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317388. Saccharum (hybrid) Gramineae. 



From India. Cuttings presented by the Sugarcane Breeding Institute, 

 Coimbatore. Received Nov. 9, 1966. 



I.A. 1481. Grown at the Regional Sugarcane Substation, Olavakkot, 

 Palghat, Kerala State. 



317389 to 317504. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds purchased from Reading University Exploration 

 Society, The Orchard, Chalk Lane, East Horsley, Surrey, England. Num- 

 bered Nov. 14, 1966. 



317389. Aegilops sp. Gramineae. 



No. 103. Three miles west of Obeh. Elevation 4,300 feet. Bottom of 

 dry streambed on edge of wheat field. 



317390. Aegilops sp. 



No. 211. Forty-six km. north of Herat. Elevation 4,700 feet. Dry road 

 bank. Locally common. 



317391. Aegilops sp. 



No. 238. Ten miles east of Armalik. Elevation 5,400 feet. Edges of 

 wheat field. Common. 



317392. Aegilops sp. 



No. 337. Four miles southeast of Qala Nau. Elevation 3,200 feet. Dry 

 hillside. Locally common. 



317393. Aegilops sp. 



No. 355. Eleven miles southeast of Qala Nau. Elevation 3,500 feet. 

 Separated from threshed wheat No. 354. Said to be used as animal food. 



317394. Aegilops sp. 



No. 378. Eighteen miles northwest of Qaddis, 7 miles southwest of Qala 

 Nau. Elevation 3,500 feet. Steep slope, dry banks between fields. Locally 

 common. 



317395. Aegilops sp. 



No. 422. Seven and one half miles east of Karock. Elevation 4,000 feet. 

 Roadside on dry bank of irrigation ditch. Locally common. 



317396. Aegilops sp. 



No. 1514. Four miles west of Kunduz. Semidesert plain. Common. 



317397. Aegilops sp. 



No. 1519. miles west of Kunduz. Elevation 2,100 feet. Dry 



hillside on edge of desert. Common. 



317398. Aegilops sp. 



No. 1590. A. cylindrica type. Five miles southwest of Haibak. Eleva- 

 tion 3,700 feet. Dry roadside. Common. 



317399. Aegilops sp. 



No. 1592. A. triuncialis type. Ten miles southwest of Haibak. Eleva- 

 tion 3,600 feet. Dry watercourse. Locally very common. 



317400. Aegilops sp. 



No. 1593. A. squarrosa type. Ten miles southwest of Haibak. Wild 

 and mixed with wheat. Chaff used for cattle food. Moderately common. 



317401. Agropyron sp. Gramineae. 



No. 146. Safed Koh Mountains. Three miles west of Besha. Elevation 

 8,500 feet. Sparce on mountainside. 



