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215573 to 215615— Continued 



215602 and 215603. Pennisetum spicatum (L.) Willd. Pearl millet. 



215602. No. 13687. Market, Moga Punjab. Feb. 24, 1954. Sandy 

 plain. Summer grown; frequently dry-farmed. Used primarily as 

 cattle fodder. 



215603. No. 13735. Department of Agriculture, Bangalore. February 

 1954. Used for fodder. 



215604. Saccharum arundinaceum Retz. Poaceae. 



No. 13604. Ten miles west of Dehra Dun, along road to Saharampur. 

 Feb. 14, 1954. Hardwood forest area. 



215605. Saccharum munja Roxb. 



No. 13606. Twenty miles east of Saharampur along road to Dehra Dun. 

 Feb. 14, 1954. Tall robust grass used for making roll screens. Cultivated 

 as field hedges. 



215606 and 215607. Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W. F. Wight. Fabaceae. 



215606. No. 13638. Hansi, Punjab. Feb. 20, 1954. Used for forage 

 and green manure. 



215607. No. 13739. Department of Agriculture, Bangalore, Mysore. 

 February 1954. Used as green manure. 



215608. Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. 



No. 13661. Sirsa, Punjab. Feb. 21, 1954. Tall, single stemmed annual; 

 apparently spontaneous. 



215609 to 215611. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poaceae. 



Government seed farm, Sirsa, Punjab. February 1954. Varieties selected 

 for fodder. 



215609. No. 13713. Government seed farm, Punjab. February 1954. 

 Selected variety cultivated for fodder. 



215610. No. 13714. Government farm, Sirsa, Punjab. February 1954. 

 Selected variety cultivated for fodder. 



215611. No. 13715. Government seed farm, Sirsa, Punjab. February 

 1954. Selected variety; fodder type. 



215612. Themeda anathera (Nees) Hack. Poaceae. 



No. 13699. Sixteen miles north of Kalka, along road to Simla, Pepsu. 

 Feb. 25, 1954. Perennial with thin leafy base and long curving culms. 



215613 and 215614. Trifolium alexandrinum L. Fabaceae. Berseem. 



215613. No. 13642. Government farm, Hansi, Punjab. Feb. 20, 1954. 

 Irrigated annual used for cattle feed; cut 3-4 times a year. 



215614. No. 13716. Government seed farm, Sirsa, Punjab. February 

 1954. Vigorous, quick-growing annual with succulent stem; rather 

 hydrophytic. Cut 3-4 times a year for cattle feed. 



215615. Trigonella foenum-graecum L. Fabaceae. Fenugreek. 



No. 13705. Government farm at Sirsa, Punjab. February 1954. Local 

 improved variety. 



215616. Vicia linearifolia Hook. & Arn. Fabaceae. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by the Departamento de Defesa Sanitaria 

 da Agricultura, Instituto Biologico, Sao Paulo. Received Apr. 20, 1954. 



