﻿. 
  1911. 
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  32175 
  to 
  32245— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32189. 
  Hedysarum 
  splendens 
  Fisch. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Ust 
  Kamenogorsk, 
  southwestern 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1647a, 
  October 
  2 
  and 
  4, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  very 
  rare 
  Hedysarum 
  occurring 
  on 
  

   rocky 
  mountain 
  slopes 
  facing 
  south 
  and 
  southeast. 
  Of 
  value 
  possibly 
  as 
  a 
  forage 
  

   and 
  pasture 
  plant 
  on 
  dry 
  and 
  rocky 
  places. 
  Roots 
  sent 
  under 
  No. 
  989 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  

   No. 
  32026); 
  see 
  the 
  latter 
  number 
  for 
  further 
  remarks." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  The 
  Altai 
  region 
  of 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  32190. 
  Lathyrus 
  gmelini 
  (Fisch.) 
  Fritsch. 
  (?) 
  

   From 
  Tomsk, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  1648a, 
  August 
  20, 
  1911.) 
  Variety 
  orientalis. 
  A 
  very 
  vigorous-growing 
  

   legume 
  found 
  on 
  moist 
  hill 
  slopes 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  central 
  and 
  southern 
  Siberia 
  

   and 
  in 
  the 
  Ural 
  Mountains. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fodder 
  of 
  great 
  value 
  and 
  eagerly 
  sought 
  by 
  

   horses 
  and 
  cattle, 
  who 
  devour 
  every 
  bit 
  of 
  it. 
  In 
  protected 
  localities, 
  i. 
  e., 
  

   between 
  shrubbery, 
  the 
  plants 
  attain 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  8 
  feet, 
  but 
  generally 
  they 
  are 
  

   3 
  to 
  4 
  feet 
  high. 
  Of 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  very 
  promising 
  forage 
  plant 
  for 
  the 
  cooler 
  sections 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  32191. 
  Vicia 
  unijuga 
  A. 
  Braun. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Tomsk, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1649a, 
  August 
  25, 
  1911.) 
  An 
  erect-growing 
  plant 
  which 
  attains 
  its 
  

   greatest 
  luxuriance 
  on 
  fields 
  from 
  which 
  light 
  forest 
  has 
  recently 
  been 
  cut. 
  

   Seems 
  to 
  possess 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  forage 
  plant 
  on 
  wooded 
  pasture 
  grounds 
  for 
  the 
  

   cooler 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  32192. 
  Lathyrus 
  pisiformis 
  L. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Tomsk, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1650a, 
  August 
  24, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  species 
  of 
  wild 
  pea 
  found 
  mostly 
  at 
  the 
  

   edges 
  of 
  clumps 
  of 
  shrubbery. 
  Grows 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  tall. 
  Of 
  erect 
  growth, 
  

   but 
  when 
  tall 
  it 
  needs 
  some 
  support. 
  Eagerly 
  eaten 
  by 
  horses 
  and 
  cattle. 
  

   Apparently 
  valuable 
  for 
  forage 
  purposes 
  in 
  the 
  cooler 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32193. 
  Lathyrus 
  pratensis 
  L. 
  

   From 
  Tomsk, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  1651a, 
  August 
  18 
  to 
  20, 
  1911.) 
  The 
  well-known 
  meadow 
  pea, 
  which 
  is 
  

   grown 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  northwestern 
  Europe 
  for 
  forage 
  purposes. 
  The 
  Siberian 
  

   form 
  may 
  prove 
  to 
  be 
  extremely 
  hardy 
  and 
  deserves 
  therefore 
  to 
  be 
  tested 
  for 
  

   forage 
  purposes 
  in 
  the 
  cooler 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  This 
  plant 
  thrives 
  

   apparently 
  best 
  when 
  allowed 
  to 
  overrun 
  small 
  scrub 
  in 
  slightly 
  shaded 
  places. 
  " 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32194. 
  Lentilla 
  lens 
  (L.) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight. 
  Lentil. 
  

   The 
  lentil 
  has 
  heretofore 
  been 
  listed 
  in 
  these 
  inventories 
  as 
  Lens 
  esculenta, 
  which 
  

  

  was 
  published 
  in 
  1794 
  by 
  Moench 
  (Methodus, 
  p. 
  131). 
  The 
  first 
  binomial 
  name 
  

   given 
  to 
  the 
  lentil 
  was 
  Ervum 
  lens, 
  which 
  was 
  published 
  in 
  1753 
  by 
  Linnaeus 
  

   (Species 
  Plantarum, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  738). 
  As 
  the 
  type 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Ervum, 
  

   E. 
  ervilia, 
  is 
  not 
  congeneric 
  with 
  the 
  lentil 
  but 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Vicia, 
  which 
  

   was 
  published 
  on 
  page 
  734 
  of 
  Species 
  Plantarum, 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Ervum 
  

   can 
  not 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  lentil. 
  The 
  generic 
  name 
  Lens 
  was 
  first 
  published 
  in 
  

   1754 
  by 
  Stickman 
  (Herbarium 
  Amboinense, 
  reprinted 
  in 
  Linnaeus 
  's 
  Amoeni- 
  

   tates 
  Academicae, 
  1759, 
  vol. 
  4, 
  p. 
  128) 
  and 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  plant 
  described 
  and 
  

   figured 
  in 
  1747 
  by 
  Burmann 
  (Herbarium 
  Amboinense, 
  vol. 
  5, 
  p. 
  5, 
  pi. 
  4) 
  which 
  

   261 
  

  

  