﻿OCTOBEE 
  1 
  TO 
  DECEMBER, 
  31, 
  1911. 
  21 
  

  

  32036 
  and 
  32037. 
  Languas 
  galanga 
  (L.) 
  Stuntz. 
  Galangale. 
  

  

  Roots 
  of 
  this 
  plant 
  were 
  received 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Alpinia 
  galanga 
  (L.) 
  Willd. 
  The 
  

   genus 
  Alpinia, 
  however, 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  a 
  single 
  species, 
  Alpinia 
  racemosa 
  L. 
  (Species 
  

   Plantarum, 
  vol. 
  1, 
  1753, 
  p. 
  2). 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  now 
  considered 
  congeneric 
  with 
  the 
  present 
  

   plant, 
  which 
  was 
  first 
  published 
  as 
  Maranta 
  galanga 
  L. 
  (Species 
  Plantarum, 
  ed. 
  2, 
  

   vol. 
  1, 
  1762, 
  p. 
  3). 
  As 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Maranta 
  is 
  Maranta 
  arundinacea, 
  also 
  

   not 
  congeneric 
  with 
  the 
  galangale 
  under 
  discussion, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  adopt 
  for 
  this 
  

   plant 
  the 
  next 
  later 
  generic 
  name, 
  Languas, 
  published 
  in 
  1783 
  by 
  Koenig 
  in 
  Retzius, 
  

   Observationes, 
  vol. 
  3, 
  p. 
  64. 
  

  

  From 
  Buitenzorg, 
  Java. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  at 
  the 
  request 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  V. 
  Piper. 
  Received 
  November 
  2, 
  1911. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  India 
  from 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Himalayas 
  to 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  

   Malakka; 
  generally 
  cultivated 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics. 
  

  

  Roots. 
  

   32038 
  to 
  32042. 
  

  

  From 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Received 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  N. 
  Meyer, 
  agricultural 
  

   explorer, 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Plant 
  Industry, 
  November 
  3, 
  1911. 
  

   Seeds 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

  

  32038. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Kizil 
  Bulak, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Mountains, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  Altitude, 
  

  

  6,650 
  feet. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1583a, 
  March 
  4, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  summer 
  wheat 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  dark 
  color, 
  called 
  

   Kara 
  boogdai, 
  meaning 
  black 
  wheat. 
  Sown 
  in 
  early 
  April 
  and 
  grown 
  under 
  

   irrigation. 
  Of 
  value 
  probably 
  for 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  where 
  the 
  

   summers 
  are 
  not 
  only 
  short 
  but 
  hot 
  and 
  dry." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32039. 
  Triticum 
  aestivum 
  L. 
  Wheat. 
  

   From 
  Kara 
  Tugai, 
  Tekes 
  Valley, 
  Tien 
  Shan 
  Mountains, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  Altitude, 
  3,900 
  feet. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1584a, 
  March 
  6, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  rare 
  local 
  variety 
  of 
  summer 
  wheat 
  of 
  great 
  

   excellence. 
  Grains 
  large, 
  of 
  a 
  pale-yellow 
  color, 
  ears 
  very 
  long. 
  The 
  flour 
  

   made 
  from 
  this 
  wheat 
  makes 
  a 
  fine 
  quality 
  of 
  substantial 
  bread. 
  Sown 
  in 
  April 
  

   and 
  raised 
  under 
  slight 
  irrigation. 
  To 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

  

  32040. 
  Oryza 
  sativa 
  L. 
  Rice. 
  

   From 
  Aksu, 
  Chinese 
  Turkestan. 
  

  

  "(No. 
  1585a, 
  February 
  27, 
  1911.) 
  A 
  local 
  variety 
  of 
  wet-land 
  rice, 
  called 
  

   Kara 
  kiltrick. 
  The 
  variety 
  absorbs 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  cooking; 
  the 
  

   grains 
  always 
  remain 
  separate, 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  snow-white 
  color, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  size. 
  

   Although 
  expensive 
  in 
  comparison 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  grades, 
  yet 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  

   economical, 
  as 
  only 
  one-third 
  to 
  one-half 
  the 
  quantity 
  is 
  needed 
  to 
  fill 
  the 
  same 
  

   cooking 
  vessel. 
  If 
  a 
  specially 
  fine 
  quality 
  of 
  rice 
  is 
  wanted, 
  the 
  plants 
  are 
  set 
  

   out 
  by 
  hand, 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  that 
  the 
  rice 
  treated 
  in 
  this 
  manner 
  is 
  larger, 
  of 
  

   finer 
  quality, 
  and 
  greater 
  in 
  yield. 
  However, 
  as 
  the 
  labor 
  connected 
  with 
  such 
  

   practice 
  is 
  too 
  expensive 
  to 
  justify 
  the 
  returns, 
  this 
  variety 
  is 
  usually 
  sown 
  

   broadcast, 
  like 
  all 
  rices 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  

  

  "As 
  the 
  soil 
  around 
  Aksu 
  is 
  decidedly 
  alkaline, 
  this 
  rice 
  will 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  stand 
  

   a 
  fair 
  amount 
  of 
  alkali. 
  Otherwise 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  tested 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way 
  as 
  Nos. 
  

   1571a 
  to 
  1580a, 
  inclusive 
  (S. 
  P. 
  I. 
  Nos. 
  31823 
  to 
  31832)." 
  (Meyer.) 
  

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