JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1953 273 



211715 to 211717. 



From Taiwan. Seeds presented by the Provincial Industrial Research In- 

 stitute, Taipei. Received Dec. 16, 1953. 



211715. Ocimum gratissimum L. Menthaceae. 



211716. Orthodon sp. Menthaceae. 



Received as O. carvoniferum, an apparently unpublished name. 



211717. Orthodon sp. 



Received as 0. linalooliferum, an apparently unpublished name. 



211718 to 211760. 



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

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

 ville, Md. Received Dec. 16, 1953. 



Collected in 1953. 



211718. Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. Brassicaceae. Cabbage. 

 No. 12965. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 3. 



211719 and 211720. Brassica rapa L. Turnip. 



211719. No. 12943. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 1. Root white. 



211720. No. 12954. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 1. 



211721. Cannabis sativus L. Moraceae. Hemp. 

 No. 12935. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 1. 



211722. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 

 No. 12946. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 1. Very small seeds. 



211723 and 211724. Coriandrum sativum L. Apiaceae. Coriander. 



211723. No. 12876. Market, Mazar-i-Sharif. Oct. 20. 



211724. No. 12958. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 1. 



211725 to 211727. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



211725. No. 12766. Taliabad, Kataghan. Oct. 11. Large, yellowish- 

 green, smooth winter melon with firm white flesh. 



211726. No. 12903. Shadian Desert, Mazar-i- Sharif Province. Oct. 21. 

 Large, yellowish, green brindled melon with thick, firm, whitish, sweet 

 flesh. 



211727. No. 12907. Baghlan, Kataghan. Oct. 23. Oblong, wrinkled, 

 green-yellow melon with thick, firm, whitish flesh. 



211728. Cucumis sativus L. Cucumber. 

 No. 12775. Market, Faizabad, Badakhshan Province. Oct. 13. 



211729. Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton. Zingiberaceae. 

 No. 12885. Market, Mazar-i-Sharif. Oct. 20. 



211730. Hordeum sp. Poaceae. Barley. 

 No. 12873. Market, Mazar-i-Sharif. Oct. 20. Spring barley. 



211731. Hordeum sp. 



No. 12909. Kachori, Maimana. Oct. 24. Mixed types. 



211732. Lens culinaris Medic. Fabaceae. Lentil. 

 No. 12944. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 1. 



211733. Linum usitatissimum L. Linaceae. Flax. 

 No. 12942. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 1. Grown for oil. 



