56 HISTOKY AND DISTEIBUTION OF SORGHUM. 



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Beda, the white-seeded durra of Egypt, description 19 



Belon, Pierre, early author, date and name for sorghum 36 



Benson, C, references 10, 47 



Besler, Basil, early author, date and names for sorghum 37 



Besseri, use as a specific name 44 



Bibliography of bulletin 51-53 



Bicolor, use as a specific or varietal name 44, 46 



See also Holcus bicolor. 



Blumenbachia, use as a generic name for sorghum 44 



Bretschneider, Emil, reference H 



Breyne, Jacob, references 37, 40, 42 



Broom corn. See Corn, broom. 



Brotero, Felix de Avellar, reference 44 



Burkill, I. H., reference 47 



Busse and Pilger, reference 47 



Csesalpini, Andrea, references 36, 38 



Cafer, use as a specific or varietal name 44, 46 



See also Holcus cafer. 



Caffrorum, use as a specific name 44 



Oampanum, use as a specific name 44 



Canada, sorgos, cultivation and varieties 35 



Cernuum, use as a specific or varietal name 44, 46 



See also Holcus cernuus. 



China, antiquity of sorghum . H 



black millet, early reference H 



distribution of sorghum, description of varieties, etc .23-25 



"Chocolate corn. " See Corn, chocolate. 



Classification and botanical history of sorghum, summary 49-50 



sorghum, beginnings 48 



Collier, Peter, sorghum classification 45 



sorgo. See Sorgo, Collier. 



Collins, Varnum D . , reference 25 



Commissioner of Patents, United States, experiments with and distribution of 



sorghum seed 32 



Commune, use as a specific name 44 



Compactus, use as a specific name 4 4 



Corn, broom, a group of sorghums 7 



cultivation in Japan and Korea 25 



South America 31 



development and use 27 



early origin in Italy 27 



introduction and early use in United States 32 



called durra shami in Egypt 19 



chocolate, early use in United States as a beverage 32 



Guinea, name used for a grain sorghum in the British West Indies 31, 41 



sometimes included in term "milium" 35 



Crescenzi, Piero de, references 36, 37 



Dahomey. See Guinea, Upper. 



Distribution and agricultural history of sorghum 8-35, 48-49 



"Dochan" ("dochn" or "dokhn"), Hebrew word for millet 10 



Dochna, use as a specific name 44 



See also Holcus dochna. 

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