﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1911. 
  29 
  

  

  31577 
  to 
  31608— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  31606. 
  Vigna 
  lutea 
  (Swartz) 
  A. 
  Gray. 
  

  

  "A 
  luxuriant 
  species 
  growing 
  on 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  strand 
  at 
  Tacloban, 
  Leyte. 
  

   Habit 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  viny 
  catjang. 
  Flowers 
  yellow. 
  The 
  best 
  Vigna 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  cultivated 
  ones. 
  In 
  one 
  place 
  this 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  cultivated 
  

   and 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  eaten." 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Originally 
  described 
  from 
  Jamaica; 
  cosmopolitan 
  in 
  the 
  

   Tropics. 
  

  

  31607. 
  Vigna 
  lutea 
  (Swartz) 
  A. 
  Gray. 
  

  

  "Grows 
  on 
  the 
  strand 
  at 
  Surigao, 
  also 
  at 
  Tacloban, 
  Davao, 
  and 
  Tandag. 
  

   Forms 
  running 
  vines 
  6 
  to 
  12 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  under 
  favorable 
  conditions 
  grows 
  up 
  

   shrubs 
  to 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  12 
  to 
  15 
  feet. 
  Very 
  vigorous 
  and 
  quite 
  fruitful. 
  No 
  

   disease." 
  

  

  31608. 
  Vigna 
  sinensis 
  (Tomer) 
  Savi. 
  Cowpea. 
  

   " 
  Purchased 
  in 
  the 
  market 
  at 
  Jaro, 
  Panay, 
  May 
  3, 
  1911." 
  

  

  31609 
  to 
  31612. 
  Medicago 
  spp. 
  

  

  From 
  Chile. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Jose 
  D. 
  Husbands, 
  Limavida, 
  via 
  Molina, 
  

   Chile, 
  April 
  21, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  31609. 
  Medicago 
  arabica 
  (L.) 
  All. 
  

  

  The 
  size 
  and 
  venation 
  of 
  the 
  pods 
  are 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  species, 
  but 
  the 
  spines 
  

   are 
  wanting 
  or 
  reduced 
  to 
  small 
  tubercles, 
  bridging 
  the 
  dorsal 
  ridges 
  of 
  the 
  pod. 
  

   "A 
  new 
  beardless 
  type." 
  

  

  31610. 
  Medicago 
  arabica 
  (L.) 
  All. 
  

   "An 
  old 
  bearded 
  sort." 
  

  

  31611. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  reticulata 
  (Benth.) 
  Urban. 
  

   "A 
  new 
  beardless 
  sort." 
  

  

  31612. 
  Medicago 
  hispida 
  denticulata 
  (Willd.) 
  Urban. 
  

   "The 
  same 
  as 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  bearded." 
  

  

  "The 
  country 
  people 
  are 
  aware 
  of 
  two 
  kinds 
  of 
  seed 
  pods, 
  i. 
  e., 
  beardless 
  and 
  bearded, 
  

   but 
  they 
  think 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  plant 
  that 
  produces 
  them 
  and 
  that 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   prickles 
  are 
  due 
  to 
  moisture 
  conditions. 
  Everyone 
  says 
  there 
  is 
  but 
  one 
  kind. 
  I 
  

   found 
  a 
  very 
  few 
  plants 
  by 
  patient 
  search 
  and 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  obtain 
  four 
  kinds. 
  Each 
  

   kind 
  of 
  seed 
  is 
  from 
  a 
  separate 
  and 
  distinct 
  plant. 
  

  

  "In 
  their 
  dry 
  states 
  the 
  plant 
  characteristics 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  studied. 
  I 
  am 
  convinced 
  

   that 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  live 
  plants 
  will 
  reveal 
  many 
  varieties 
  to 
  which 
  scientific 
  attention 
  

   has 
  not 
  been 
  given. 
  Roaming 
  about 
  I 
  have 
  often 
  noticed 
  the 
  great 
  variations 
  in 
  

   this 
  plant, 
  the 
  distinct 
  black 
  markings 
  or 
  lack 
  of 
  them, 
  the 
  varied 
  form 
  of 
  leaves 
  and 
  

   plant, 
  the 
  degrees 
  of 
  growth 
  from 
  flat 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  high, 
  with 
  many 
  inter- 
  

   mediate 
  growths 
  side 
  by 
  side 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  soil, 
  while 
  both 
  the 
  bearded 
  and 
  the 
  beardless 
  

   sorts 
  grow 
  together 
  in 
  dry 
  and 
  moist 
  or 
  irrigated 
  lands, 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  each 
  being 
  

   marked. 
  

  

  "In 
  the 
  'vegas, 
  ' 
  or 
  moist 
  plains, 
  which 
  adjoin 
  the 
  foothills 
  and 
  also 
  growing 
  wild 
  in 
  

   irrigated 
  fields, 
  planted 
  with 
  corn, 
  potatoes, 
  beans, 
  peas, 
  pumpkins, 
  etc., 
  the 
  bearded 
  

   sorts 
  predominate, 
  and 
  the 
  beardless 
  sorts 
  are 
  scattered 
  sparingly 
  among 
  them. 
  On 
  

   the 
  contrary, 
  in 
  the 
  dry 
  farm 
  lands 
  the 
  beardless 
  varieties 
  prevail 
  in 
  like 
  proportions. 
  

   This 
  suggests 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  beardless 
  has 
  an 
  affinity 
  for 
  dry 
  lands, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  

   useful 
  to 
  follow 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  of 
  producing 
  a 
  dry-land 
  alfalfa. 
  

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