12 SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED 



33285 to 33320 Continued. 



33301. Trigonella polycerata L. 

 From St. Petersburg, Russia. 



"(No. 1762a, February 17, 1912.) Variety dentata. An annual legume 

 which maybe tested for its possible forage value. Obtained like No. 1751a." 



( }fqfer.) 



33302. Medicago radiata L. 

 From St. Petersburg, Russia. 



"(No. 1763a, February 17, 1912.) An annual legume which may be tested 

 for its possible forage value. Obtained like No. 1751a." {Meyer.) 



33303. Hedysarum esculentum Ledeb. 

 From St. Petersburg, Russia. 



"(No. 1764a, February 17, 1912.) A perennial legume which may be tested 

 for its possible forage value. Obtained like No. 1751a. ' ' ( Meyer.) 

 Distribution. — Eastern Siberia, Manchvu-ia, and Japan. 



33304. Hedysarum flavescens Regel and Schmalh. 

 From St. Petersburg, Russia. 



"(No. 1765a, February 17, 1912.) A perennial legume which may be tested 

 for its possible forage value. Obtained like No. 1751a." (Meyer.) 



Distribution. — On the slopes of the mountains in Turkestan at an elevation 

 of 6.500 to 7,000 feet. 



33305. Hedysarum microcalyx Baker. 

 From St. Petersburg, Russia. 



"(No. 1766a, February 17, 1912.) A perennial legume which may be tested 

 for its possible forage value. Obtained like No. 1751a." {Meyer.) 



Distribution. — Temperate slopes of the Himalayas in the province of K!ashmir, 

 in northern India. 



33306. Hedysarum hedysaroides (L.) Stuntz. 

 {Astragalus hedysaroides L., Species Plantarum, p. 75G, 1753.) 



Seeds of this species were received from St. Petersburg under the name 

 Hedysarum obscurum L. This name was published in 1759 by Linnaeus (Sys- 

 tema Naturae, ed. 10, p. 1171) and the species is there based on Astragalus 

 hedysaroides L. As the earliest specific name, hedysaroides should be adopted. 



From St. Petersburg, Russia. 



"(No. 1767a, February 17, 1912.) A perennial legume which may be tested 

 for its possible forage value. Obtained like No. 1751a." {Meyer.) 



33307. Hedysarum songaricum Bongard. 

 From St. Petersburg, Russia. 



"(No. 1768a, February 17, 1912.) A perennial legume which may be tested 

 for its possible forage value. Obtained like No. 1751a." {Meyer.) 

 Distribution. — The valley of the Sungari River in northeastern Siberia. 



33308. Spixacia tetrandra Stev. Spinach. 

 From St. Petersburg, Russia. 



"(No. 1769a, February 17, 1912.) A wild spinach occurring in central Asia. 

 Possibly of value in hybridization and selection work, with the object in mind 

 of creating strains of spinach more resistant to hot weather and less quickly 

 shooting into seed than do present varieties. Obtained like 1751a." { Meyer. 



Distribution. — In salty clay soil from the Caucasus region of Armenia east- 

 ward through northern Persia to Turkestan and Afghanistan. 



