360 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 162 



221276 to 221426— Continued 



221422 to 221426. Triticum turgidum L. 



221422. Centigramun. 221425. Mertensii. 



221423. Gentile. (2800 Novo.) 221426. Pseudo-corvinum. 



221424. Melanotherum. (Argelino.) 



221427. Andropogon papillosus Hochst. Poaceae. 



From Tanganyika. Seeds presented by H. J. van Remsburg, Pasture Research 

 Office, Mpwapwa. Received Oct. 21, 1954. 



221428. Bromeliasp. Bromeliaceae. 



From Paraguay. Seeds presented by Fred J. Kemp, Sociedad Fraternal 

 Hutteriana, Priavera, Alto. Received Oct. 26, 1954. 



A wild pineapple. 



221429. Carica monoica Desf . Caricaceae. 



From Peru. Seeds presented by Hector Garayar, Tingo Maria, through 

 A. F. Swanson, Institute of Inter-American Affairs, Lima. Received 

 Oct. 29, 1954. 



221430. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



From Iran. Seeds presented by A. F. Rezeghi, Resht, through W. E. Warne, 

 United States Operations Mission to Iran. Received Oct. 29, 1954. 



Sharif Abad. 



221431 to 221517. 



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

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received Oct. 25, 1954. 



221431. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 919. Qoshongah. Kotal-i-umat, 23 miles on road to Panjab, Kabul. 

 Aug. 19, 1954. Altitude 10,000 feet. Leaves used for green forage. A 

 paste from the leaves is used for boils. 



221432. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Oats. 



No. 932. Owil. Road to Panjab, 124 miles west of the fork, Kabul. 

 Aug. 20, 1954. Altitude 10,000 feet. Growing in cultivated field. 



221433. Avena sp. 



No. 852. West side of Shibar Pass, Kabul. Aug. 8, 1954. Altitude 

 9,200 feet. Growing in irrigated field. 



221434. Avena sp. 



No. 891. Owil. Bamian, Kabul. Aug. 12, 1954. Altitude 8,400 feet. 

 Growing in irrigated field. Stems up to 3 feet tall. 



221435. Avena sp. 



No. 1022. Owil. Twenty-three miles north of Panjab, Kabul. Aug. 27, 

 1954. Altitude 9,500 feet. Cut for green forage and dried for winter feed. 



221436. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Beet. 



No. 796. Lablaboo. Market, Gardez. July 29, 1954. Altitude 7,400 

 feet. Root about 9 inches long. 



221437. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 

 No. 984. Nakhod. Zarani, Kabul. Aug. 22, 1954. Altitude 7,250 feet. 



Used as flour for bread. 



