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304586 to 304601— Continued 

 304589 to 304599— Continued 



304590. N-273. 

 tivated. 



Bazaar in Barkan, Iran. Claimed from Meshed. Cul- 



304591. 

 304592. 

 304593. 

 304594. 

 304595. 

 304596. 



N-277. 

 N-278. 

 N-279. 

 N-280. 

 N-281. 

 N-282. 



304597. N-284 

 inches high. 

 Cultivated. 



Bazaar in Herat, Afghanistan. Cultivated. 



Bazaar in Herat, Afghanistan. Cultivated. 



Bazaar in Herat, Afghanistan. Cultivated. 



Bazaar in Herat, Afghanistan. Cultivated. 



Bazaar in Herat, Afghanistan. Cultivated. 



Bazaar in Herat, Afghanistan. Cultivated. 



Near gas pump in Ghazni, Afghanistan. Plant to 30 

 Mature, flowers orange, some red, spiny, a few spineless. 



304598. N-285. 'Maswarah'. Southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, about 

 4 miles. Plant to 40 inches high, mature, flowers mostly orange, some 

 yellow and red are present; mostly spiny, some spineless. Many plants 

 in field with aborted florets. Cultivated. 



304599. N-286. 'Maswarah'. Plant to 24 inches high, mature. Four 

 miles southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan. 



304600. Solanum nigrum L. Solanaceae. 



304601. (Undetermined.) 



N-283. (cf. Cousinia). Ten miles south of Herat, Afghanistan. Un- 

 disturbed but grazed area. Mature; to 18 inches high. Some similar- 

 ity to safflowers. 



304602. Peponia vogelii Hook. f. in Oliver Cucurbitaceae. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds collected by R. E. Perdue, Jr., agricultural explorer, 

 New Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Maryland. Collected December, 

 1964. Received Mar. 4, 1965. 



Agaro road, Kaffa Province. Along road, twining over trees and bushes. 



304603. PlSUM SATIVUM L. Leguminosae. 



From Hungary. Seeds presented by Orszagos Agrobotanikai Intezet Tapios- 

 zele. Received Mar. 4, 1965. 



'Pjeljuska Passzkaja'. 

 304604 to 304606. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds collected by F. G. Meyer, National Arboretum, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. Received Mar. 4, 1965. 



304604. Canarina abyssinica Engl. Campanulaceae. 



Col. No. 8806. Entotto Mountain, Addis Ababa, Shoa Province. Eleva- 

 tion 8,000 feet. Plant clambering over bushes, moist rock cliff, above small 

 stream. 



304605. Cordyline fragrans (Ker.) Planch. Liliaceae. 



Ainamba Village, Kaffa Province. Elevation 1,500 meters. Shrub to 8 

 feet high; flowers first pink, petals turning white with pink veins, fragrant. 



304606. Rosa abyssinica R. Br. Rosaceae. 



Open slopes, woodland, Entotto Mountain, behind Addis Ababa, Shoa 

 Province. Elevation 8,000 feet. Shrub to 6 feet high, 20 feet long, bush 

 forming; flowers pure white with a yellow eye when opening, fragrant. 



