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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



51856 to 51869— Continued. 



the base, obovate, rhombic, the two lower smaller, like stipules, ovate- 

 rhombic. The yellow flowers are in clusters of two to five. There are 

 usually several pods in a cluster, 2 to 5 centimeters long. Found in 

 grassy fields in the Mediterranean region, near the seacoast, in southern 

 Istria, Dalmatia, Croatia, etc. (Adapted from Ascherson and Graehner, 

 Synopsis der Mitteleuropdischen Flora, vol. 6, abt. 2, p. 669.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 32030. 



51867. Lotus suaveolens Pers. 



A slightly hairy plant with a stem which is usually well branched and 

 nearly always decumbent. The infiorescence is mostly three to four 

 flowered. The leaflets are obovate, wedge shaped at the base. Found 

 in similar situations as L. angustissimus (which it somewhat resembles 

 in habit) in meadows, on roadsides, on the less salty of the salt-pasture 

 formations with Cynodon dactylon, on moist salt meadows rich in 

 humus, and also in carbonates and sulphate salts, in Europe and north- 

 western Africa. (Adapted from Ascherson and Oraehner, Synopsis der 

 Mitteleuropdischen Flora, vol. 6, abt. 2, p. 687.) 



51868. Lotus tenuis Waldst. and Kit. 



A plant 2 to 4, rarely 8 decimeters high, smooth or nearly so, with 

 usually many stems, decumbent or ascending or with erect branches. 

 The leaflets, even the lower stipulelike ones, are linear-lanceolate to 

 linear. The inflorescence is one to five flowered. This is a faculta- 

 tive halophyte found mostly on salty stations, on meadows, or in ravines 

 throughout middle Europe, and in the Tyrol up to an altitude of 945 

 meters. It is found in swamp meadows, on salt meadows with Plantago 

 maritima, on the dry salty pastures with Salicornea, on the salt steppes, 

 and in various other halophyte formations. (Adapted from Ascherson 

 and Graehner, Synopsis der Mitteleuropdischen Flora, vol. 6, aht. 2, p. 

 683, and Hayek, Die Pflanzendecke Oesterreich-Ungarns, Leipsig and 

 Vienna, pp. 20, 157, 159, and 494-) 



51869. Lotus sp. 



[Received as Lotus articulatus, for which a place of publication has 

 not yet been found.] 



51870 and 51871. 



From Penang, Straits Settlements. Seeds collected by J. F. Rock, Agri- 

 cultural Explorer of the United States Department of Agriculture. Re- 

 ceived November 30,,1920. Quoted notes by Mr. Rock. 



51870. Cyrtostachys lakka Beccari. Phoenicacere. Palm. 

 "(No. 17.) The famous 'sealing-wax palm."* 



A tall, slender, soboliferous palm with pinnatisect leaves about 4 

 feet long and the leaflets 20 inches long and 1 to 11 Inches wide, green 

 above, ashy gray beneath. The sheath is red. The small ovoid fruits 

 are borne on stout spreading spadix branches 1 to 2 feet long. Native 

 to the humid jungles of Singapore, (Adapted from Hooker, Flora o/ 

 British India, vol. 6, p. M-) 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 49530. 



51871. Millettia atkopurpurea (Wall.) Benth. Fabacese. 



'* (No. 14.) A fine symmetrical tree with dark foliage and dark-red 

 to purplish black fiowers. The pods are large and contain from one to 

 two large brown seeds. It is worthy of cultivation on account of its 

 handsome round crown and dark foliage. A native of the Malay Penin- 

 sula and Burma." 



51873 to 51885. 



From Rochester, N. Y. Presented by John Dunbar, assistant superin- 

 tendent. Department of Parks. Received December 3, 1920. 



51872. Malus baccata (L.) Moench. Malacese. Siberian crab apple. 

 {Pyrus baccata L.) 



Seeds of the variety orthocarpa. 



