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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  32026 
  and 
  32027. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Ust 
  Kamenogorsk, 
  southwestern 
  Siberia. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  

   Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  explorer, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  October 
  30, 
  

   1911. 
  

   Roots 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32026. 
  Hedysarum 
  splendens 
  Fisch. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  989, 
  October 
  2, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  rare 
  and 
  interesting 
  legume 
  occurring 
  on 
  

   stony 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  along 
  the 
  Irtish 
  River. 
  May 
  possess 
  

   value 
  as 
  a 
  forage 
  plant 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions 
  where 
  irrigation 
  is 
  not 
  practicable 
  

   and 
  where 
  the 
  soil 
  is 
  stony 
  and 
  sterile. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  32027. 
  Astragalus 
  sp. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  990, 
  October 
  2, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  small 
  Astragalus, 
  quite 
  common 
  on 
  rocky 
  

   and 
  sterile 
  places. 
  Is 
  eagerly 
  browsed 
  by 
  horses 
  and 
  cattle. 
  Of 
  value 
  like 
  

   the 
  preceding 
  number. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  32028 
  to 
  32032. 
  

  

  Presented 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Robertson 
  Proschowsky, 
  Nice, 
  France. 
  Received 
  October 
  

   30, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following; 
  quoted 
  notes 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Proschowsky: 
  

  

  32028. 
  Oxytenanthera 
  abyssinica 
  (Rich.) 
  Munro. 
  

   From 
  Abyssinia. 
  

  

  "The 
  following 
  plants 
  from 
  Nice, 
  France, 
  are 
  exceedingly 
  drought 
  resistant 
  

   and 
  are 
  liked 
  by 
  herbivorous 
  animals. 
  " 
  

  

  32029. 
  CORONILLA 
  VALENTINA 
  L. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Mediter- 
  

   ranean 
  from 
  Spain 
  to 
  Italy, 
  Corsica 
  and 
  Sardinia, 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  32030. 
  Lotus 
  ornithopodioides 
  L. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  7730 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  countries 
  bordering 
  on 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  from 
  Spain 
  to 
  

   Syria 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa. 
  

  

  32031. 
  Medicago 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Alfalfa. 
  

   " 
  Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  wild-growing 
  form. 
  " 
  

  

  32032. 
  Medicago 
  orbicularis 
  margin 
  ata 
  (Willd.) 
  Benth. 
  

  

  32033 
  and 
  32034. 
  Annona 
  cherimola 
  Miller. 
  Cherimoya. 
  

  

  From 
  Costa 
  Rica. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Carlos 
  Werckle, 
  San 
  Jose. 
  Received 
  

   October 
  27, 
  1911. 
  

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

  

  32033. 
  "From 
  Don 
  Buenaventura 
  Corrales. 
  " 
  

  

  32034. 
  "First-class 
  Annona 
  from 
  Vindas, 
  in 
  San 
  Pedro 
  del 
  Mojon." 
  

  

  32035. 
  Phaseolus 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  South 
  Sea 
  Islands 
  (Oceania). 
  Presented 
  by 
  Rev. 
  C. 
  N. 
  Field, 
  33 
  Bowdoin 
  

   Street, 
  Boston, 
  Mass. 
  Received 
  November 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

   "I 
  have 
  never 
  tasted 
  a 
  variety 
  as 
  delicious 
  as 
  this 
  one. 
  The 
  seeds 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  me 
  

   by 
  a 
  man 
  who 
  had 
  traveled 
  around 
  the 
  world. 
  They 
  thrived 
  much 
  better 
  than 
  

   ordinary 
  scarlet-runner 
  beans; 
  on 
  very 
  poor 
  soil 
  near 
  Boston 
  they 
  grew 
  10 
  feet 
  high 
  

   and 
  were 
  remarkably 
  productive. 
  They 
  are 
  eaten 
  baked 
  after 
  removing 
  the 
  pods 
  and 
  

   found 
  especially 
  sweet. 
  They 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  pretty 
  purple 
  flower." 
  {Field.) 
  

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