  location 
  more 
  cal- 
  

   careous 
  and 
  even 
  alkaline. 
  (This 
  Pyrus 
  has 
  been 
  provisionally 
  assigned 
  to 
  

   P. 
  gharbensis, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  identical.)" 
  

  

  30033. 
  Pyrus 
  sp. 
  Wild 
  pear. 
  

  

  From 
  Algiers, 
  Algeria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  L. 
  Trabut, 
  Botanic 
  Gardens. 
  Received 
  

   March 
  6, 
  1911. 
  

  

  "Seeds 
  of 
  a 
  pear 
  occurring 
  on 
  the 
  calcareous 
  tuffs 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  region 
  south 
  of 
  Oran. 
  

   Stock 
  good 
  for 
  very 
  calcareous 
  soils." 
  (Trabut.) 
  

  

  Note. 
  — 
  This 
  seed 
  was 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Pyrus 
  gharbensis. 
  

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