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210979. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae. 



Bermuda grass. 



From Iran. Stolons presented by Maurice E. Heath, Technical Cooperation 

 Administration, Tehran. Received Sept. 25, 1953; numbered Dec. 8, 

 1953. 



From the Middle East Hotel Garden, Tehran. 



210980 to 210982. Capsicum FRUTESCENS L. Solanaceae. 



Redpepper. 



From Washington. Seeds planted at the Regional Plant Introduction Sta- 

 tion, Pullman. Numbered Dec. 8, 1953. 



From New Mexico; grown at the Agricultural Experiment Station, near 

 Las Cruces. 



210980. Ancho. Saltillo. Fruits short, wide. 



210981. Cerrano. Iguala. Fruits very small. 



210982. Chiloca. Iguala. Fruits short and wide, brownish. 



210983 and 210984. Oryza sattva L. Poaceae. Rice. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented by the Ministry of Agriculture, San 

 Jose. Received Dec. 9, 1953. 



210983. Early Prolific. (Sel.-1028). 



210984. Ladywright. (15-11-3). 



210985. Crinum giganteum Andr. Amaryllidaceae. 



From Maryland. Plant growing at the United States Plant Introduction 

 Garden, Glenn Dale. Numbered Dec. 9, 1953. 



Originally received Oct. 7, 1949, from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 

 Surrey, England, through Dr. J. T. Baldwin. 



210986. Lilium. Liliaceae. 



From Japan. Bulbs presented by H. Honda, Isahaya, Nagasaki. Received 

 Dec. 15, 1953. 



210987 to 211113. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, Belts- 

 ville, Maryland. Received Dec. 9, 1953. 



Collected in 1953. 



210987. Aegilops cylindrica Host. Poaceae. 



No. 12862. Fifty miles west of Kunduz, Kataghan Province. Oct. 19. 

 Annual. 



210988. Agropyron sp. Poaceae. 



No. 12730. Bund-i-Amir, Kabul Province Oct. 8. Perennial. 



210989. Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv. Quackgrass. 



No. 21733. Eighteen miles east of Bamian, Kabul Province. Oct. 9. 

 Perennial. 



210990. Agropyron trichophorum (Link) Richt. 



No. 12760. Twenty miles southwest of Keshm, along road to Faizabad, 

 Kataghan Province. Oct. 12. Perennial. 



210991. Agropyron sp. 



No. 12929. Zarmast Pass, Herat Province. Oct. 30. Perennial. 



