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White Mammoth. 



Head very dense, expanding toward the flattened top. 



Glumes shining black, prominent. 



Seed white, large, flattened ; hilum inconspicuous. 



2. Glumes light-red brown. 



Seeds white. 

 White African 



Head slender, 7 to 8 inches long; branches closely com- 

 pressed but not very dense. 



Glumes large, light red, shining. 



Seed large, white. 



Seed yellowish brown. 

 Keeazana. 



Head 5 to 8 inches long, dense, cylindrical. 



Glumes pointed, somewhat hairy; outer one gray: inner 

 one black, smaller, and inconspicuous. 



Seed long, flat; hilum inconspicuous. 



Synon. White Imphee, Early Orange. 



New Variety (Salle), similar to Neeazana, but both 

 glumes are at times light colored and hairy. 



Wolf Tail. 



Head 9 to 10 inches long, slender, dense. 

 Glumes almost white, shining, somewhat downy. 

 Seed shorter than in Neeazana, long, round ; hilum slightly 

 flattened. 



Gray Top. 



Head similar to Neeazana, but glumes brown, shining, ob- 

 tuse, short. 



Seed short, long, large, prominent, round; hilum only 

 slightly flattened : distinguished by its brown glumes 

 and the prominence of the large round seeds in the 

 head. 



3. Glumes gray. 



Rice, or Egyptian Corn. 



Head heavy, bending the culm, dense, obtuse, cylindrical. 

 Glumes gray, prominent, wooly, persistent. 

 Seed large, flat, white, round in outline, width greater than 

 the length; prominent in the head, and easily shaken 

 out. 

 (B.) Panicle not dense. 

 Glumes black. 



Regular Sorgho. 



Head loose, 10 to 12 inches long. 

 Glumes black, shining, open, displaying the seeds. 

 . Seeds large, flat, obtuse. 

 Hybrid Sorghum. 



Hybrid of E. Link. 

 Oomseeana of Blymyer. 



