69 



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obtained (K.B., 1893, p. 1). The var. hnnalaica is the " Kangra 

 Buckwheat." 



1. 1891, "Kangra Buckwheat," pp. 244-245; 1893, ibid., pp. 



1-3, "Common Buckwheat," p. 3. 



2. Feb. 1916, "The Cultivation of Buckwheat/ 1 pp. 1128- 

 1134; April, 1918, ibid., pp. 81-84. 



3a, Food Production, N«». 42, 1918, ibid. 



Polygonum sachalinense, /-'. Schmidt; Sachaline. 



Perennial, 6 to 10 ft. high, native of -Japan and Wand of 



Sac ha] in. A forage plant suitable as green feed for all kinds 

 of stock. The plant yields 8 to 16 tons per acre, but in America 

 possesses no advantage over Corn (Maize) or Sorghum. Sachaline 



was tested at many of the American experiment stations, but 

 has not commended itself as worthy of culture except as an 

 ornamental (Piper). The plant grows freely at E>w. 



'•Redshank" (P. PerMtcairia f Linn.), a common weed in 

 Britain, is stated* to be a nutritious plant, fed green to hones 



and cattle (Journ. Bd. Agrie. July, 1918, " Weeds as Food," 

 p. 384). "Rhubarb" (Rheum Rhaponticum , Linn.), a native 

 of Southern Siberia, is well-known for the acid leaf— talk. 

 " Phog " (Calligonwnx poly gonoide* , Linn.), a small, densely 

 branched shrub, 3 to 4 ft. high, of India, Persia, Arabia, Syria, 

 Armenia, Egypt, Algeria, and the Canaries, is remarkable for 

 the use of the flowers as food; they are succulent and are an 

 important article of food in many parts of India : eaten raw or 

 cooked, often with parched grain, and put into sweetmeat- (K.B. 

 1889, pp. 217-221). 



PlPERACEAE. 



Piper nigrum, Linn.) Pepper. 



A woody climber, native of Malabar; cultivated in Malay 



Peninsula, Southern India, Borneo, Siam and other tropical 

 regioi for the berries or " Peppercorns/' well known as a 

 spice. " Black Pepper " is the dried unripe berries and *.' White 

 Pepper M the ripe fruit with the outer coating removed before 

 grinding. The Customs Returns under "Pepper" probably 

 also include M Red Pepper* 1 or " Capsicum," the sources sriven 

 beinir Straits Settlements, including Labuan (54075), Java 

 (29555), British India (13870), Siam (12745), French Indo-China 

 (8890), Ceylon (1475), [British East Africa (1148), Japan (958), 

 British Possessions not .enumerated (2070), probably all Capsi- 

 cum], Germany, Holland, France and foreign countries not 

 enumerated, to a total of 131,767 centals. 

 I. 1893, "Pepper in Siam," p. 230. 



Myristicaceae. 

 Houtt. ; Nutmeg. 



A bushy tree 30 to 40 ft. high, native of the Moluccas or 

 Spice Islands of Bando ; cultivated in Malaya, Java. We>t 

 Indies; introduced to Cevlon. Mauritius, South America, West 

 Africa, Zanzibar, and other tropical countries, but there is no 

 production of importance excepting perhaps in the West Indies. 



