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2992. Cicer arietinum. G-arbanzos. 



From Tizi Ouzou, Kabylia, Algeria. Keceived through Mr. W. T. Swingle, 

 April, 1899. 



S'ben (Arabic). Teelvan (Kabyle). A gray-green mottled chick pea, said to resist 

 drought and yields very well. It has been suspected to cause paralysis of natives who 

 eat it largely, but experiments made on rabbits, pigeons, and goats gave negative 

 results. Probably some lupine is the real cause of the disease. (See Nos. 2139, 2376, 

 in Inventory No. 5; see also No. 2977 above.) 



2993. Triticum vulgare. Hard wheat. 



From Tizi Ouzou, Kabvlia, Algeria. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, 

 April, 1899. 



The wheats of Algeria are very good and should be tested thoroughly. 



2994. Vicia faba. Horse bean. 



From Tizi Ouzou, Kabylia, Algeria. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, 

 April, 1899. (See No. 2978.) 



2994 a. Coffea arabica. Coffee. 



From Botanic Gardens, Trinidad. Received through Messrs. Lathrop and Fair- 

 child (No. 95), 1899. 



"A giant variety. Said by Director J. H. Hart, of the Jamaica Botanic Gardens, 

 to be the largest variety known to him." (D. G. Fairchild.) (See No. 1925.) 



2995. Opuntia ficus-indica. Prickly pear. 



From Tizi Ouzou, Kabvlia, Algeria. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, April, 

 1899. 



A spineless cactus growing by the roadside near a Kabyle village. 



2996. Ficus carica. Caprifig. 



From Tizi Ouzou, Kabvlia, Algeria. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle 

 April, 1899. 



Tlmdukarth tetskurth. Said to be a very good variety of caprifig. A Kabyle gardener 

 said it was the only kind of caprifig grown in the extensive fig orchards around 

 Tizi Ouzou, and that to find other sorts of caprifigs search must be made in the sur- 

 rounding mountains. 



2997. Ficus carica. Caprifig. 



From Tizi Ouzou, Algeria. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, April, 1899. 



TJiadukarth tetskurth. The same caprifig as No. 2996, but this number comprises 

 cuttings from another tree. 



2998. Phoenix dactylifera. Date. 

 From Algeria. Received through Mr. W. T. Swingle, April, 1899. 



Deglet el Beida. A common dry date (see No. 3201). Sample fruit. 



2999. Phoenix dactylifera. Date. 



From Algeria. Received through Mr. W, T. Swingle, April, 1899. 



M J Kentichi. A dry date said to be of rather inferior quality, at least in the M'Zab, 

 according to M. Yahia, and presumably different from the J/' Kentichi Degla. (See 

 No. 3499. ) It is considered the best dry date in the oases about Biskra. 



3000. Phoenix dactylifera. Date. 



From Algeria. Donated by M. Yahia Ben Kassem, Orleansville, Algeria. Re- 

 ceived through Mr. ^Y. T. Swingle, April, 1899. 



El Horra (or El Harm). A few sample fruits of this variety, which is one of the 

 dry dates grown in the M'Zab country, northern Sahara. 



