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212281 to 212335— Continued 



212309 and 212310. Lagenaria leucantha (Duch.) Rusby. Cucurbitaceae. 



Calabash gourd. 



212309. No. 12961. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 1, 1953. 



212310. No. 13033. Market, Kandahar. Nov. 6, 1953. 



212311. Lallemantia sp. Menthaceae. 



No. 12647. Charikal, Kabul Province. Altitude 6,000 feet. Sept. 26, 

 1953. Cooked and eaten for sore throat. 



212312. Lathyrus cicera L. Fabaceae. 



No. 13052. Nad-i-Ali, Kandahar Province. Nov. 7, 1953. 



212313. Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds. Menthaceae. 



No. 12758. Between Tahiqan and Keshim, Kataghan Province. Perennial 

 aromatic herb. Foliage dried and used to season food. 



212314. Mentha sp. 



No. 12969. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 3, 1953. 



212315. Oryza sativa L. Poaceae. Rice. 



No. 12822. Three miles east of Khanabad, Kataghan Province. Oct. 17, 

 1953. 



212316. Oryzopsis sp. Poaceae. 



No. 12715. Fifteen miles east of Bund-i-Amir. Altitude 16,000 feet. 

 Oct. 8, 1953. 



212317. Panicum miliaceum L. Poaceae. Prose. 

 No. 12834. Market, Khanabad, Kataghan Province. Oct. 17, 1953. 



212318. Pennisetum sp. Poaceae. 



No. 12815. Twenty miles northeast of Keshim, Badakhshan Province. 

 Altitude 3,500 feet. Oct. 16, 1953. Bushy perennial. 



212319. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. Fabaceae. Mung bean. 

 No. 13057. Ghazni, Ghazni Province. Nov. 7, 1953. 



212320. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Common bean. 

 No. 13042. Nad-i-Ali, Kandahar Province. Nov. 7, 1953. 



212321 and 212322. Poa bulbosa L. Poaceae. 



212321. No. 12817. Twenty miles northeast of Keshim, Badakhshan 

 Province. Altitude 3,500 feet. Oct. 16, 1953. Perennial. 



212322. No. 12860. Thirty miles west of Kunduz, Kataghan Province. 

 Altitude 2,000-3,000 feet. Oct. 19, 1953. Perennial. 



212323. Poa sp. 



No. 12726. Bund-i-Amir. Oct. 8, 1953. Annua!. 



212324. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 

 No. 13076. Kandahar, Kandahar Province. Nov. 7, 1953. 



212325. Prunus domestica L. Common plum. 

 No. 13055. Market, Ghazni, Ghazni Province. Nov. 7, 1953. 



212326. Salvia sclarea L. Menthaceae. 



No. 12780. Market, Faisabad, Badakhshan Province. Oct. 13, 1953. 



212327. Salvia sp. 



No. 12959. Market, Herat, Herat Province. Nov. 1, 1953. 



