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  SEEDS 
  AND 
  PLANTS 
  IMPORTED. 
  

  

  27875 
  and 
  27876. 
  Triticum 
  spp. 
  Wheat. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  plains 
  of 
  Thebes 
  near 
  the 
  colossi 
  of 
  Memnon, 
  Egypt. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   A. 
  J. 
  Perkins. 
  Received 
  April 
  29, 
  1910. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following: 
  

  

  27875. 
  Small, 
  dark 
  kernels. 
  27876. 
  Large, 
  white 
  kernels. 
  

  

  27877 
  to 
  27887. 
  

  

  From 
  Malkapur, 
  Berar, 
  India. 
  Presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Dhavale, 
  care 
  of 
  Mr. 
  V. 
  B. 
  

   Savaji. 
  Received 
  April 
  30, 
  1910. 
  

   Seed 
  of 
  the 
  following. 
  Unless 
  otherwise 
  stated, 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Dhavale. 
  

  

  27877 
  to 
  27879. 
  Andropogon 
  sorghum 
  (L.) 
  Brot. 
  Durra. 
  

  

  " 
  Juar. 
  The 
  chief 
  food 
  and 
  fodder 
  crop 
  of 
  this 
  section." 
  

  

  27877. 
  "One 
  of 
  the 
  inferior 
  kinds." 
  

  

  "A 
  form 
  of 
  durra 
  with 
  obovate 
  white 
  seeds 
  of 
  medium 
  size, 
  about 
  

   equaled 
  by 
  the 
  transversely 
  wrinkled 
  glumes 
  which 
  are 
  coriaceous 
  and 
  

   black 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  greenish 
  white 
  and 
  papery 
  above 
  the 
  transverse 
  

   shoulder." 
  (Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball.) 
  

  

  27878. 
  "The 
  best 
  and 
  superior 
  kind." 
  

  

  "A 
  form 
  of 
  durra 
  with 
  rather 
  large, 
  broadly 
  obovate 
  or 
  subrotund, 
  

   pearly-yellow 
  seeds 
  which 
  exceed 
  the 
  coriaceous, 
  greenish-yellow 
  glumes 
  

   which 
  are 
  transversely 
  wrinkled 
  and 
  often 
  dark 
  in 
  color 
  below 
  the 
  

   wrinkle." 
  (Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball.) 
  

  

  27879. 
  "One 
  of 
  the 
  inferior 
  kinds." 
  

  

  "Apparently 
  similar 
  to 
  No. 
  27877, 
  but 
  the 
  seeds 
  are 
  rather 
  larger 
  and 
  

   the 
  outer 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  glumes 
  more 
  coriaceous." 
  (Carleton 
  R. 
  Ball.) 
  

   27880 
  and 
  27881. 
  Crotalaria 
  spp. 
  

  

  "Bichawa. 
  A 
  wild 
  legume 
  for 
  green 
  manuring." 
  

  

  27880. 
  Crotalaria 
  juncea 
  L. 
  

   See 
  No. 
  26356 
  for 
  description. 
  

  

  27881. 
  Crotalaria 
  sp. 
  

   "The 
  rare 
  kind." 
  

  

  27882 
  and 
  27883. 
  Dolichos 
  lablab 
  L. 
  Bonavist 
  bean. 
  

  

  27882. 
  " 
  Vol. 
  Blackish 
  green, 
  short 
  pod. 
  A 
  garden 
  vegetable 
  crop, 
  

   also 
  used 
  for 
  green 
  manure." 
  

  

  27883. 
  " 
  Vol. 
  White, 
  short 
  pod. 
  A 
  garden 
  vegetable 
  crop 
  also 
  used 
  

   for 
  green 
  manure." 
  

  

  27884. 
  Lathyrus 
  sativus 
  L. 
  

  

  "Lakha. 
  A 
  leguminous 
  fodder 
  and 
  food 
  crop." 
  

  

  27885. 
  Pennisetum 
  americanum 
  (L.) 
  Schum. 
  Pearl 
  millet. 
  

   "Bajra. 
  The 
  secondary 
  food 
  and 
  fodder 
  crop." 
  

  

  27886. 
  Phaseolus 
  aconitifolius 
  Jacq. 
  

  

  " 
  Hatha. 
  A 
  leguminous 
  fodder 
  and 
  food 
  crop." 
  

  

  27887. 
  Vigna 
  sesquipedalis 
  (L.) 
  W. 
  F. 
  Wight. 
  

  

  " 
  Vol. 
  White, 
  long 
  pod. 
  A 
  garden 
  vegetable 
  crop, 
  also 
  used 
  for 
  green 
  

   manuring." 
  

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