66 SORGHUM. 



not as coarse, softer, and more juicy ; fourteen per cent of sugar in 

 juice ; seed heads large, stiff, erect ; seeds round, j^lump, of a clear 

 yellow color ; ripens two weeks earlier than last variety. 



E-en-gha. — A fine, tall kind, from ten to twelve feet high, more 

 slender than either of the foregoing, exceedingly graceful in appear- 

 ance, ripens in four months ; fourteen per cent of sugar in juice ; seed 

 head large, and very pretty ; seed upon long, slender footstalks, which 

 are bent down by weight of seed, forming a graceful drooping ; seeds 

 a dull yelloAV color, rather long and flat. 



Nee-a-za-na. — Held, by the Zulu Kaffirs, to be the sweetest of all the 

 Imphees; ripens in about three months; stalks soft, and more abound- 

 ing in juice than any; fifteen per cent of sugar; small size, tillers 

 greatly, having sometimes fifteen stalks to one root ; juice mucilagin- 

 ous, and abounding more in fecula than some other varieties ; seed 

 heads very bushy and bunchy when ripe ; seeds round, large, and 

 plump. 



Boom-vwa-na. — Most excellent and valuable variety; juice never 

 contains less than fifteen per cent of sugar ; resembles the E-en-gha, but 

 stalks brighter and more slender ; stalks have a pinkish tint, and seed 

 cases have pink and purple hue, mixed with a yellow ground ; short, 

 stiflf footstalks; tillers very much, giving ten to twenty stalks for one 

 root, which seldom weigh more than one pound each ; makes beautiful 

 sugar ; reaches perfection in three to three and a half months. 



Oom-see-a-na. — Distinguished by the purple or black appearance of 

 its seed heads, the sheath, or seed cases, being of this color, and not the 

 seed itself; seed head stiff", erect; short, strong footstalks ; seed large, 

 round, and full ; growth and goodness of juice very similar to the 

 Boom-vwa-na; stalks small, numerous. 



Shla-goo-va. — Slightly inferior to the three last mentioned ; ripens in 

 three and a half months; tall, good sized plants; chief distinction, ex- 

 ceeding beauty and elegance of seed head ; footstalk extremely long, 

 drooping gracefully ; seed cases, or sheaths, vary in color from a deli- 

 cate pink to red, and from a light to a very dark purple, but each color 

 is very bright and glistening. 



Slila-goon-dee. — Sweet and good ; under favorable conditions, pro- 

 duces fine sized stalks ; seed heads very stifle, erect ; seed vessels com- 

 pact and very close; usually requires three and a half months to reach 

 maturity. 



Zim-mooma-na. — Likewise a sweet and good variety; seed heads 

 upright, compact, and fine; seeds plump, very numerous. 



E-both-la, Boo-ee-a-na, Koom-ba-na, Sce-en-gla, Ziin-ba-za-na, E-thlo- 

 sa. — These last six are merely mentioned by Mr. Wray, with the re- 



