Inventory 32, Seeds and Plants Imported. 



Plate V. 



Plants of Sesame (Sesamum Orientale L.) 3 to 4 Feet Tall, at the Yar- 

 row Field Station, Rockville, Md. (S. P. I. No. 26438.) 



An important oil seed, much cultivated in China. India. Palestine, and to some extent in 

 Mexico. Selection work will be necessary to do away with the shattering of the seed 

 as soon as it is ripe. The oil is important for table use. and the seeds are much used in 

 confectionery in oriental countries. See S. P. I. No. 34290. (Photographed by Dorsett, 

 No. 8175, Julv 23, 1911.) 



