38 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 163 



223738 to 223745. Gossypium sp. Malvaceae. 



From Pakistan. Seeds obtained by the United States Operations Mission, Karachi. 

 Received Feb. 15, 1955. 



Collected at Lyallpur. 



223738. 268F. 223742. 289F/124. 



223739. 289F/238. 223743. 4F. 



223740. 216F. 223744. L.S.S. 



223741. 289F/43. 223745. 289F/199. 



223746. Crataegus pinnatifida Bunge Malaceae. Hawthorn. 



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

 cultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. 



Col. No. 1193. On trail to Yakatal, Badakhshan. 



223747 to 223752. Saccharum (hybrids). Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Nicaragua. Cuttings presented by the Servicio Tecnico Agricola de Nicaragua, 

 Managua. Received Feb. 15, 1955. 



223747. 'Badilla'. 223750. D-1135. 



223748. 'Caledonia Amarilla'. 223751. 'Rioas'. 



223749. 'Chapina'. 223752. 'Walluca'. 

 223753 to 223831. 



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

 cultural Crops Research Branch, Plant Introduction Section, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Feb. 15, 1955. 



Collected during September and October 1954. 



223753 and 223754. Anethum graveolens L. Apiaceae. Dill. 



223753. Col. No. 1152. 'Zardek'. Jurm, Badakhshan. Elevation 4,800 feet. 



223754. Col. No. 1183. 'Shibit'. Faizabad, Badakhshan. Elevation. 4,000 

 feet. Leaves used as a green or cooked vegetable; also as forage. 



223755. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Common Beet. 

 Col. No. 1180. 'Lablaboo'. Faizabad, Badakhshan. Elevation 4,000 feet. 



223756. Br as sic a rap a L. Brassicaceae. Turnip. 

 Col. No. 1185. 'Shalghem'. Faizabad, Badakhshan. Elevation 4,000 feet. 



223757. Brassica campestris L, Bird rape. 



Col. No. 1063. 'Sharshem'. Ghorband Valley, Kabul. Elevation 6,500 feet, 

 Oilseed. 



223758. Brassica sp. 



Col. No. 1113. Khash, Jurm, Badakhshan. Elevation 6,700 feet. Used as 

 forage. 



223759. Brassica campestris L. Bird rape. 



Col. No. 1234. 'Sharsham'. Kataghan. Elevation 5,200 feet. Oilseed. 



223760. Cajanus cajan (L.) Druce Fabaceae. Pigeonpea. 



Col. No. 1343. Laghman, Eastern Province. Elevation 2,600 feet. Plant to 8 

 feet high, 3-leaved; flowers yellow. Planted around the edges of sugarcane fields to 

 protect the cane from cattle. 



223761. Cercis siliquastrum L. Fabaceae. Judas-tree. 

 Col. No. 1073. Khanabad River, Khanabad, Kataghan. Elevation 3,300 feet. 



