384 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 162 



222090. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From the Netherlands. Tubers received from the Institute for Potato Breed- 

 ing, Wageningen. Received Nov. 16, 1954. 



Triumt. 



222091. Esenbeckia hartmanii Robins. & Fern. Rutaceae. 



From Mexico. Collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Horticul- 

 tural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received Nov. 16, 1954. 



No. 14384. Momoa. Los Cerritos, Navajoa. Shrub 12 feet high. 



222092 to 222130. 



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

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received Nov. 17, 1954. 



Collected from July to August 1954. 



222092. Allium porrum L. Liliaceae. Leek. 

 No. 793. Gandanah. Market, Gardez. Altitude 7,400 feet. 



222093. Cannabis sativa L. Urticaceae. Hemp. 



No. 803. Bhang. Market, Gardez. Altitude 7,400 feet. Seeds roasted 

 and eaten by children as nuts. 



222094 and 222095. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 



222094. No. 966. Sixty-three miles south of Panjab, Kabul. Altitude 

 8,100 feet. Made into flour and used for bread. 



222095. No. 978. Nakhod. Shaherstan, Kabul. Altitude 7,400 feet. 

 222096 to 222098. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



222096. No. 754. Market, Kabul. Grown in Kandahar. Fruits elongate, 

 yellow; flesh yellowish white with excellent flavor. 



222097. No. 994. Zarani, Kabul. Altitude 7,250 feet. Fruits yellow- 

 green, oval, with peach-colored flesh. 



222098. No. 1044. Market, Kabul. Altitude 6,000 feet. Fruits green 

 with green flesh; oval; flavor good. 



222099. Cucumis sativus L. Cucumber. 

 No. 798. Khiar; Badreng. Market, Gardez. Altitude 7,400 feet. 



222100. Cucurbita pepo L. Cucurbitaceae. Pumpkin. 

 No. 735. Fruits round, flesh white. 



222101. Cydonia oblonga Mill. Malaceae. Quince. 



No. 746. Behie. Market, Kabul. Altitude 6,000 feet. Fruits large, 

 light-yellow and sweet. 



222102. Festuca elatior L. Poaceae. Meadow fescue. 



No. 829. Gorband, Kabul. Altitude 7,300 feet. Perennial bunchgrass 

 growing in wet gravel. 



222103 to 222105. Festuca kronenbergii Hack. 



222103. No. 848. Shibar Pass, Kabul. Altitude 9,500 feet. Perennial 

 bunchgrass. 



222104. No. 885. Coda. Lower north slopes of the Kuh-i-Baba Range, 



Bamian. Altitude 9,000 feet. Perennial bunchgrass on dryland. Eaten 

 mostly by horses. 



222105. No. 920. Coda. Kotal-i-Unat, 33 miles on the road to Panjab, 

 Kabul. Altitude 7,500 feet. Perennial mountain grass. 



