gnarled and twisted shapes. Eative name 'Artehak' . Much used 
in the mountains for "building purposes and for fuel. To "be 
tested in the intermountain sections of the United States." 
(Meyer's introduction.) For distribution later. (See photo- 
graph in Bulletin Ho. 36, this series.) 
ENAUTIA SP. (Dipsacaceae. ) 29261. Seeds from near Guldscha, 
Russian Turkestan. "An ornamental Dipsacaceous plant, peren- 
nial, found on a fertile, dry hill slope, growing from 2 to 4 
. feet high, hearing large flov/er heads of a purplish "blue 
color, on stiff, erect stems. Of value apparently as a garden 
perennial for the northern sections of the United States." 
(Meyer's introduction.) For distribution later. ' 
LIMOUIA ACIDISSIMA. (Rutaceae.) 29170. Seed from the Saharanpur 
Botanical Garden, India. Received through Mr. R. S. Woglum, 
Bureau of Entomology. "I found one tree of this species in 
the Botanical Garden, at Saharanpur. Tree 25 to 30 feet tall 
:■■„■ and very healthy. Fruit ripening at this time of year (Uovem- 
her 15). A small "blackish fruit, almost ^ inch in diameter, 
.containing a small pit of roundish form." (Woglum.) For dis- 
tribution later. 
MBDICAGO SATIVA. (Fahaceae.) 29260. Seed of alfalfa from near 
Kizil-Kurgan, Russian Turkestan. "An alfalfa found in dry de- 
composed-rock hanks at elevations of between 5,0Q0 and 7,000 
feet above sea. Apparently the genuine wild form of the cul- 
tivated lucerne." (Meyer's introduction.) For distribution 
later. 
HITRARIA SCHOBERI . (Zygophyllaceae. ) 29250. Seed from near 
Ulukshat, Chinese Turkestan. "The desert currant, a spiny 
shrub growing from 3 to 7 feet high; found on alkaline and 
sandy places at elevations of 6,000 to 8,000 feet above sea. 
Foliage small and whitish, berries small, in erect racemes of 
black-violet color, juicy. They are edible and of sweet-saline 
taste. The rather high alkaline properties of these berries 
leave an unpleasant after-taste in one's mouth, while one's 
throat also feels the sharpness of the salt. The seeds occupy 
too much of the berry and the fruits have no value to the 
white races of men. This desert-currant possesses great sand- 
binding qualities, however, and deserves to be tested for this 
purpose in the elevated and cool arid and semi-arid regions of 
the United States." (Meyer's introduction.) For distribution 
later . 
1S|8SIFL0RA SP. (Passifloraceae. ) 29319. Seed from Buitenzorg, 
Java. Presented by the Director of Agriculture,; Department of 
Agriculture. Variety "Perbawati." For distribution later. 
