SIGNTFICATIOX OF XA3IES OF VAFvIETrES OF SORGHTTM. 81 



" Hlakuva." Called so after the castor oil plant ; the seeds being 

 thought to look alike. A very small headed, short variety. 



" Zimbazana." Called so after " Iziniba," a variety of "Kaffir 

 com," because very like it. " Izimba " is used as grain in making 

 beer. " Zimbazana " may be used so, also. 



"Ihlosa" — '-budding," "beginning to swell." A variety which 

 looks young when already grown. 



"Elwofla." " Ehahla." Xot recognized, but evidently the same. 



" Koonibana," " Koombanna." Xot recognized, but evidently the ' 

 same. 



" Ubayana," " Ukubane," " Ubehlane," " Jyangenbarabi," "' Din- 

 demuka," "Ugabane," " Umgatubanda," " Oomseeana," "Xeeazana," 

 " Sangokahea," " Vimbischuapa." Xoue of these names are recog- 

 nized. 



The following plates show the ripened panicles of several of the 

 more characterir^tic varieties of sorghum — of those grown in the 

 United States, and of those grown from seed received from South Af- 

 rica, China, and India. 



The labels attached to the engravings, which were made from pho- 

 tographs, were, in every case, two inches by one in actual size, so that 

 the dimensions of each panicle may be readily ascertained by this scale 

 of measurement. 



The Black and Red sorgho, Plates I and II, are from Cawnpore, 

 India ; Plates III and IV are two varieties from Xorthern China ; 

 Plates V and VI are two of the new South African varieties, called 

 Amabele ; Plates ^11, VIII, and IX, are of the new South African 

 varieties, called Imphees ; Plates X, XI, XH, XIII, XIV, XV, are 

 of characteristic varieties grown during the past thirty years in the 

 United States, being either the original varieties introduced by Mr, 

 Wray, or varieties which have proceeiled from them. It is possible 

 that some of them may have had a Chinese origin, though thev par- 

 take i-ather of the general African type. 



The names given to these six American grown varieties, have been 

 those names by which they have been generally known in this coun- 

 try, although, as has been remarked, the same variety has been re- 

 ceived from several localities under different names ; for example, the 

 Liberiau, Plate XII, has been received under the names Imphee, 

 Chinese, Sumac, and Liberian. 



The frontispiece represents a hill of the variety known as Honduras, 

 which has also been received under the names Mastodon, Sprancrje 

 Top, Honey Top, Texas Cane, Honey Cane. It is possible that two or 

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