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SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



54411 to 54424r— Continued. 



54416 to 54419. Midziina (water vegetable). A variety with several 

 hundred tufted leaves growing from one root; several flower st.ilks 

 grow up between the leaves. In general character the plant resembles 

 ahurana except that the deeply incised serrate leaves are more slender 

 and the small slender pods are round instead of flat. This variety 

 is commonly planted in Mino Province and is called seneuzi (thousand 

 fibers) in the city of Kyoto. 



54416. Midziina, nakate (midseason). 



54417 and 54418. Midzuna, okute. A large coarse variety of 

 midzuna which is planted in autumn. The leaves are deeply 

 incised but not so slender as those of the common midzuna. It 

 tastes slightly bitter like midzuna but is without the disagreeable 

 odor of takana. 



54417. Midzuna, okute (late). 



54418. Midzuma, okute dai (late and large). 



54419. Midzuna, icase (early). 



54420. Suignkina. A variety extensively cultivated at Kamo Village, 

 Yamashiro Province, and mostly used to make " aemono " (mixed 

 salad). Tlie plant is similar to ahurana except that the radical leaves 

 somewhat resemble those of midzuna and the stem leaves have much 

 deeper incisions. The yellow flowers are 1\ inches across. 



54421 to 54424. Takana. 



54421. Takana (common). A plant 3 to 4 feet high, with large 

 stiff blunt-tipped leaves. In spring the stems and leaves are picked 

 and eaten, therefore the name kakina (picked vegetable) or 

 takana. It has a pungent taste and when boiled has a bad odor. 

 The flowering season follows the ordinary karashina. 



54422. Takana, katsnona (especially delicious one). For descrip- 

 tion, see S. P. I. No. 54421. 



54423. Takana, murasaki (purple variety). Similar in general ap- 

 pearance to takana (common) but with incised sharply serrate 

 leaves of a purplish color. The taste is less pungent than that 

 of takana. 



54424. Takana, shiro (white). For description, see S. P. I. No. 

 54421. 



54425. HoLcus sokghum L. Poaceoe. Sorghum. 



{Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 



From Mongalla, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Seeds collected by Dr. H. L, 

 Shantz, Agricultural Explorer of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture. Received December 9, 1920. Numbered September, 1921. 



"(No. 1488. Mongalla, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. August 8, 1920.) Dark hull, 

 not awned." (Shantz.) 



