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226443 to 226445— Continued 



226445. Citrullus Vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



'Malali Improved'. 



226446 to 226490. 



From Iran. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Intro- 

 duction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Re- 

 ceived June 14, 1955. 



Collected April and May, 1955. 



226446 to 226448. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



226446. Col. No. 14727. 'Piaz'. Market, Kazerun. Elevation 3,000 feet. 



226447. Col. No. 14752. TiazSadi'. Market, Shiraz. Elevation 5,200 feet. 



226448. Col. No. 14791. 'Piaz'. Market, Kerman. Elevation 5,800 feet. 



226449. Anethum graveolens L. Apiaceae. Dill. 

 Col. No. 14777. 'Shiby'. Market, Kerman. Elevation 5,800 feet. 



226450. Aristida ciliata Desf. Poaceae. Three-awn. 

 Col. No. 14602. Twenty-five miles northeast of Ahwaz. 



226451. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 14818. Twelve miles southeast of Sirjan, along road to Bandar-Abbas. 

 Elevation 5,800 feet. Annual, low-spreading, unarmed on ungrazed area. 



226452. Brachypodium sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 14613. Fifteen miles south of Shushtar. Elevation 800 feet. Annual, 

 slender, colonial. 



226453. Bromus danthoniae Trin. Poaceae. Brome. 



Col. No. 14609. Abe-e Gonji, halfway between Ahwaz and Shustar. Slender. 

 annual. 



226454. Bromus racemosus L. Bald brome. 



Col. No. 14585. Irrigated field near Ahwaz. Spreading annual; eaten by cattle. 



226455. Bromus madritensis L. Spanish brome. 



Col. No. 14610. Abe-e Gonji, halfway between Ahwaz and Shushtar. Scattered 

 annual. 



226456. Bromus scoparius L. Broom brome. 



Col. No. 14651. Thirty miles north of Andimenshk along road to Khorramabad. 

 Elevation 1,700 feet. Annual slender, mostly single-stemmed. 



226457. Bromus danthoniae Trin. Brome. 



Col. No. 14667. Thirty miles north of Andimenshk along road to Khorramabad. 

 Elevation 1,700 feet. Annual with purplish margined spikes. 



226458. Bromus sp. 



Col. No. 14830. Sixty-two miles south of Sirjan along road to Bandar-Abbas. 

 Elevation 5,300 feet. Annual. 



226459 and 226460. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



226459. Col. No. 14754. 'Hendavanch Sharifabad'. Market, Shiraz. Ele- 

 vation 5,200 feet. 



226460. Col. No. 14779. Market, Kerman. Elevation 5,800 feet. 



226461 and 226462. Cucumis melo L Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



226461. Col. No. 14707. Market, Kazerun. Elevation 3,000 feet. 



226462. Col. No. 14755. 'Dastamboo'. Shiraz market. Elevation 5,200 feet. 



