162 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



7689 to 7765— Continued. 



7699. Trifolium panormitanum. 



' ' Specimen found growing wild near botanical station at Rouiba. This plant 

 closely resembles T. alexandrinum in general appearance and habit of growth. 

 The lower tooth of the calyx is very much longer than the other four teeth, 

 making identification simple. This plant is little or not at all cultivated as yet 

 in Algeria, but was found to have gained possession of some wild hay fields 

 near Tizi Ouzou. It is very vigorous and upright in habit of growth, often 

 over 2 feet in height." (Scofield. ) 



7700. Lotus tetragoxolobus. Square pea. 



"Specimen found growing wild near botanical station at Rouiba. Plant 

 has a reclining or creeping habit, seldom growing more than 10 or 12 inches 

 in height; it is very vigorous, leaves of a very bright green color, flowers 

 brilliant, rosy red. It fruits freely and bears large numbers of root nodules; 

 has been introduced into America in an experimental way through the 

 Department of Agriculture. It deserves further attention." (Scofield. ) 



7701. Vicia HIRTA. 



"Specimen obtained from botanical station at Rouiba, where the plant 



grows wild. It has been tried in culture there, but has not done well enough 



to hold a place in competition with other species of the same genus. The 



/ stem is upright, but rather weak, sometimes reaching 2 feet in height." 



[Scofield. ) 



7702. Vicia faba. 



7703. Vicia fulgexs. 



' ' From small plat growing at botanical station at Rouiba. This species is 

 one of the very important ones introduced by Dr. Trabut into culture in 

 Algeria. It seeds very freely and produces a large amount of foliage." 

 {Scofield.) 



7704. Vicia narbonnensis. 



"Specimen from botanical station at Rouiba, where it is both wild and 

 cultivated. This plant is erect, very succulent, and robust. It is often sown 

 with winter oats to be cut for green forage. It seeds freely and matures early 

 in May. A close relative of this plant, possibly a variety of the species, is often 

 confused with it, the other variety being entirely glabrous, while the type is 

 decidedly hispid. ' ' ( Scofield. ) 



7705. Vicia bengalensis. 



(This seed was never turned over to the Office of Seed and Plant Introduc- 

 tion and Distribution, as it was all used in experiments by the Office of Vege- 

 table Pathological and Physiological Investigations.) (See Xo. 5576.) 



7706. Vicia calcabata. 



"Specimen found near botanical station at Rouiba, probably not from 

 cultivated plats. This plant is commonly found along the Algerian coast, 

 growing in hay fields and waste places. So far as known it is not at all 

 cultivated. ' ' ( Scofield. ) 



7707. Vicia sativa. 7709. Vicia sativa. 

 Vicia sativa de Toulouse. Vicia sativa de Tunis. 



7708. Vicia sativa. 

 Blanche. 



7710. Hedysaroi coronarium. 



'•specimen found growing in the garden of the School of Medicine of 

 Algiers. Source of seed not known. Plant verv robust; stems rather weak=" 

 {Scofield.) 



