JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1955 5 



222939 to 222952—Continued 



222943. 1591 (b)9. 222948. G414(a)142. 



222944. G174(c)51. 222949. G409(b)39. 



222945. G 182 (a) 16. 222950. G409(b)55. 



222946. G414(a)7. 222951. G489(c)45. 



222947. G414(a)64. 222952. G603(6). 



222953 to 223023 



From Iran. Seeds collected by E. E. Smith, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Introduction 

 Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received Jan. 4, 

 1955. 



222953 to 222955. Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. Poaceae. 



Crested wheatgrass. 



222953. Col. No. 1521. Twenty-three km. east of Sarab, road to Ardabil, 

 Azerbaijan. Nov. 6, 1954. Elevation 2,000 m. Found on dry, barren hilltop. 



222954. Col. No. 1582. Sixty-three km. north of Ardabil, road to Moghan, 

 Azerbaijan. Nov. 9, 1954. Elevation 1,100 m. 



222955. Col. No. 1706. Thirty km. south of Khoy, road to Rezaiyeh, Azer- 

 baijan. Nov. 15, 1954. Elevation 1,600 m. 



222956. Agropyron buonapartis (Spreng.) Dur. & Schinz Wheatgrass. 



Col. No. 1824. One hundred and eleven km. northwest of Tehran, road to 

 Kaziwan. Nov. 19, 1954. Elevation 1,500 m. 



222957. Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. Crested wheatgrass. 



Col. No. 1831. Alborz Mountains, 74 km. northeast of Tehran. Nov. 22, 1954. 

 Elevation 1,600 m. 



222958 and 222959. agropyron elongatum (Host) Beauv. Tall wheatgrass. 



Forty-four km. north of Ardibil, road to Moghan, Azerbaijan. Nov. 9, 1954. 

 Elevation 1,500 m. Growing on dry rocky slope. 



222958. Col. No. 1579. 



222959. Col. No. 1580. 



222960. Agropyron elongatiforme Drobov Wheatgrass. 



Col. No. 1505. Thirty km. east of Tabriz, road to Sarab, Azerbaijan. Nov. 6, 

 1954. Elevation 1,900 m. Grows to 1 m. high. 



222961. Agropyron intermedium (Host) Beauv. Intermediate wheatgrass. 



Col. No. 1820. One hundred and sixteen km. northeast of Hamedan, road to 

 Tehran. Nov. 19, 1954. Elevation 2,600 m. 



222962. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 1829. Seventy-four km. east of Tehran, Alborz Mountains. Nov. 22, 

 1954. Elevation 1,700 m. 



222963. Aira sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 1710. Twenty-eight km. north of Rezaiyeh, lake shore, Azerbaijan. 

 Nov. 15, 1954. Elevation 1,500 m. Salt-resistant bunchgrass. 



222964. Anethum graveolens L. Apiaceae. Dill. 



Col. No. 1463. 'Sheveed'. Market, Tabriz. Nov. 5, 1954. Elevation 1,500 m. 

 Leaves used as flavoring in cooking. 



222965. Apera interrupta (L.) Beauv. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 1578. Forty-four km. north of Ardabil, road to Moghan , Azerbaijan. 

 Nov. 9, 1954. Elevation 1,500 m. Small, fine-leaved bunchgrass growing on dry 

 rocky slope. 



