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210987 to 211113— Continued 



211012. Citrullus colocynthis Schrad. 



No. 12846. Market, Kunduz, Kataghan Province. Oct. 17. Said to be 

 wild. 



211013. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Watermelon. 



No. 12993. Herat, Herat Province. November. Fruit, large with 

 tapered end, green-striped; rind thick; flesh pink; seeds white. 



211014. Coriandrum sativum L. Apiaceae. . Coriander. 

 No. 12776. Market, Faizabad, Badakhshan Province. Oct. 13. 



211015 to 211017. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



211015. No. 12748. Baghlan, Kataghan Province. Oct. 10. Fruit large, 

 bright yellow with dark-green broken streaks; flesh thick, firm, whitish. 



211016. No. 12749. Baghlan, Kataghan Province. Oct. 10. 



211017. No. 12755. Taliabad, Kataghan Province. Oct. 11. Fruit 

 smooth, yellowish, oblong elliptic; flesh coarse. 



211018: Cucumis melo var. inodorus Naud. 



No. 12848. Khanabad, Kataghan Province. Oct. 17. Fruit large, 

 yellowish, smooth, Casaba type. 



211019. Cucumis melo L. Muskmelon. 



No. 12848. Khanabad, Kataghan Province. Oct. 17. Fruit large, yel- 

 low and green, ovoid, Casaba type. 



211020. Cydonia sp. Malaceae. 



No. 12783. Market, Faizabad, Badakhshan Province. Oct. 13. Fruit 

 pear-shaped. 



211021 to 211023. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae. 



Bermuda grass. 



211021. No. 12739. Twenty miles northeast of Duab, Kabul Province. 

 Oct. 9. Coarse-leaved variety. 



211022. No. 12741. Twenty miles northeast of Duab, Kabul Province, 

 Oct. 9. Large, robust form. 



211023. No. 12859. Thirty miles west of Kunduz, Kataghan Province. 

 Oct. 19. Perennial; xerophytic. 



211024. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. Carrot. 

 No. 12977. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 3. Root purple. 



211025. Echinochloa crus-gallii (L.) Beauv. Poaceae. 



No. 12743. Twenty miles northeast of Duab, Kabul Province. Oct. 9. 

 Seeds edible. 



211026. Echinochloa crus-gallii var. mitis (Pursh.) Peterm. 



No. 12786. Faizabad, Badakhshan Province. Oct. 14. Leafy perennial. 



211027. Elymus caput-medusae L. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 12763. Thirty miles northeast of Keshm, Badakhshan Province. 

 Oct. 12. Annual. 



211028. Elymus sp. 



No. 12731. Fifteen miles east of Bund-i-Amir. Oct. 8. Coarse peren- 

 nial. 



211029. Eragrostis starosselskyi Grossh. Poaceae. 



No. 12863. Field near Mazar-i-Sharif . Oct. 19. Annual. 



