JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1955 25 



223431 to 223474. 



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

 Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Feb. 4, 1955. 



223431. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



Col. No. 1184. Tiaz'. Faizabad, Badakhshan. Sept. 25, 1954. Elevation 

 4,000 feet. 



223432. Avena sativa L. Poaceae. Common oats. 



Col. No. 1124. 'Lass'. Khash, Jurm, Badakhshan. Sept. 21, 1954. Elevation 

 6,700 feet. 



223433. Cicer arietintjm L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 

 Col. No. 1094. 'Nakhod'. Market, Faizabad, Badakhshan. Sept. 19, 1954. 



223434 to 223436. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



223434. Col. No. 1086. 'Kharbozeh'. Kisham, Badakhshan, Sept. 18, 1954. 

 Elevation 3,300 feet. Fruit oval, yellow; flesh 3'ellowish white; flavor sweet. 



223435. Col. No. 1100. 'Kharbozeh'. Market, Faizabad, Badakhshan. Sept. 

 19, 1954. Elevation 4,000 feet. Fruit oval, green; flesh whitish yellow, sweet. 



223436. Col. No. 1155. Jurm, Badakhshan. Sept. 22, 1954. Elevation 4,800 

 feet. Fruit oval, green; flesh green. 



223437. Cucumis sativus L. Cucumber. 



Col. No. 1099. 'Badreng' or 'Khair'. Market, Faizabad, Badakhshan. Sept. 

 19, 1954. Elevation 400 feet. 



223438. Cucurbita maxima Duchesne Cucurbitaceae. Squash. 



Col. No. 1153. 'Kadoo'. Jurm, Badakhshan. Sept. 22, 1954. Elevation 4,800 

 feet. 



223439. Erianthus sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 1339. 'Monj'. Laghman, Eastern Province. Oct. 13, 1954. Ele- 

 vation 3,000 feet. Large perennial bunchgrass growing to a height of 5 feet. 



223440. Fortuynia sp. Brassicaceae. 



Col. No. 163. Near Dilaram, Girishk, May 25, 1954. Elevation 2,800 feet. 

 Desert plant; stems green; leaves gray green, semisucculent; sometimes grazed. 



223441. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



Col. No. 1269. Taliq-An, Kataghan. Oct. 2, 1954. Elevation 3,000 feet, 

 From the U.S.S.R. 



223442. Gossypium sp. 



Col. No. 1278. Khanabad, Kataghan. Oct. 3, 1954. Elevation 2,000 feet, 

 From the U.S.S.R. 



223443. Gossypium sp. 



Col. No. 1319. Tonbeh'. Jalalabad. Oct, 12, 1954. Elevation 2,300 feet, 



223444. Horde um sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 1074. Kalifgan, Kataghan. Sept, 17, 1954. Elevation 4,500 feet. 

 Perennial bunch grass, well grazed. 



223445 to 223450. Hordeum vulgare L. Barley. 



223445. Col. No. 1077. 'Jow'. Kalifgan, Kataghan. Sept. 17, 1954. Ele- 

 vation 4,500 feet. Non-irrigated type, planted in winter. 



223446. Col. No. 1090. 'Jow'. Market, Faizabad, Badakhshan. Sept, 19, 

 1954. Elevation 4,000 feet, 



223447. Col. No. 1106. 'Jow'. Barak, Badakhshan. Sept. 20, 1954. Ele- 

 vation 5,000 feet, 



