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LATHYRUS SATIVUS. (Fabaceae.) 28936. Bitter vetch from Aintab, 
Turkey-in-Asia. Presented by Mr. H. H. Bakkalian, secretary to 
Mrs. F. A. Shephard. For immediate distribution. 
LENS ESCULENTA. (Fabaceae.) 28937. Lentils from Aintab, Turkey- 
in-Asia. Presented by Mr. H. H. Bakkalian, secretary to Mrs. 
F. A. Shephard. For immediate distribution. 
MEDIC AGO FALCATA. (Fabaceae.) 23938. Alfalfa seed from Aintab, 
Turkey-in-Asia. Presented by Mr. H. H. Eakkalian, secretary 
to Mrs. F. A. Shephard. For immediate distribution. 
MEDIC AGO FALCATA. (Fabaceae.) 28918. Alfalfa seed from Christi- 
ania, Norway. Presented by Prof. Dr. Wille, Director of the 
Botanic Garden. For distribution later. 
ME DIC AGO SATIVA. (Fabaceae.) 28919. Alfalfa seed from Christi- 
ania, Norway. Presented by Prof. Dr. Wille, Director of the 
Botanic Garden. "Variety Malthei. This is a new variety which 
has not yet been described, and which is larger and much hard- 
ier than the main variety. Medicago sativa is used very little 
in Norway for its economic importance, as it is not very hardy. 
A dealer in dyestuffs, 0. Malthe, was very much interested in 
this question, and has experimented and finally succeeded in 
discovering this variety, and endeavored to disseminate it. The 
farmers, however, did not want to cultivate lucerne, because 
they find TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE and PHLEUM PRATENSE more profit- 
able. I wish to call your attention to the fact that the seed 
of M. sativa, var. Malthei may possibly represent crosses with 
the closely related main variety, however, only to a limited 
extent. If you plant all the seeds, you will very likely obtain 
some plants of the pure variety." (Wille.) For distribution 
later. 
MEDICAGO SATIVA. (Fabaceae.) 28908. Alfalfa seed from Ti-tao, 
Kansu Province, West China. Presented by Mr. Berthold Laufer, 
Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, who procured it from Mr. D. P. 
Ekvall, an American missionary of Ti-tao. For distribution 
later, 
MEDICAGO SATIVA VARIA. (Fabaceae.) 28920. Alfalfa seed from 
Christiania, Norway. Presented by Prof. Dr. Wille, Director of 
the Botanic Garden. For distribution later. 
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MELILOTUS SULCATA. (Fabaceae.) 28921. Melilot seed from Christi- 
ania, Norway. Presented by Prof. Dr. Wille, Director of the 
Botanic Garden. For distribution later. 
