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33423. Triticum aestivum L. Wheat. 

 '{Tnticum vulgare Vill.) 



From Taslikend, Russian Turkestan. Presented by Dr. Richard Schroeder, 

 Director, Chief Agricultural Experimental Station. Received April 10, 1912. 



"Our best Turkestan wheat, Ssarymaguis; that is, 'yellow grain.' This variety 

 belongs to the species Triticum vulgare, but under dry conditions gives hard kernels. 

 It is a spring wheat, but in Tiu"kestan it is often sown late in the fall and sprouts in the 

 beginning or at the end of the winter. We get the bulk of our annual rainfall in 

 winter and spring, and as our summer and fall are too dry for the sprouting of the 

 wheat in September or October (sometimes even in November), this fall sowing is 

 equivalent to early sprmg sowing and is largely practiced with spring wheats. True 

 fall wheat is sown with us mostly on irrigated lands. 



"The sample I send is taken from a farmer, one of our neighbors (District of Tash- 

 kend)." (Schroeder.) 



33424 to 33430. 



From Mpwapwa, German East Africa. Presented by Mr. W. Sperling, Kaiser- 

 liche Bezirksamtmann. Received April 1 and 3, 1912. 

 Seeds of the following; quoted notes by Mr. Sperling: 



33424 and 33425. Holcus sorghum L. Sorghum. 

 (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 



33424. ''Lugugu. White, open and erect panicle, good for flour; 

 sugar in the stalk." 



33425. " Hembahemha. WTiite, very close panicle, very productive; 

 cane very sweet. Used for flour." 



"An examination of these shows that they apparently belong in or near the 

 group comprising Hackel's variety roxhurghii, which is a very common sorghum 

 in central-eastern Africa. These differ from typical material in having shorter 

 and blunter glumes and may prove to be widely distinct when we know the 

 plant. The fact that they are saccharme is very interesting." (Carleton R. 

 Ball.) 



33426. Arachis hypogaea L. Peanut. 

 " Kalanga.^' 



33427. Eleusixe coracana (L.) Gaertn. Bagi millet. 



" Ulesi or Ummbi." 



33428. Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Brown. Pearl millet. 



(Panicum glaucum L., Species Plantarum, p. 56, 1753.) 

 This species, which has been listed in previous numbers of the iuventories 

 as Pennisetum americanum (L.) Schum. and 'n Index Kewensis as P. typhoi- 

 deum Rich., was first described by Linnaeus (Species Plantarum, p. 56, 1753) 

 as Panicum glaucum, based on a specimen from Ceylon. This specimen, which 

 is still presort' ed in the British museum, has been identified by Trimen (Journal 

 Linnean Society, vol. 24, p. 136, 1896) as the pearl millet, and it is therefore 

 necessary to use the name Pennisetum glaucum for this plant. 

 " Uwele.'' 



33429 and 33430. Zea mays L. Corn. 

 33429. Kipegere. Early ripening.*' 

 83430. " Mkole.'*' 



