28 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 167 



255138. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Government Economic Botanist, Uttar 

 Pradesh, Kanpur. Received Jan. 20, 1959. 



Selection No. 106. Plants semierect, late maturing; seeds medium-sized 

 brown. Yields 1476-1640 lbs. per acre. Has resistance to gram wilt. 



255139. Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Mansf. Cucurbitaceae. 



Watermelon. 



From the Union of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Federal Ministry of 

 Agriculture, Salisbury, Rhodesia and Nyasaland. Received Jan. 21, 1959. 



Originally from Northern Transvaal. 



255140 and 255141. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. 



Common wheat. 



From Austria. Seeds presented by the Seed Testing Station, Vienna. Received 

 Jan. 21, 1959. 



255140. 'Loosdorfer Manfred' (winter-spring type). 



255141. 'Tiroler Binkel' (early season), (summer type). 



255142. Hordeum murinum L. Poaceae. 



From Chile. Seeds collected by W. Q. Loegering, Estacion Experimental de 

 "Rinconada" Chile. Received Jan. 21, 1959. 



255143 to 255150. 



From Turkey. Seeds presented by the University of Nebraska Faculty in 

 Turkey, United States Operations Mission, Ankara. Received Jan. 21, 1959. 



255143 to 255145. Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. Poaceae. 



Crested wheatgrass. 



255143. No. 7003. 



255144. No. 57003. Tall growing, rhizomatous. 



255145. No. 57003. Short growing, rhizomatous. 



255146. Agropyron elongatum (Host) Beauv. 

 No. 6040. 



255147. Agropyron intermedium (Host) Beauv. 

 No. 57001. 



255148 and 255149. Agropyron elongatum (Host) Beauv. 



255148. No. 57008. 



255149. No. 57001. 



255150. Agropyron sp. 

 No. 57002. 



255151 to 255163. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Instituto de Fitotecnia, Castelar. 

 Received Jan. 21, 1959. 



255151. Hordeum bulbosum L. Poaceae. Bulbous barley. 



La Estanzuela, R.O. del Uruguay. 



255152. Hordeum (hybrid). 



Hordeum compression X H. stenostachys. La Estanzuela. 



255153. Hordeum halophilum Griseb. 

 Vega de Santa Rosa, San Juan. 



