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221431 to 221517— Continued 



221447 to 221457— Continued 



221455. No. 988. Jow-i-moya. Zarani, Kabul. Aug. 22, 1954. Altitude 

 7,250 feet. Used for bread, also for cattle feed. 



221456. No. 999. Jow. Twelve miles west of Panjab, Kabul. Aug. 25, 

 1954. Altitude 10,000 feet. Irrigated. 



221457. No. 1003. Jow. Thirty-four miles west of Panjab, Kabul. 

 Aug. 25, 1954. Altitude 9,700 feet. Dryland barley on steep hillside. 



221458. Hordeum distichon L. Poaceae. Barley. 



No. 1009. Jow-i-Moiah. Lai, sixty-six miles west of Panjab, Kabul. 

 Aug. 25, 1954. Altitude 9,700 feet. Dryland barley. 



221459 to 221462. Hordeum vulgare L. 



221459. No. 1010. Kal-Jow. Lai, sixty-six miles west of Panjab, Kabul. 

 Aug. 25, 1954. Altitude 9,200 feet. Irrigated barley; used for bread. 



221460. No. 1021. Kal-Jow. Twenty-three miles north of Panjab, 

 Kabul. Aug. 27, 1954. Altitude 9,500 feet. Used for bread and for 

 cattle feed. 



221461. No. 1029. Kal-Jow. Yakowlang, Kabul. Aug. 27, 1954. Alti- 

 tude 8,300 feet. Planted in early spring and harvested in June. Used 

 for bread and cattle feed. 



221462. No. 1041. Moia-Jow. Market, Kabul. Aug. 30, 1954. Altitude 

 6,000 feet. Planted in fall and harvested in July. Used for cattle feed. 



221463. Lathyrus cicera L. Fabaceae. 



No. 896. Pateque. Bamian, Kabul. Aug. 12, 1954. Altitude 8,400 feet. 

 Flour used to stretch wheat flour for bread. Irrigated. 



221464. Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd. Fabaceae. Vetch. 



No. 950. Shakhel. Twenty-seven miles south of Panjab, Kabul. Aug. 

 21, 1954. Altitude 9,200 feet. Seeds boiled to take out bitter taste, then 

 ground into flour and mixed with wheat for bread. 



221465 to 221467. Lathyrus cicera L. Fabaceae. 



221465. No. 961. Kalol; Pateque. Fifty-five miles south of Panjab, 

 Kabul. Aug. 21, 1954. Altitude 8,500 feet. Flour made into bread 

 or mixed with wheat flour for bread. 



221466. No. 963. Kalol. Sixty-three miles south of Panjab. Kabul. 

 Aug. 21, 1954. Planted in March and harvested in July. Used as 

 flour mixed with barley for bread. 



221467. No. 986. Kalol. Zarani, Kabul. Aug. 22, 1954. Altitude 7,250 

 feet. Used with wheat, barley and rye flour for bread. 



221468. Lens culinaris Medic. Fabaceae. Lentil. 

 No. 1033. Adas; Nask. Market, Kabul. Aug. 30, 1954. Altitude 6,000 



feet. 



221469. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 



No. 975. Rishqeh. Shaherstan, Kabul. Aug. 22, 1954. Altitude 7,400 

 feet. Planted in March; lasts without replanting for 10 years. Harvested 

 four times a year. 



221470. Prunus armeniaca L. Amygdalcaeae. Apricot. 



No. 899. Qaisi. Bamian, Kabul. Aug. 12, 1954. Altitude 8,400 feet. 

 Skin white with red blush; flesh white, sweet. Fruit of medium size. 



221471. Ricinus communis L. Euphorbiaceae. Castorbean. 

 No. 1032. Baid-Anjir. Market, Kabul. Aug. 30, 1954. Altitude 6,000 



feet. 



