BULLETIN OF FOREIGN PLANT INTRODUCTIONS^ * 
May 24 to 31, 1910. 
NO. 39 
NEW PLANT IMMIGRANTS. 
HEIDI CAGO SATIVA. 27803. From Enivsu^ Caucasus. A robust form 
of alfalfa. The climate around Erivari is semi-arid, or even 
arid, and this variety may prove of value in pjtfe Southern 
Rocky Mountain regions where the climate ^^rembles this very 
much.- 27980. Another .variety of .>alfa'lTa : from Erivan, said 
to "be more drought resistant than No. 27803, hut as state- 
ments from native dealers cannot be depended upon, it may not 
he so. In Elisavetpol it is said that Erivan alfalfa lasts 
10 years, while Turkestan alfalfa lasts only 6 years. If 
true, this makes it a much more valuable forage plant than the 
Central Asian strains. 27981-982. Two varieties of alfalfa 
from near Elisavetpol, Caucasus. (Meyer's introductions.) 
OCIMUM BASILICUM. 27812. From Erivan, Caucasus. A Caucasian 
summer vegetable, called "Rahan". Apparently a Salvia, or 
some nearly related labiate. (Meyer's introduction.) 
OPUNTIA SP. 27935. From Manila, P. I. Presented by Mr. William 
S. Lyon. "An absolutely spineless Opuntia. I fancy it is not 
indigenous because I have only found it about habitations. I 
will warrant it ?/ith never a rudimentary spine. It makes a 
woody caudex, as thick as a man's thigh, grows from 11 to 13 
feet tall and of like diameter of crown." (Lyon.) For dis- 
tribution later. 
PAN1CUM MILI ACEUM . 27827. From Tiflis, Caucasus. A large- 
grained white proso, considered the best variety in Tiflis. 
27828. A reddish proso, said to be very drought resistant. 
27994. A local variety of proso from Erivan, having large, 
brownish red seeds; said to be drought ^resistant. (Meyer's 
introductions . ) ^ 
PASSIFLORA SP.ji' 28010. From Peru. Presented by Prof. William 
Curtis FarOTiee. ^Small fruits, growing on a vine; very good." 
(Farabee.) For distribution later. (See photograph of P. 
ligularis . ) 
PHASEOLUS COCCINEUS. 27817. A large white bean, probably run- 
ner; said to grow in Kherson Government, Southwest Russia, 
where the climate is warm and rather dry in summer. These 
beans are much eaten by Jewish residents in Russia. (Meyer's 
introduction. ) 
