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  - 
  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  31328. 
  Eugenia 
  dombeyi 
  (Sprengel) 
  Skeels. 
  Grumichama. 
  

  

  From 
  Rio 
  de 
  Janeiro, 
  Brazil. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  A. 
  Pereira 
  da 
  Fonseca. 
  Re- 
  

   ceived 
  June 
  23, 
  1911. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  30040 
  for 
  previous 
  introduction. 
  

  

  31329. 
  Colocasia 
  sp. 
  Dasheen. 
  

  

  From 
  Mukden, 
  Manchuria. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  C. 
  Parker, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agricul- 
  

   ture, 
  Industry, 
  and 
  Commerce. 
  Received 
  June 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

   "The 
  tubers 
  are 
  similar 
  in 
  general 
  character 
  to 
  the 
  usual 
  Japanese 
  type 
  of 
  dasheen. 
  

   The 
  flesh 
  is 
  nonacrid 
  when 
  raw 
  and 
  when 
  cooked 
  is 
  rather 
  firm 
  in 
  texture 
  and 
  whitish, 
  

   but 
  has 
  little 
  flavor." 
  (R. 
  A. 
  Young.) 
  

  

  31330 
  to 
  31352. 
  

  

  From 
  Tcharjui, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  V. 
  A. 
  Paletsky, 
  at 
  the 
  

   request 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer. 
  Received 
  through 
  

   Alexander 
  Heingartner, 
  American 
  consul, 
  Batum, 
  Russia, 
  June 
  21 
  and 
  22, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Paletsky: 
  

  

  31330. 
  Ammodendron 
  conollyi 
  Bunge. 
  

  

  "Collected 
  on 
  drift 
  sands 
  at 
  Repetek, 
  near 
  Tcharjui, 
  Russian 
  Turkestan. 
  A 
  

   sand 
  binder." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  silvery 
  leaved 
  shrub 
  growing 
  on 
  the 
  shifting 
  sands 
  of 
  the 
  

   Kizil-Kum 
  Desert 
  near 
  the 
  Aral 
  Sea 
  in 
  central 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  31331. 
  Calligonum 
  caput-medusae 
  Schrenk. 
  

  

  "Found 
  on 
  the 
  drift 
  sands 
  near 
  the 
  railway 
  at 
  Farad, 
  near 
  Tcharjui." 
  

   See 
  No. 
  28974 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  31332. 
  Haloxylon 
  ammodendron 
  (C 
  A. 
  Meyer) 
  Bunge. 
  Saxaul. 
  

   "Collected 
  on 
  drift 
  sands 
  at 
  Repetek, 
  near 
  Tcharjui." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  28976 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  31333. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

  

  31334. 
  Salsola 
  arbuscula 
  Pallas. 
  

  

  "Native 
  throughout 
  Circassia. 
  Collected 
  on 
  drift 
  sands 
  at 
  Farad 
  railway 
  

   station." 
  

  

  See 
  No. 
  28973 
  for 
  description. 
  

   31335 
  to 
  31352. 
  Cucumis 
  melo 
  L. 
  Muskmelon. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  Tcharjui 
  dunes. 
  

  

  31335. 
  AkBeshek. 
  

  

  31336. 
  Ananasnaia 
  Koshkarskaia. 
  

  

  31337. 
  Azgik. 
  

  

  31338. 
  Emirskaia. 
  

  

  31339. 
  Gokcha. 
  

  

  31340. 
  Guloka. 
  

  

  31341. 
  Karakatukh. 
  

  

  31342. 
  Khoddja 
  Murash, 
  in 
  taste 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  from 
  the 
  Tcharjui 
  

   dunes. 
  

  

  31343. 
  Kokani. 
  

  

  31344. 
  Megesek. 
  

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