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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPOETED. 
  

  

  32303 
  to 
  32308 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  32306. 
  Medicago 
  sp. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  994, 
  November 
  23, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  wild 
  alfalfa 
  of 
  erect 
  growth 
  occurring 
  on 
  

   stony 
  places. 
  May 
  possibly 
  be 
  Medicago 
  caerulea." 
  

  

  32307. 
  Hedysarum 
  grandiflortjm 
  Pallas 
  (?). 
  

  

  "(No. 
  995, 
  November 
  24, 
  1911.) 
  This 
  plant 
  occurs 
  on 
  hill 
  slopes 
  which 
  are 
  

   mainly 
  composed 
  of 
  limestone. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  low 
  growth 
  and 
  may 
  possibly 
  possess 
  

   value 
  as 
  a 
  pasturing 
  plant 
  in 
  semiarid 
  regions; 
  also 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garden 
  

   perennial. 
  See 
  Nos. 
  1645a 
  to 
  1647a 
  (Nos. 
  32187 
  to 
  32189) 
  for 
  further 
  remarks." 
  

   (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32308. 
  Pyrus 
  communis 
  L. 
  Pear. 
  

   "(No. 
  996, 
  November 
  24, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  wild 
  pear 
  of 
  shrubby 
  growth, 
  growing 
  on 
  

  

  dry, 
  pebbly 
  hill 
  slopes 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  Prunus 
  spinosa, 
  Crataegus 
  sanguinea, 
  

   etc. 
  Possibly 
  of 
  value 
  in 
  breeding 
  experiments." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32309. 
  Lagerstroemia 
  speciosa 
  (L.) 
  Pers. 
  

  

  From 
  Lamao, 
  Bataan, 
  Philippine 
  Islands. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  0. 
  B. 
  Burrell, 
  

   superintendent, 
  Lamao 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Agriculture. 
  Received 
  

   December 
  20, 
  1911. 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  A 
  tall 
  tree 
  found 
  from 
  northwestern 
  India, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  cultivated, 
  

   southward 
  and 
  eastward 
  to 
  China 
  and 
  the 
  Malay 
  Archipelago. 
  

  

  32310. 
  Asparagus 
  filicinus 
  Hamilton. 
  Asparagus. 
  

  

  From 
  Sibpur, 
  near 
  Calcutta, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Maj. 
  A. 
  T. 
  Gage, 
  superin- 
  

   tendent, 
  Royal 
  Botanic 
  Garden. 
  Received 
  December 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

  

  32311 
  to 
  32315. 
  

  

  From 
  Dehra 
  Dun, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Hartless, 
  superintendent, 
  

   Government 
  Botanic 
  Gardens, 
  United 
  Provinces, 
  Seharunpur. 
  Received 
  

   December 
  18, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  32311. 
  Alysicarpus 
  vaginalis 
  (L.) 
  DC. 
  

   "Variety 
  No. 
  2." 
  

  

  32312. 
  Alysicarpus 
  rugosus 
  (Willd.) 
  DC 
  

   "Variety 
  No. 
  1. 
  Narrow 
  leaved." 
  

  

  32313. 
  Cassia 
  mimosoides 
  L. 
  

  

  32314. 
  Zornia 
  diphylla 
  (L.) 
  Persoon. 
  

  

  Distribution.— 
  On 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  cosmopolitan 
  throughout 
  the 
  

   Tropics. 
  

  

  32315. 
  Andropogon 
  monticola 
  Schultes. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  slopes 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  in 
  northern 
  India, 
  where 
  it 
  

   ascends 
  to 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  6,000 
  feet, 
  and 
  southward 
  to 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  Burma. 
  

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