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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



38589 to 38600— Continued. (Quoted notes by Mr. T. W. Brown.) 



38590. "Beladi (Egyptian)." 



*' Beladi is the earliest variety. It is short, with a thin stem 

 and a small cob and grain. It is a light cropper and ripens in less 

 than three months. The seed is yellow or white and round. It is 

 much grown near towns for human consumption." (Foaden and 

 Fletcher, Textbook of Egyptian Agriculture.) 



38591. Biltani." 



38592. HoLCUS sorghum L. Poacece. Sorghum. 

 (Sorghum vulgar e Pers.) 



" Isnawi." 



38593. Zba mays L. Poacese. Corn. 



''Nab el Gamair 



" Neb el Gomel is the variety probably most extensively grown. It is 

 tall, thick stemmed, with a large cob and large, flat, translucent grains. 

 The name is given from a fancied resemblance of the grain to the tooth 

 of a camel. The yield is large, but it requires liberal manuring to produce 

 full crops. It is late in ripening, occupying the land about four months." 

 (Foaden and Fletcher, Textbook of Egyptian Agriculture.) 



38594. HoLCUS sorghum L. Poacese. Sorghum. 

 (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 



" Eivaiga." 



38595 to 38598. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 

 38595. Fayoumi:* 38596. " ManpalawV* 



38597. ''Sinebrar 



" Resembles Neb el Gamel somewhat in habit, but is not so vigor- 

 ous. The cobs are smaller than Neb el Gamel, but larger than 

 Beladi. The grain is translucent." (Foaden and Fletcher, Text- 

 book of Egyptian Agriculture.) 



38598. " Hadari:' 



38599. HoLCUs sorghum L. Poaceie. Sorghum. 

 (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 



" Saifi. beladi rafeh (Thin Summer Egyptian).*' 



38600. Zea mays L. Poace£e. Corn. 

 ''Safra (yellow)." 



38601. Cereus triangularis Miller. Cactacese. Pitaya. 

 From the city of Guatemala, Guatemala. Collected by Mr. O. F. Cook, of 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry. Received June 20, 1914. 

 "From the market, city of Guatemala. June, 1914. Fitaya, not pitahaya, 

 as in Porto Rico. Outer surface of fruit old rose in color, including flesh and skin. 

 Pulp of interior bright magenta, with more red than magenta (Ridgway No. 46), 

 but not so much as rosolane purple, and somewhat lighter than either, but ap- 

 pearing darker from the black seeds. The flesh is not as dark as a purple beet, 

 but of nearly the same color. Taste is very pleasant, very slightly acid, not 

 unlike watermelon or like prickly pear fruits, but seeds delicate and thin walled, 

 so that they are readily chewed, like seeds of the fig. The pulp does not seem 

 sticky, but each seed is inclosed in a separate vesicle, purple like the pulp, but 

 apparently much more sticky, that adheres readily to the finger or to any dry 

 surface. This doubtless serves the purpose of attaching the seeds to tree 

 trunks, where the plants grow as epiphytes, or to walls." 



