30 SEEDS AX Ii PLANTS IMPORTED. 



24122 to 24127— Continued. 



24126. Ngabani obomiw. Red kafir, apparently typical head, shorter and 



more slender than normal Eor the United States. 



24127. U Jiba. "The natives do nol like the taste of this, but raise it be- 

 cause the birds do not trouble it. Birds trouble all other kinds very 

 greatly." (LeRoy.) 



Related to Red kafir, bul with very large seeds; glumes about two-thirds as 

 long as seeds. 



24128 to 24130. Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. Durra. 



From K_\ pt. Presented by Mr. Hubert S. Smiley, Gallowhill, Paisley, Scut land. 

 Recen ed September 23, L908. 



1 of the following. Descriptive notes by Mr. Carleton R. Ball; native names by 

 Mr. Smiley: 



24128. Bohr el Bugger. Typical durra . [It mar or brown-seeded durra; glumes 

 shiny black; large seeds, pale and shiny red. 



24129. Eamashi. "This is considered the best for bread making." (Smiley.) 

 A form apparently intermediate between durra Ahmar and durra Beda the 



white form; the seeds are pale brown, head is otherwise identical with durra 

 Ahmar. 



24130. Heygeri. Seeds white or brownish white; glumes shiny black and 

 naked. 



"These are typical Egyptian durras with verj large and heavy ovate, extremely 

 compact, pendant heads; the same <>r very similar varieties tested by me in the last 

 few years always have immense stalks, 2 to 3 inches in diameter al the base, 8 to 13 

 t'e.i high, and having from 20 to more than 30 leaves; they are mostly very late and 

 will therefore nol mature m much of our dry plain region; they are not at all adapted 

 to the more humid region, because the compact heads become moldy in wet weather 

 and badly injured by worm-." | Ball.) 



"This durra is sown as a rain crop in Berber, Atbara, Zeidab, and Shendi districts. 

 Directly the rain- are over, the natives go out to the borders of the desert and sow the 



grain on the i r, rocky soil. They then leave it, as ii requires no cultivation, and 



it receives no mere water than thai lefl in the -oil by the rains. A good crop would 

 be about i; ardebs per feddan. These sorghums are the principal foodstuffs of the 

 native.-." 



24131. Gaiuixia sp. 



From Palawan, Philippine Islands. Procured by Mr. William S. Lyon, Gardens 



of Xagtajan, Manila, P. I. Received November 4, 1908. 



'This species is from sea level, extending from coast inland 3 to 5 kilometers only; 



is generally 14 to 15 meters, although sometimes larger, wide spreading and seemingly 



a robust grower. Fruit edible by natives, monkeys, and parrots, but I balked at much 



of it." (Lyon.) 



24132. Benzoin sp.(?) 



From Mokanshan, China. Presented by Rev. J. M. W. Farnham, Shanghai, 

 China. Received November 4, 1908. 

 "This shrub grows 8 or 10 feet tall. In September (here) the branches are covered 

 thick with beautiful, very bright red berries; a bush here and there among the 

 green shrubbery around a lawn would be pretty. Sow in the autumn, I suppose." 

 (Farnham .) 

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