﻿OCTOBER 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER 
  31, 
  1910. 
  23 
  

  

  28942 
  to 
  29012— 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28988. 
  Glaucium 
  sp. 
  

  

  From 
  near 
  Bacharden, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1388a, 
  June 
  5, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  wild 
  

   plant 
  with 
  yellow 
  red-spotted 
  flowers. 
  Of 
  possible 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  

   garden 
  annual 
  . 
  " 
  ( 
  Meyer 
  . 
  ) 
  

  

  28989. 
  Datura 
  stramonium 
  L. 
  Jamestown 
  weed. 
  

   From 
  Langar, 
  Zerafshan 
  Valley, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1389a, 
  July 
  

  

  13, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  are 
  locally 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Sart 
  population 
  as 
  a 
  

   remedy 
  against 
  headache, 
  the 
  seeds 
  being 
  heated 
  in 
  oil 
  and 
  pounded 
  together 
  

   with 
  it 
  into 
  a 
  pulp; 
  this 
  is 
  then 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  temples 
  and 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  

   efficient." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  28990. 
  Papaver 
  somniperum 
  L. 
  Poppy. 
  

   From 
  Pendshikent, 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1390a, 
  July 
  7, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  

  

  pure-white 
  variety 
  of 
  poppy 
  seed, 
  grown 
  locally 
  and 
  used 
  baked 
  on 
  cakes 
  and 
  

   in 
  pastry; 
  also 
  expressed 
  for 
  the 
  sweet, 
  clear 
  oil 
  it 
  contains, 
  which 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  

   culinary 
  purposes." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  28991. 
  Papaver 
  somniperum 
  L. 
  Poppy. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Bokhara, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1391a, 
  June 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  white 
  

  

  variety 
  of 
  opium 
  poppy 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  purpose 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  number." 
  

   {Meyer.) 
  

  

  28992. 
  Phaseolus 
  radiatus 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Kizil-Arvat, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1329a, 
  June 
  2, 
  1910.) 
  The 
  ordinary 
  

   gram 
  or 
  mung 
  bean, 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  population 
  in 
  central 
  Asia 
  as 
  a 
  food; 
  boiled 
  

   in 
  soups, 
  eaten 
  boiled 
  with 
  rice, 
  or 
  ground 
  into 
  flour; 
  mixed 
  with 
  flour 
  of 
  various 
  

   cereals 
  and 
  baked 
  into 
  small 
  hard 
  cakes. 
  This 
  number 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   imported 
  from 
  Persia." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  28993. 
  Pbaseolus 
  radiatus 
  L. 
  

  

  From 
  Old 
  Bokhara, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1393a, 
  June 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  rare 
  local 
  

   variety 
  of 
  mung 
  bean 
  with 
  yellow 
  seeds; 
  used 
  boiled 
  in 
  soups." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  28994. 
  Vigna 
  unguiculata 
  (L.) 
  Walp. 
  Cowpea. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Bokhara, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1394a, 
  June 
  22, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  veiy 
  large 
  

  

  local 
  variety 
  of 
  cowpea, 
  used 
  in 
  soups 
  and 
  stews. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  under 
  irrigation 
  

   in 
  the 
  hot 
  and 
  dry 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  southwest 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  28995. 
  Andropogon 
  sorghum 
  (L.) 
  Brot. 
  Durra. 
  

   From 
  Merv, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1395a, 
  June 
  13, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  good 
  quality 
  of 
  

  

  djugara 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  native 
  population 
  for 
  making 
  flat 
  loaves; 
  also 
  eaten 
  

   boiled 
  as 
  a 
  gruel. 
  To 
  be 
  tried 
  under 
  slight 
  irrigation 
  in 
  the 
  hot 
  and 
  dry 
  sections 
  

   of 
  the 
  United 
  States." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  28996. 
  Andropogon 
  sorghum 
  (L.) 
  Brot. 
  Durra. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1396a, 
  June 
  30, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  good 
  

  

  quality 
  of 
  local 
  djugara 
  used 
  like 
  the 
  preceding 
  number." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

  

  "These 
  represent 
  the 
  common 
  djugara 
  of 
  Turkestan, 
  a 
  white 
  durra 
  differing 
  

   from 
  the 
  ordinary 
  form 
  found 
  in 
  northern 
  Africa 
  and 
  grown 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   for 
  many 
  years 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  taller, 
  heavier 
  stalk 
  and 
  more 
  compact 
  heads, 
  nearly 
  

   all 
  of 
  them 
  pendent. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  introduced 
  several 
  times 
  before." 
  {Carleton 
  

   R. 
  Ball.) 
  

  

  28997. 
  Panicum 
  miliaceum 
  L. 
  Proso. 
  

   From 
  Old 
  Samarkand, 
  Turkestan. 
  "(No. 
  1397a, 
  June 
  30, 
  1910.) 
  A 
  large 
  

  

  white-seeded 
  local 
  variety 
  of 
  proso, 
  grown 
  by 
  the 
  Sart 
  population 
  in 
  the 
  oasis 
  of 
  

   Samarkand. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  like 
  preceding 
  numbers." 
  {Meyer.) 
  

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  Bui. 
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