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220763 to 220851— Continued 



220828 and 220829. Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. Peach. 



220828. No. 493. Mazar-i-Sharif. June 25, 1954. Altitude 1,500 feet. 

 Fruit red; flesh with good flavor. 



220829. No. 697. Shaftaloo. Market, Kabul. July 14, 1954. Altitude 

 6,000 feet. Fruit round, 2 1 A inches in diameter, red; flesh white with 

 good flavor. 



220830. Prunus sp. 



No. 686. Aloobaloo. Market, Kabul. July 14, 1954. Altitude 6,000 

 feet. 



220831. Raphanus sativus L. Brassicaceae. Radish. 



No. 657. Torobghen. Market, Kandahar. July 8, 1954. Altitude 3,200 

 feet. Leaves used as a potherb. 



220832. Salvia sp. Menthaceae. 



No. 647. Kanowchah. Market, Girishk. July 6, 1954. Altitude 2,500 

 feet. Used as a medicine. 



220833. Salvia sp. 



No. 658. Kanowchah. Market, Kandahar. July 8, 1954. Altitude 3,200 

 feet. Collected in the spring and used as a plaster for wounds and boils. 



220834. Sesamum indicum L. Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 

 No. 630. Konjet. Market, Herat. July 4, 1954. Source of cooking oil. 



220835. Sisymbrium sp. Brassicaceae. 



No. 702. Khakshir. Market, Kabul. July 14, 1954. Used as a tea for 

 coughs and stomach ache. When green, eaten by cattle. 



220836. Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. Poaceae. Johnson grass. 

 No. 400. Baghlan, Kataghan. June 20, 1954. Altitude 2,000 feet. 



220837. Trifolium repens L. Fabaceae. White clover. 

 No. 350. Tala-Barfaq, Kataghan. June 16, 1954. Altitude 4,500 feet. 



220838. Trifolium resupinatum L. Persian clover. 

 No. 511. Shaftel. Mazar-i-Sharif. June 26, 1954. Altitude 1,500 feet. 



220839. Trigonella foenum-graecum L. Fabaceae. Fenugreek. 

 No. 713. Olbah. Market, Kabul. July 14, 1954. Altitude 6,000 feet. 



220840 to 220845. Triticum aestivum L. Poaceae. Common wheat. 



220840. No. 488. Mazar-i-Sharif. June 25, 1954. Altitude 1,500 feet. 



220841. No. 516. Gandom-. Aq Chah, Mazar-i-Sharif. June 27, 1954. 

 Altitude 1,100 feet. 



220842. No. 517. Gandom. Aq Chah, Mazar-i-Sharif. June 27, 1954. 

 Altitude 1,100 feet. 



220843. No. 519. Gandom. Aq Chah, Mazar-i-Sharif. June 27, 1954. 

 Club type. 



220844. No. 642. Gandom, Seven miles north of Farah. July 5, 1954. 

 Altitude 2,700 feet. 



220845. No. 682. Gandom. Twenty-seven miles north of Ghazni. July 

 11, 1954. Altitude 8,000 feet. Mixture of types. 



220846. VlClA ervilia (L.) Willd. Fabaceae. Vetch. 



No. 678. Shakhel. Market, Ghazni. July 11, 1954. Altitude 7,000 feet. 

 Seeds boiled and used as cattle feed. 



