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2. Glumes light-red brown. 



Seeds white. 

 White African. 



Head slender, 7 to 8 inches lottg; branches closely compressed 

 but not very dense. 



Glumes large, light red, shining. 



Seed large, white. 



Seed yellowish brown. 

 Neeazana. 



Head 5 to S 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 flat- 

 tened. 

 Gray Top. 



Head similar to Neeazana, but glumes brown, shining, obtuse, 

 short. 



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

 flattened ; distinguished by its brown glumes and the prom- 

 inence of the large round seeds in the head. 



3. Glumes gray. 



Rice^ or Egyptian Com. 



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. 

 New Variety of E. Link. 



These are hybrids of the Liberian or Imphee varieties with 

 the Honduras or Chinese varieties, and bear the charac- 

 teristics of both races. Here, also, might be mentioned — 

 African of Parks, of Kentucky. 

 Hybrid of Moore. 



