132 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 162 



215342 to 215345. 



From Iraq. Seeds collected by H. Wayne Springfield, Agrostologist, American 

 Embassy, Baghdad. Received Apr. 8, 1954. 



215342. Andropogon annulatus Forsk. Poaceae. 



S-49. Zamzum. Abu Ghraib Experiment Station lawn. Sept. 26, 1953. 

 Perennial bunchgrass; culms 3-4 feet high. 



215343. Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf. Poaceae. 



S-50. Eight km. north of Kirkuk. June 28, 1953. Altitude 1,300 feet; 

 annual precipitation about 15 inches. Strong perennial bunchgrass. 



215344. Onobrychis lanata Boiss. Fabaceae. 



No. S-48. Near Khanagin. May 3, 1953. Altitude 600-700 feet; an- 

 nual precipitation about 12 inches. Rocky hillsides. 



215345. Pennisetum orientale (L.) Rich. Poaceae. 



No. S-51. Five km. east of Rayat. July 1, 1953. Altitude about 4,500 

 feet; annual precipitation averaging 28 inches. Tufted perennial; culms 

 12-15 inches tall; strong, fibrous root system. 



215346 and 215347. 



From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Facultad de Agronomia Veterinaria, 

 Buenos Aires. Received Apr. 8, 1954. 



215346. Chloris distichophylla Lag. Poaceae. 

 SD 54-89. 



215347. Chloris polydactyla Swartz. 

 SD 54-90. 



215348. Kochia indica Wight. Chenopodiaceae. 



From India. Seeds presented by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, 

 New Delhi. Received Apr. 9, 1954. 



215349 to 215395. 



From Ethiopia. Seeds collected by H. W. Staten, Imperial Ethiopian College 

 of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, Addis Ababa. Received Apr. 9, 1954. 



215349. Andropogon abyssinicus R. Br. Poaceae. 

 From the Matahari Plain. 



215350. Andropogon chryostachyus Steud. 



215351. Andropogon sp. 

 From east of Awash. 



215352. Andropogon sp. 



215353. Aristida sp. Poaceae. 

 From the Matahari Plain. 



215354. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



215355. Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst.) Stapf. Poaceae. 

 From near Shashamana. 



215356 and 215357. Chrysopogon aucheri (Boiss.) Stapf. Poaceae. 



215356. From the Rift Valley. 



215357. From near Awash. 



215358. Chloris pycnothrix Trin. Poaceae. 

 From the Rift Valley near Shashamana. 



