330 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 162 



220641 to 220704. 



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

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received Aug. 27, 1954. 



220641 and 220642. Aegilops squarrosa L. Poaceae. 



220641. No. 475. Between Kunduz and Mazar-i-Sharif. June 24, 1954. 

 Altitude 1,500-2,300 feet. Annual. 



220642. No. 545. Twenty miles south of Maimana. June 29, 1954. Al- 

 titude 3,000 feet. 



220643. Ammi copticum L. Apiaceae. 



No. 705. Jowani. Market, Kabul. July 14, 1954. Altitude 6,000 feet. 

 Cattle forage. 



220644. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 340. Doabi, Kabul. June 16, 1954. Altitude 5,300 feet. Shrub; 

 pods inflated. 



220645. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Beet. 

 No. 495. Mazar-i-Sharif. June 26, 1954. Altitude 1,500 feet. 



220646. Brassica sp. Brassicaceae. 



No. 624. Karam. Market, Herat. July 4, 1954. Reported introduced 

 from Iran 20 years ago. 



220647. Carthamus tinctorius L. Asteraceae. Safflower. 



No. 616. Tokhm-i-Katirah. Market, Herat. July 4, 1954. Altitude 

 3,200 feet. 



220648 to 220650. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 



220648. No. 383. Nakhod. Pul-i-Khumri, Kataghan. June 19, 1954. 



220649. No. 464. Nakhod. Market, Kunduz. June 23, 1954. 

 220850. No. 490. Balkh, Mazar-i-Sharif. June 25, 1954. 



220651 to 220655. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



220651. No. 369. Khrbuzah. Pul-i-Khumri, Kataghan. June 19, 1954. 



220652. No. 425. Kunduz, Kataghan. June 20, 1954. Husk white with 

 green stripes. Flesh white. Melon 1-1% feet long and 6-8 inches in 

 diameter. 



220653. No. 470. Kherbozah. Kunduz, Kataghan. June 24, 1954. Al- 

 titude 1,500 feet. Large round melon of the Persian type, 12 inches in 

 diameter; flesh white to green. Flavor fair. 



220654. No. 471. Kherbozah. Kunduz, Kataghan. June 24, 1954. Al- 

 titude 1,500 feet. Elongate melon with green flesh; 1 foot long by 6-8 

 inches in diameter. Flavor fair. 



220655. No. 663. Market, Kandahar. July 8, 1954. Altitude 3,200 feet. 

 Elongate, sweet, skin yellow with orange stripes. Flesh white. 



220656. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae. Bermuda grass. 



No. 638. Fifty-eight miles south of Herat. July 5, 1954. Altitude 

 4,600 feet. Saline-resistant, robust. 



220857. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. Carrot. 



No. 620. Zardak. Market, Herat. July 4, 1954. Altitude 3,200 feet. 

 Planted in the summer for winter use. 



220658. Eremurus sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 415. Between Baghlan and Kunduz, Kataghan. June 20, 1954. Al- 

 titude 1,700 feet. 



