JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1954 295 



219900 to 219954— -Continued 



219943. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalaceae. Apricot. 

 No. 96. Zardalu. Near Girishk. May 17, 1954. 



219944. Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. 



No. 264. Alouchah. Market, Kandahar. May 31, 1954. 



219945. Prunus domestica L. Common plum. 

 No. 263. Aloo-Bukhara. Market, Kandahar. June 2, 1954. 



219946. Prunus sp. 



No. 320. Seventy-five miles northeast of Kandahar. June 6, 1954. Spiny 

 shrub with gray-green leaves. 



219947. Secale cereale L. Poaceae. Rye. 



No. 248. Twenty miles west of Kandahar toward Kajakai Dam. May 29, 

 1954. Seed found scattered in irrigated wheat field. 



219948. Setaria italica L. Poaceae. 



No. 35. Market, Kabul. May 12, 1954. Grown for bird feed. 



219949. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodiaceae. Spinach. 

 No. 24. Market, Kabul. May 12, 1954. Leaves used as a pot-herb. 



219950. Stipa sp. Poaceae. 



No. 201. Arghandab Dam, Kandahar. May 28, 1954. Perennial bunch- 

 grass. 



219951. Stipa sp. 



No. 246. Thirty-five miles from Kandahar toward Kajakai Dam. May 

 29, 1954. 



219952. Stipa sp. 



No. 318. One-hundred fifteen km. northeast of Kandahar. June 6, 1954. 

 Altitude 4,900 feet. Perennial bunchgrass 2 feet high. 



219953. Trigonella incisa Benth. Fabaceae. 



No. 251. Arghandab Dam, Kandahar. May 30, 1954. 



219954. Tulipa sp. Liliaceae. Tulip. 

 No. 14. Khairkana Pass, Kabul. May 8, 1954. 



219955 to 219957. 



From Madagascar. Seeds presented by Gilbert Picard, Ambatosoratra. Re- 

 ceived July 20, 1954. 



219955. Chloris virgata Sw. Poaceae. 

 Antokazo. April 1954. 



219956. Chloris pycnothrix Trin. 



Grown at Station du Lac Alaotra. March 1954. 



219957. Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merr. Flacourtiaceae. 



219958 to 220039. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds collected by E. E. Smith, Agricultural Explorer, 

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Belts- 

 vine, Md. Received July 20, 1954. 



219958. Aegilops crassa Boiss. Poaceae. 



No. 101. Tarnak Valley, Kandahar. May 19, 1954. Altitude 3,000 feet. 

 Small annual grass. 



