30 SEEDS A.\H PLANTS EMPOHTED. 



24122 to 24127 -Continued. 



24126. Ngabani obomvu. /.'"/ kafir, apparently typical head, shorter and 

 more slender than normal for the United Stat< 



24127. I ' Jiba. "The natives do n«>i like the taste of this, but raise it be- 

 cause the birds do not (rouble it. Birds trouble all other kind- very 

 greatly." I /.< Roy.) 



Related to Red kafir, bui with very Large seeds; flumes about two-thirds as 

 long a- Beeds. 



24128 to 24130. Andropogon sorghum (\j.) Brot. Durra. 



From Egypt. Presented by Mr. lluberi S. Smiley, Gallowhill, Paisley, Scotland. 

 Received September 23, 1908. 



Seed of the following. Descriptive notes by Mr. Carleton 11. Ball; native names by 

 Mr. Smiley: 



24128. Bahr el Bugger. Typical durra Ahmar or brown-seeded durra; glumes 

 shiny black; large seeds, pale and shiny red. 



24129. Ilamashi. "This is considered the best for bread making." (Smiley.) 



A form apparently intermediate between durra Ahmar and durra Beda the 

 white form; the seeds are pale brown, head is otherwise identical with durra 

 Ahmar. 



24130. Heygeri. Seeds white or brownish white; glumes shiny black 2nd 

 naked. 



'These are typical Egyptian durras with very large and heavy ovate, extremely 

 compact, pendant heads; the same or very similar varieties tested by me in the last 

 few years always have immense stalks, 2 to 3 inches in diameter at the base, 8 to 13 

 feet high, and having from 20 to more than 30 leaves; they are mostly very late and 

 will therefore not mature in much of our dry plain region; they are not at all adapted 

 to the more humid region, because the compact heads become moldy in wet weather 

 and badly injured by worms." (Ball.) 



"This durra is sown as a rain crop in Berber, Atbara, Zeidab, and Shendi districts. 

 Directly the rains are over, the natives go out to the borders of the desert and sow the 

 grain on the poor, rocky soil. They then leave it, as it requires no cultivation, and 

 it receives no more water than that left in the soil by the rains. A good crop would 

 be about 6 ardebs per feddan. These sorghums are the principal foodstuffs of the 

 natives." (Smiley.) 



24131. Garcinia sp. 



From Palawan, Philippine Islands. Procured by Mr. William S. Lyon, Gardens 

 of Nagtajan, Manila, P. I. Received November 4, 1908. 



'This species is from sea level, extending from coast inland 3 to 5 kilometers only; 

 is generally 14 to 15 meters, although sometimes larger, wide spreading and seemingly 

 a robust grower. Fruit edible by natives, monkeys, and parrots, but I balked at much 

 of it." (Lyon.) 



24132. Benzoin sp.(?) 



From Mokanshan, China. Presented by Rev. J. M. W. Farnham, Shanghai, 

 China. Received November 4, 1908. 



"This shrub grows 8 or 10 feet tall. In September (here) the branches are covered 

 thick with beautiful, very bright red berries; a bush here and there among the 

 green shrubbery around a lawn would be pretty. Sow in the autumn, I suppose." 

 (Farnham.) 

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