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212584 and 212585. 



From France. Trees presented by A. Pajot, Gien (Loiret). Received Jan. 

 27, 1954. 



212584. Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 

 Abricotee De Gien. 



212585. Prunus persica var. nectarina (Ait.) Maxim. Nectarine. 

 Precoce De Gien. 



212586 to 212637. 



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

 Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Jan. 27, 1954. 



212486. Hibiscus esculentus L. Malvaceae. Okra. 



No. 13107. Market, Jalalabad. Nov. 18, 1953. Irrigated. Locally culti- 

 vated for table use. 



212587. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



No. 13091. Market, Jalalabad. Nov. 18, 1953. Dark purple. Cultivated 

 locally by irrigation. 



212588 and 212589. Allium porrum L. Leek. 



212588. No. 13096. Market, Jalalabad. Nov. 18. 1953. Locally culti- 

 vated for table use. 



212589. No. 13131. Market, Siraj, Eastern Province. Nov. 20, 1953. 

 Local, rather short-leaved variety. 



212590. Andropogon sp. Poaceae. 



No. 13133. Below Sarovie along road from Jalalabad to Kabul in narrow- 

 canyon. Nov. 20, 1953. Rather harsh perennial grass browsed by sheep 

 and goats, growing in scattered bunches on steep granitic and schistose 

 rocky shale slope. Altitude 3,000 feet. 



212591. Aristida sp. Poaceae. 



No. 13116. Baghanemla, Jalalabad Province. Nov. 19, 1953. Perennial, 

 coarse scarcely palatable xerophytic grass on sandstone hills. 



212592. Brassica OLERACEA var. capitata L. Brassicaceae. Cabbage. 

 No. 13103. Market, Jalalabad. Nov. 18, 1953. Variety with open leaves. 



212593. Brassica rapa L. Turnip. 

 No. 13108. Market, Jalalabad. Nov. 18, 1953. Local. 



212594. Brassica sp. 



No. 13098. Market, Jalalabad. Nov. 18, 1953. Seed used in pickling. 



212595. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 

 No. 13095. Market, Jalalabad. Nov. 18, 1953. Locally cultivated. 



212596. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 

 No. 13102. Market, Jalalabad. Nov. 18, 1953. Mixed local seed. 



212597. Coriandrum sativum L. Apiaceae. Coriander. 

 No. 13082. Market, Jalalabad. Nov. 18, 1953. Cultivated locally. 



212598. Cucumis MELO L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 

 No. 13110. Market, Jalalabad. Nov. 18, 1953. Mixture of local forms. 



