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25328 to 25344 Continued. 



38 to itinued. 



25; idyiba (rol , Lighter sandy soils containing 



bh 2 to 3 in- tt i ~ high. \ late variety, ripening in 6 months. 



Used forflourand beer." Variety ovulifer Hack., form VI. (Jinnies 

 dark reddish brown. Equivalen! to S. P. I. No. L81 



25331. "Native name Adyiba (weiss). From same soil as preceding 

 r. I. No. 25330 , and same description applies to it." Variety 



Hack., form I, with black glumes and Beeds white with a 



Blight ycllowi- je. 



25332. ''Native name Banambo. Light sandy soils. Differs from 

 preceding in color of seeds. More commonly used for flour making. 

 Ripens in <l months." Variety ovulifei Hack., form [, with black 

 glumes and seeds white with a slight yellowish tinge. 



25333. ''Native name Tyertiyenyark. Light clay and sandy soils; 3 

 meters high. An early variety used for flour. Kij»ens in 5 months 

 Same as No. 25330; equivalent to S. P. I. No. 1M90. 



25334. ''Native name Soch (Sopienge). Light clay and sandy soils. 

 Grows 2 to :; meters high. An early variety, ripening in 4 months. 

 [Jsed for flour because of the very white seed coats." Variety 

 elegans Kcke. White seeded. 



25335. "Native name Somong. Soils as in Togo No. 6 (S. P. I. No. 



25333). (irows 2 to '■'> meters high. Early ripening sort with white 

 seeds like Togo No. 7 (S. P. I. No. 25334)." Variety elegant Kcke. 

 A red-seeded form equivalent to S. P. I. No. 18196. 



25336. ''Native name Langpategu. Soils as in No. 6 (S. P. I. No. 



25333). Heads shorter and more compact than in the preceding 

 forms; white hulled. An early variety used for making beer and 

 flour. The most prized variety of the Moba people." Represents 

 the variety intermedius B. & P. Remarkable for its bluish gray seed; 

 somewhat like a New Era cowpea in color. 



25337. "Native name Pebate. Grows 3 to 4 meters high. A late 

 ripening variety, requiring 6 months to mature." Variety elegans 

 Kcke., having shorter, blunter, and more compressed glumes. 



25338. "Native name Tanyou (lila)." Variety intermedius B. & P. 

 Very similar to S. P. I. No.' 25336. 



25339. " Native name Nyumbayone bimle (Doppelfrucht). Originally 

 from Haut Senegal, Guinea. In this variety the black glumes con- 

 tain always 2 kidney-shaped white seeds." Belongs apparently to 

 variety elegans Kcke., but differs from all other forms in having 2 

 seeds to each spikelet, a condition which occurs in a number of varie- 

 ties from India. 



25340. "Native name Beninga (Pferdef utter). With specially hard- 

 hulled seeds. Used for horse feed." Probably variety bicolor Kcke. 

 Seeds pure white, equaled in length by the jet-black shining glumes, 

 a form not previously reported from Togoland. - 



25341. "Native name EKpeto (gelb). Grows 3 to 4 meters high. A 

 late ripening sort, requiring 7 months. The meal has a somewhat 

 bitter taste." Belongs to variety Jcerstingianus, subvariety sulftireus 

 B. & P. Remarkable for its sulphur-yellow seed. Equivalent to 

 S. P. I. No. 18147. 



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