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Sumac sorgo. See Sorgo, Sumac. Page. 



Summary of bulletin 48-50 



Surga, early name for sorghum, derivation 36 



Syria, sorghum, grain-bearing, use as food 10 



See also Asia, southwest. 



Technicus, use as a varietal name 46 



Tigris Valley, antiquity of sorghums 10 



Togoland. See Guinea, Upper. 



Tournefort, Joseph Pitton, early author, date and name for sorghum 37, 41, 43 



Tragus, Hieronymus, early author, date and name for sorghum 36, 37, 38 



Transvaal, distribution of sorghum, description of varieties, etc 15 



Tripoli. See Barbary States. 



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



Tunis. See Barbary States. 



Turkestan, Russian. See Asia, southwest. 



"Twin-seed" sorghum. See Sorghum, twin-seed. 



United States, distribution of Chinese sorgo by Commissioner of Patents 32 



sorghum, description of varieties, etc 32-35 



early use of broom corn 32 



introduction of Chinese sorgo 32 



northern extension of sorghum culture 11 



origin of sorghums in cultivation 13-15, 25, 28-33 



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



Varieties, sorghum. See Sorghum, varieties. 



Versicolor, use as a specific name 44 



Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., references 29, 32 



Louis, reference 29 



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



Welschenhirse, early German name for sorghum, derivation 36 



West Indies and Central America, distribution of sorghum, description of vari- 

 eties, etc 31-32 



White durra. See Durra, white. ' . 



Wonig, Franz, reference 10 



Wray, Leonard, references 13, 29-30, 33, 45 



Yava-nala, Sanskrit name for sorghum 10 



Zea mays. See Corn. 

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