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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



39927. Triticum dicoccum Schrank. Poaceae. Emmer. 



From Bombay, India. Presented by Mr. Henry D. Baker, American consul, 

 who secured it from Mr. Frank Harrison, Bombay. Received September 

 11, 1914. 



" Seeds of wild Kathiawar wheat, which is supposed to be the original parent 

 of all wheats in the world, from the district of Kathiawar, on the west coast 

 of India, north of Bombay, and in the Bombay Presidency." (Baker.) 



"This wheat grows wild in Kathiawar, a very dry tract on the west coast of 

 India, north of Bombay. It is said that all wheats in existence can be traced 

 back to this stock and that it spread from India westward via Chaldea (Meso- 

 potamia) and Egypt thousands of years ago. Natives who eat this wheat 

 declare it is more palatable and has a better food value than any of the modern 

 varieties grown in India. It has great drought-resisting properties and should 

 do well in the arid tracts of the Southern States of America. Natives collect 

 this wheat in the jungle and separate it from the straw by treading, i. e. 

 cattle are made to walk over it in a circle until the grain is separated from 

 the straw. They then pass the grain through hand querns, in order to get rid 

 of the chaff, or husk, which is very thick. We find, however, that a rice huller 

 manufactured by an American firm will hull it in a most satisfactory manner." 

 (Harrison.) 



"A variety of white spring emmer, such as is commonly grown in our North- 

 western States. It is interesting, however, to have the opinion of the natives 

 concerning it." (M. A. Carleton.) 



39228 to 39260. Zea mays L. Poacese. 



From Copacabana. Peru. Presented by Capt. 

 Received September 15, 1914. 



Corn. 

 James W. Tynan, Puno, Peru. 



Red and white variegated. 

 Light variegated. 

 Dark red and yellow varie- 

 gated. 

 White. 



Maroon and white banded. 

 Faint yellow. 

 Yellow and gray. 

 Red and white banded. 

 Yellow. 

 Red. 

 Maroon. 



< (range and yellow. 

 Red pericarp. 

 Cream. 

 Ligbt yellow. 

 Red and yellow variegated. 

 Dark yellow, 

 ('ream. 



39261. Phvllanthus acida (L.) Skeels. Euphorbiaceae. 

 (Ph i/lla H-thus distichus Muell. Arg.) 

 From Guayaquil, Ecuador. Presented by Mr. Frederic W. Goding, American 

 consul general. Received September 17, 1914. 



