﻿APKIL 
  1 
  TO 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1911. 
  29 
  

  

  30628 
  to 
  30671— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  30658. 
  Nitraria 
  retusa 
  (Forsk.) 
  Aschers. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Bis-Wick, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1559a.) 
  The 
  desert 
  cur- 
  

   rant, 
  a 
  species 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  which 
  seed 
  was 
  sent 
  under 
  No. 
  29250 
  

   from 
  a 
  different 
  locality. 
  See 
  remarks 
  under 
  that 
  number." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  along 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa 
  and 
  

   eastward 
  through 
  Palestine 
  and 
  Syria 
  to 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  30659. 
  Asparagus 
  sp. 
  Asparagus. 
  

   From 
  Ism-Salah, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1560a, 
  December 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  wild 
  asparagus 
  found 
  on 
  sandy, 
  saline 
  land. 
  Of 
  slightly 
  twining 
  habit 
  and 
  

   generally 
  found 
  growing 
  in 
  scattered 
  clumps." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30660. 
  Calligonum 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Guma, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1561a, 
  November 
  16, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  small 
  variety 
  existing 
  in 
  absolutely 
  sandy 
  deserts; 
  makes 
  enormous 
  long 
  

   roots. 
  Grubbed 
  out 
  and 
  used 
  as 
  fuel 
  by 
  the 
  natives. 
  Is 
  of 
  good 
  sand-binding 
  

   qualities 
  and 
  should 
  be 
  tested 
  for 
  this 
  purpose 
  at 
  some 
  experiment 
  station 
  in 
  a 
  

   desert." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30661. 
  Melilotus 
  alba 
  Desr. 
  Sweet 
  clover. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Susan, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1562a, 
  December 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  sweet 
  clover 
  occurring 
  on 
  dry, 
  sandy 
  places. 
  Observed 
  only 
  once. 
  To 
  be 
  

   tested 
  in 
  a 
  hot, 
  dry 
  region, 
  under 
  irrigation." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30662. 
  Alhagi 
  pseudalhagi 
  (Bieb.) 
  Desv. 
  Camel's 
  thorn. 
  

   . 
  (Hedysarum 
  pseudalhagi 
  Bieberstein, 
  Flora 
  Taurico-Caucasica, 
  vol 
  2, 
  p. 
  

  

  174, 
  1808.) 
  

  

  This 
  leguminous 
  manna-producing 
  shrub 
  was 
  first 
  given 
  a 
  distinctive 
  binomial 
  

   name 
  by 
  Bieberstein 
  in 
  1808, 
  as 
  Hedysarum 
  pseudalhagi. 
  Fischer, 
  in 
  1812 
  (Cata- 
  

   logue 
  Jardin 
  Gorenki, 
  p. 
  72), 
  transferred 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Alhagi 
  but 
  used 
  the 
  

   name 
  Alhagi 
  camelorum, 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  plant 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  known. 
  Desvaux 
  

   (Journal 
  de 
  Botanique, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  1813, 
  p. 
  120) 
  states 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  species, 
  

   Alhagi 
  mannifera 
  and 
  pseudalhagi, 
  but 
  does 
  not 
  describe 
  them. 
  His 
  evident 
  

   intention 
  being 
  to 
  publish 
  the 
  binomial 
  Alhagi 
  pseudalhagi, 
  he 
  is 
  here 
  given 
  as 
  

   the 
  authority 
  for 
  the 
  name. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  San-Kia, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1563a, 
  November 
  17, 
  1910.) 
  

   A 
  very 
  prickly, 
  herbaceous, 
  perennial 
  legume, 
  occurring 
  on 
  very 
  dry 
  lands, 
  

   often 
  in 
  pure 
  sand 
  and 
  shifting 
  sand 
  at 
  that; 
  also 
  found 
  on 
  rather 
  strong 
  alkaline 
  

   soil. 
  Its 
  uses 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  On 
  the 
  places 
  where 
  it 
  abounds 
  in 
  great 
  quantities 
  

   it 
  is 
  cut 
  and 
  harvested 
  like 
  hay, 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  fuel. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  bricks 
  in 
  

   Russian 
  Turkestan 
  have 
  been 
  baked 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  this 
  fuel. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  favorite 
  

   food 
  of 
  the 
  camel, 
  which 
  browses 
  upon 
  the 
  herbage 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  too 
  old; 
  

   sheep 
  and 
  goats 
  also 
  like 
  it 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  young 
  and 
  the 
  spines 
  have 
  not 
  become 
  

   too 
  hard. 
  Lastly, 
  as 
  a 
  sand 
  binder 
  it 
  has 
  great 
  value, 
  but 
  only 
  in 
  locations 
  far 
  

   removed 
  from 
  lands 
  that 
  may 
  become 
  cultivated, 
  for 
  this 
  camel's 
  thorn 
  becomes 
  

   a 
  very 
  serious 
  pest 
  in 
  cultivated 
  fields 
  and 
  is 
  extremely 
  hard 
  to 
  eradicate, 
  as 
  it 
  

   throws 
  up 
  suckers 
  from 
  its 
  broken-off 
  roots. 
  The 
  pinkish 
  brown 
  flowers, 
  which 
  

   appear 
  in 
  enormous 
  masses 
  and 
  give 
  color 
  to 
  whole 
  desert 
  landscapes 
  in 
  the 
  

   month 
  of 
  June, 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  rich 
  in 
  honey. 
  This 
  plant 
  should 
  be 
  tested 
  at 
  some 
  

   experiment 
  station 
  in 
  the 
  desert 
  of 
  the 
  southwestern 
  United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  30663. 
  Iris 
  sp. 
  Iris. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Upal, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1564a, 
  December 
  31, 
  1910.) 
  

  

  An 
  Iris, 
  probably 
  /. 
  ensata, 
  found 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  along 
  the 
  fields 
  on 
  rather 
  

   alkaline 
  soils. 
  The 
  leaves 
  form 
  a 
  very 
  common 
  tying 
  material 
  all 
  through 
  

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