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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  32175 
  to 
  32245— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32194— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  is 
  generally 
  called 
  Entada 
  scandens. 
  This 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  generic 
  name 
  Lens 
  by 
  

   Stickman 
  prevents 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  lentil. 
  As 
  no 
  other 
  generic 
  

   name 
  had 
  been 
  published 
  for 
  the 
  lentil 
  up 
  to 
  1909, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight 
  (Century 
  

   Dictionary 
  Supplement, 
  p. 
  719) 
  published 
  the 
  name 
  Lentilla 
  by 
  refer- 
  

   ring 
  to 
  "lens" 
  and 
  "lentil," 
  under 
  which 
  names 
  on 
  j)ages 
  3409 
  and 
  3410 
  

   of 
  volume 
  4 
  of 
  the 
  1895 
  edition 
  the 
  lentil 
  is 
  described 
  as 
  Lens 
  esculenta. 
  When 
  

   the 
  new 
  edition 
  of 
  1911 
  appeared, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  information 
  first 
  published 
  

   in 
  the 
  two 
  supplementary 
  volumes 
  11 
  and 
  12 
  of 
  1909 
  was 
  incorporated 
  with 
  the 
  

   main 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  work, 
  the 
  name 
  Lentilla 
  lens 
  was 
  published 
  (vol. 
  5, 
  p. 
  3410) 
  

   under 
  the 
  heading 
  "lentil." 
  

  

  From 
  Barnaul, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1652a. 
  August 
  31, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  small-seeded 
  variety 
  of 
  lentil 
  that 
  is 
  

   grown 
  by 
  some 
  progressive 
  farmers 
  in 
  southern 
  Siberia 
  as 
  a 
  fodder 
  for 
  horses 
  and 
  

   milch 
  cows. 
  Prefers 
  a 
  light, 
  sandy 
  soil. 
  Of 
  value 
  possibly 
  for 
  forage 
  purposes 
  

   in 
  the 
  cooler 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  semiarid 
  belt. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32195. 
  Vicia 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Spring 
  vetch. 
  

   From 
  Barnaul, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1653a, 
  August 
  31, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  vetch 
  that 
  is 
  grown 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  in 
  

   Siberia 
  for 
  forage 
  purposes. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  stand 
  drought 
  very 
  well 
  and 
  promises 
  

   to 
  be 
  a 
  good 
  fodder 
  plant 
  in 
  semiarid 
  southwestern 
  Siberia. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32196. 
  Yicia 
  cracca 
  L. 
  Vetch. 
  

   From 
  Tomsk, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  " 
  (Xo. 
  1654a, 
  August 
  18 
  to 
  20, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  wild 
  vetch 
  found 
  on 
  slightly 
  shaded 
  

   places. 
  Likes 
  to 
  overrun 
  low 
  scrub. 
  Is 
  eagerly 
  eaten 
  by 
  horses 
  and 
  cattle. 
  

   Of 
  value 
  in 
  pastures 
  of 
  the 
  northern 
  United 
  States 
  where 
  some 
  scrub 
  is 
  scattered 
  

   over 
  the 
  land. 
  " 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32197. 
  Yicia 
  amoexa 
  Fisch. 
  Vetch. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Chistunka, 
  southwestern 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1655a, 
  September 
  8 
  and 
  9, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  sturdy 
  vetch 
  with 
  rather 
  dark 
  

   green 
  foliage 
  found 
  on 
  dry 
  earth 
  banks. 
  Does 
  not 
  grow 
  over 
  1 
  foot 
  in 
  height, 
  

   but 
  on 
  favorable 
  locations 
  spreads 
  out 
  considerably. 
  Of 
  value 
  possibly 
  as 
  a 
  

   forage 
  or 
  pasture 
  plant 
  in 
  the 
  northern 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  ' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  32198. 
  Vicia 
  amoena 
  Fisch. 
  Vetch. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Barnaul, 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1656a, 
  September 
  1 
  to 
  3, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  wild 
  vetch, 
  occurring 
  along 
  the 
  

   edges 
  of 
  abandoned 
  fields. 
  Apparently 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  number 
  and 
  

   as 
  such 
  the 
  same 
  remarks 
  apply 
  to 
  it. 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer.) 
  

  

  32199. 
  Yicia 
  hegalotropis 
  Ledeb. 
  Vetch. 
  

   From 
  near 
  Sminogorsk, 
  southwestern 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  " 
  (No. 
  1657a, 
  September 
  21 
  to 
  24, 
  1911.) 
  An 
  exceedingly 
  vigorous 
  species 
  of 
  

   vetch, 
  often 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  in 
  height 
  when 
  running 
  up 
  into 
  bushes; 
  in 
  open 
  places, 
  

   however, 
  it 
  reaches 
  only 
  a 
  couple 
  of 
  feet 
  in 
  height. 
  Much 
  relished 
  by 
  horses 
  

   and 
  cattle 
  and 
  apparently 
  of 
  great 
  promise 
  as 
  a 
  forage 
  plant. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  

   the 
  cooler 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  S 
  tates.,' 
  ' 
  ( 
  Meyer. 
  ) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Slopes 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  in 
  the 
  Altai 
  region 
  of 
  southwestern 
  

   Siberia. 
  

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