40 SEEDS AND PLANTS [MPORTED. 



27875 and 27876. Turner. \i spp. Wheat. 



Prom the plains of Thebes near the colossi of Memnon, Egypt. Presented by Mr. 

 \ .1 Perkins. Received April 29, 1910. 



Seeds of the following: 



27875. Small, dark kernels. 27876. Large, white kernels. 



27877 to 27887. 



From Malkapur, Berar, India. Presented by Mr. A. S. Dhavale, care of Mr. V. B. 

 Savaji. Received April 30, 1910. 

 Seed of the following. Unless otherwise stated, notes by Mr. Uhavale. 



27877 to 27879. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Durra. 



" Juar. The chief food and fodder crop of this section." 



27877. "One of the inferior kinds." 



"A form of durra with obovate white seeds of medium size, about 

 equaled by the transversely wrinkled glumes which are coriaceous and 

 black at the base, greenish white and papery above the transverse 

 shoulder." (Carleton R. Ball.) 



27878. "The best and superior kind." 



"A form of durra with rather large, broadly obovate or subrotund, 

 pearly-yellow seeds which exceed the coriaceous, greenish-yellow glumes 

 which are transversely wrinkled and often dark in color below the 

 wrinkle." (Carleton R. Ball.) 



27879. "One of the inferior kinds." 



"Apparently similar to No. 27877, but the seeds are rather larger and 

 the outer part of the glumes more coriaceous." (Carleton R. Ball.) 



27880 and 27881. Crotalaria spp. 



"Bichawa. A wild legume for green manuring." 



27880. Crotalaria juncea L. 

 See No. 26356 for description. 



27881. Crotalaria sp. 

 "The rare kind." 



27882 and 27883. Dolichos lablab L. Bonavist bean. 



27882. " Vol. Blackish green, short pod. A garden vegetable crop, 

 also used for green manure." 



27883. " Vol. White, short pod. A garden vegetable crop also used 

 for green manure." 



27884. Lathyrus sativus L. 



"Lakha. A leguminous fodder and food crop." 



27885. Pennisetum americanum (L.) Schum. Pearl millet. 

 "Bajra. The secondary food and fodder crop." 



27886. Phaseolus aconitifolius Jacq. 



" Matha. A leguminous fodder and food crop." 



27887. Vigna sesquipedalis (L.) W. F. Wight. 



"Val. White, long pod. A garden vegetable crop, also used for green 



manuring." 



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