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Dodoens, Rembert, references 27, 36, 38 



Dora, use as a specific name 44 



Drummondii, use as a specific name 44 



Dulcis, use as a specific name 44 



Dumas, P., reference 47 



Duna, use as a specific name 44 



Durra, a group of sorghums 7 



beladi, general term for sorghums in Egypt 19 



brown, from North Africa, grown in United States 20 



in the Barbary States 19 



introduction and importance in United States 34 



most common group of sorghums in British-Egyptian Sudan 17 



India 21-22 



shami, name for corn in Egypt 19 



use as a specific name 44 



varieties in Abyssinia 18 



Egypt 19 



white, early history in Arabia 10 



from North Africa grown in United States 20 



in Barbary States 19 



southwest Asia 20-21, 28, 39-40 



occurrence in Europe 31 



seed, use in paying taxes in Asiatic Turkey 21 



See also Holcus durra. 

 Early Amber sorgo. See Sorgo, Amber. 



Egypt, antiquity of sorghum 10 



distribution of sorghum, description of varieties, etc 19 



Euphrates Valley, antiquity of sorghums 10 



Europe, broom corn, origin 27 



introduction of sorgos from Natal 29 



manufacture of alcohol and sugar from sorgos 30 



sorgos cultivated, origin 13, 28, 29, 30, 43 



sorghum, introduction, distribution, etc 26-31 



southern, sorghum, uses as animal food, dangers 27 



Ezekiel, book of prophet, reference 10 



Ferrugineus, use as a specific name 44 



Forskal, Pehr, sorghum species 41-42 



French Guinea. See Guinea, Upper. 



Fuchs, Leonhard, reference 36, 37 



Gold Coast, Africa. See Guinea, Upper. 

 Gooseneck sorgo. See Sorgo, Gooseneck. 



Greeley, Horace, reference 33 



"Guinea corn." See Corn, Guinea, 

 kafir. See Kafir, Guinea. 



Upper, distribution of sorghum, description of varieties, etc 17 



Hackel, E . , classification of sorghum 46 



references 8, 16, 17, 22, 42, 43, 46, 47 



Halepensis, use as a subspecific name 46 



See also Andropogon halepensis. 



Hareoman, Arabian name for sorghum 37, 39 



Hermann, Paul, references 37, 40, 42 



History, agricultural, and distribution of sorghum 8-35, 48^9 



botanical, and nomenclature of sorghum 35^48, 49-50 



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