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33754 to 33759. 



From Albano, Stockholm, Sweden. Presented by Dr. Veit Wittrock, Director, 

 Botanic Grarden. Received May 31, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following: 



33754. AsPERLGO procumbens L. 



Distribution. — An annual herb fonnd thrjnghoiit Europe and northern Asia, 

 and in northern Africa. 



33755. Caragan'a arborescens Lam. Siberian pea tree 

 Variety poiduh. 



33756. Caragaxa pygmaea L. i DC. 



Distribution. — A low undershrub with reddish -yellow flowers, found in 

 central Asia from Afghanistan eastward to Tibet and Dauria. 



33757. Berberis cretica L. Barberry. 



33758. Berberis serrata Koehne. Barberry. 

 33769. Berberis thunbergii DC. Barberry. 



Variety maximowiczi. 



33760. [Medic AGO sativa L. Alfalfa. 



From Tangier. Morocco. Africa. Presented by Mr. Maxwell Blake, American 

 consul general. Received May 31. 1912. 



33761. Citrus limoxum Risso. Lemon. 

 From Malta. Maltese Islands. Presented by Mr. James Oliver Laing, American 



consul, through the kindness of the Secretary of the Malta Horticultural Society. 

 Received June 8, 1912. 

 "This new fruit is the result of experiments undertaken by the government expert 

 here in the gardens of San Antonio and is called the San Antonio lemon. 



"The specimen sent and the lemon from which the seeds were taken were chosen 

 as exhibition fruits to be shown at the yearly fair of the Malta Horticultural Society 

 and are therefore not only a new variety but the best specimens of it. 



"The new fruit was labeled as follows at the fair: 'A seedling from a flat-shaped 

 variety at San Antonio gardens and exhibited now for the first time.'" {Laing.) 



33762. Cocos yatay Martins. Yatay. 



From Haedo, a suburb of Buenos Aires. Argentina. Presented by Mr. C. F. Mead. 

 Buenos Aires. Received June 8, 1912. 



Found in southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina, but these seeds are 

 irum a tree grown by Vicente Peluffo & Co.. at their proving grounds near Haedo, 

 which speaks well for its frost-resisting qualities. This coco grows to a height of about 

 5 meters and is xery similar in looks and fruit to the date palm. Fruit in looks is 

 similar to a small crab apple, except that it lacks luster; comestible and tastes some- 

 thing like a green pineapple." (Mead.) 



33763 to 33776. 



From Edinburgh. Scotland. Presented by Dr. Isaac Bayley Balfour, Director, 

 Royal Botanic Garden. Received June 8, 19] 2. 

 "^eed of the following: 



33763. Aristolochia rotunda L. Birthwort. 



Distribution. — Southern Europe, extending from southern Switzerland a?id 

 northern Italy eastward t^j the vicinity of Trieste in Austria. 



