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28942 to 29012— Continued. 



28988. Glauctum sp. 



From near Bacharden, Turkestan. "(No. 1388a, June 5, 1910.) A wild 

 plant with yellow red-spotted flowers. Of possible value as an ornamental 

 garden annual." {Meyer.) 



28989. Datura stramonium L. Jamestown weed. 

 From Langar, Zerafshan Valley, Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1389a, July 



13, 1910.) The seeds of this plant are locally used by the Sart population as a 

 remedy against headache, the seeds being heated in oil and pounded together 

 with it into a pulp ; this is then applied to the temples and is said to be very 

 efficient." {Meyer.) 



28990. Papaver somniferum L. Poppy. 

 From Pendshikent, Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1390a, July 7, 1910.) A 



pure-white variety of poppy seed, grown locally and used baked on cakes and 

 in pastry; also expressed for the sweet, clear oil it contains, which is used for 

 culinary purposes." {Meyer.) 



28991. Papaver somniferum L. Poppy. 

 From Old Bokhara, Turkestan. "(No. 1391a, June 22, 1910.) A white 



variety of opium poppy used for the same purpose as the preceding number." 

 {Meyer.) 



28992. Phaseolus radiatus L. 



From Kizil-Arvat, Turkestan. "(No. 1329a, June 2, 1910.) The ordinary 

 gram or mung bean, used by the population in central Asia as a food ; boiled 

 in soups, eaten boiled with rice, or ground into flour; mixed with flour of various 

 cereals and baked into small hard cakes. This number is said to have been 

 imported from Persia." {Meyer.) 



28993. Phaseolus radiatus L. 



From Old Bokhara, Turkestan. "(No. 1393a, June 22, 1910.) A rare local 

 variety of mung bean with yellow seeds; used boiled in soups." {Meyer.) 



28994. Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. Cowpea. 



From Old Bokhara, Turkestan. "(No. 1394a, June 22, 1910.) A very large 

 local variety of cowpea, used in soups and stews. To be tried under irrigation 

 in the hot and dry sections of the southwest United States." {Meyer.) 



28995. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Durra. 



From Merv, Turkestan. "(No. 1395a, June 13, 1910.) A good quality of 

 djugara used by the native population for making flat loaves; also eaten 

 boiled as a gruel. To be tried under slight irrigation in the hot and dry sections 

 of the United States." {Meyer.) 



28996. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Durra. 



From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1396a, June 30, 1910.) A good 

 quality of local djugara used like the preceding number." {Meyer.) 



"These represent the common djugara of Turkestan, a white durra differing 

 from the ordinary form found in northern Africa and grown in the United States 

 for many years in having a taller, heavier stalk and more compact heads, nearly 

 all of them pendent. It has been introduced several times before." {Carleton 

 R. Ball.) 



28997. Panicum miliaceum L. Proso. 

 From Old Samarkand, Turkestan. "(No. 1397a, June 30, 1910.) A large 



white-seeded local variety of proso, grown by the Sart population in the oasis of 

 Samarkand. To be tested like preceding numbers." {Meyer.) 



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