JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1954 325 



220560 to 220636. 



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

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received Aug. 24, 1954. 



220560 to 220566. Aeluropus littoralis (Gouan) Pari. Poaceae. 



220560. No. 444. Thirteen miles north of Kunduz. June 23, 1954. Al- 

 titude 1,400 feet. Small grass forming dense mats on damp river bot- 

 toms. Saline-resistant. 



220561. No. 481. Thirty-five miles west of Kunduz, Kataghan. June 24, 

 1954. Altitude 1,500 feet. Saline-resistant grass. 



220562. No. 483. Shadian, Mazar-i-Sharif. June 24, 1954. Altitude 

 1,500 feet. Edge of an irrigation ditch. 



220563. No. 529. Hotel grounds, Andkhui. June 28, 1954. Altitude 

 1,200 feet. Saline-resistant. 



220564. No. 639. Fifty-eight miles south of Herat. July 5, 1954. Al- 

 titude 4,600 feet. In small dry ravine in desert. Saline-resistant. 



220565. No. 668. Nineteen miles northeast of Kandahar. July 9, 1954. 

 Altitude 3,300 feet. Small perennial grass growing on the desert. 



220566. No. 653. Seven miles west of Kandahar. July 7, 1954. Low 

 grass spreading by rhizomes. Saline-resistant. 



220567. Brachypodium distachyon (L.) Beauv. Poaceae. 



No. 329. Jabal-Us-Siraj, Kabul. June 14, 1954. Altitude 5,300 feet. 

 Small annual on rocky hillside. 



220568. Agropyron buonapartis (Spreng.) Dur. & Schinz. Poaceae. 



No. 439. Kunduz. June 23, 1954. Altitude 1,400 feet. Grass of the dry 

 rangeland. 



220569. Anamirta cocculus Wight, and Arn. Menispermaceae. 



No. 95. Merg-i-Mahi. Market, Girishk. May 17, 1954. Used as a fish 

 poison. 



220570. Bothriochloa ischaemum (L.) Keng. Poaceae. 



No. 591. Herat. July 3, 1954. Altitude 3,200 feet. Perennial bunch- 

 grass. 



220571. Aristida sp. Poaceae. 



No. 351. Tala-Barfaq, Kataghan. June 16, 1954. Small grass in sandy 

 stream bed. 



220572. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 473. Twenty miles west of Kunduz, Kataghan. June 24, 1954. Al- 

 titude 2,000 feet. Long podded. 



220573. Brassica sp. Brassicaceae. 



No. 508. Karam. Mazar-i-Sharif . June 26, 1954. 



220574. Bromus sp. Poaceae. 



No. 327. Jabal-Us-Siraj, Kabul. June 14, 1954. Altitude 5,300 feet. 

 Small grass with compact spikes. 



220575 and 220576. Bromus tectorum L. 



220575. No. 325. Khairkana Pass, Kabul. June 14, 1954. Altitude 

 6,500 feet. Early annual grass. 



220576. No. 337. Between Bulola and Doabi, Kabul. June 16, 1954. Al- 

 titude 7,000 feet. 



