390 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 162 



222177. Vicia dasycarpa Ten. Fabaceae. 



From France. Seeds presented by the Station Experimentale Mas Vincent, 

 Nimes. Received Nov. 18, 1954. 



222178. Coffea ligustroides S. Moore. Rubiaceae. 



From Southern Rhodesia. Seeds obtained through Dr. Branquinho d'Oliveira, 

 Estacao Agronomico Nacional, Sacaven, Portugal. Received Nov. 18, 

 1954. 



No. 287. C. R. Bates, Chirinda Forest, near Chipingo. 



222179 to 222218. 



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

 Plant Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received Nov. 18, 1954. 



Collected from July to September 1954. 



222179. Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv. Poaceae. 



No. 945. Quaiaq. Twenty-seven miles south of Panjab, Kabul. Altitude 

 9,200 feet. Wild perennial used for green forage, and cut and dried for 

 winter feed. 



222180. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



No. 757. Khairkana Pass, Kabul. Altitude 6,500 feet. 



222181. Astragalus sp. 



No. 772. Sixty miles south of Kabul, south of Pass, Gardez. Altitude 

 9,100 feet. Spiny; pod inflated. 



222182. Astragalus sp. 



No. 842. Shibar Pass, Kabul. Altitude 9,500 feet. 



222183. Brassica rapa L. Brassicaceae. Turnip. 

 No. 781. Shalghem. Market, Gardez. 



222184. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



No. 755. Market, Kabul. Grown in Kandahar. Fruits green; flesh red; 

 flavor excellent. 



222185 and 222186. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



222185. No. 750. Market, Kabul. Grown in Mazar-i-Sharif. Fruits 

 green, with reticulate white lines; flesh green-white; flavor excellent. 



222186. No. 993. Shaherstan, Kabul. Altitude 7,400 feet. Fruits green- 

 yellow; flesh peach colored; flavor fair. 



222187. Cucumis melo var. flexuosus (L.) Naud. 



No, 736. Tareh; Khiar-i-Chamber. Market, Kabul. Altitude 6,000 feet. 

 Fruits light green, growing to 3 feet in lenghth ; eaten both raw and cooked. 



222188. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne. Cucurbitaceae. Squash. 

 No. 737. Fruits round, orange; flesh white. 



222189. Eremurus sp. Liliaceae. 



No. 807. Pass about 60 miles south of Kabul, near Gardez. Altitude 

 9,400 feet. Plant grows 5 feet high; capsules smooth, divergent. 



222190. Eremurus sp. 



No. 860. Road to Band-i-Amir, Bamian, Kabul. Altitude 9,700 feet. 



222191. Eremurus sp. 



No. 875. Band-i-Amir, Bamian, Kabul. Altitude 9,500 feet. 



