JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1955 139 



226603 to 226609. Solanum tuberosum L. Solanaceae. Potato. 



From Mexico. Tubers presented by the Rockefeller Foundation, Mexico City. 

 Received June 23, 1955. 



226603. U. S. 32-4. 226607. U. S. 78-3. 



226604. U. S. 32-9. 226608. U. S. 78-8. 



226605. U. S. 42-23. 226609. U. S. 78-9. 



226606. U. S. 42-26. 



226610 to 226614. Hordeum vulgare L. Poaceae. Barley. 



From Cyprus. Seeds presented by the Director of Agriculture, Nicosia. Received 

 June 27, 1955. 



226610. 'Athenais'. 226613. 'Exadjian'. 



226611. 'B.M.C. 226614. Taphitico'. 



226612. 'Cyprus Black'. 



226615 to 226680. 



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

 duction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 June 27, 1955. 



Collected April and May, 1955. 



226615. Aegilops triaristata Willd. Poaceae. Goatgrass. 



Col. No. 14627. Fifty miles north of Ahwaz. Annual, stooling, leafy; 1 foot 

 high. 



226616. Aegilops ovata L. Goatgrass. 



Col. No. 14679. Twelve miles east of Kazerun along road to Shiraz. Elevation 

 4,000 feet. Grass weedy, shortheaded. 



226617. Aegilops triaristata Willd. Goatgrass. 



Col. No. 14680. Twelve miles east of Kazerun along road to Shiraz. Annual, 

 stooling, with ascending culms to 10 inches high. 



236618. Allium sp. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 14720. 'Gandena'. Market, Kazerun. Elevation 3,000 feet. 

 226619. Allium sp. 



Col. No. 14769. 'Gandena'. Market, Shiraz. Elevation 5,200 feet. Eaten 

 both raw and cooked. 



226620 to 226622. Ammi copticum L. Apiaceae. 



226620. Col. No. 14695. 'Zenion'. Market, Kazerun. Elevation 3,000 feet. 



226621. Col. No. 14710. 'Zenion'. Market, Kazerun. Elevation 3,000 feet. 

 Used for stomach ailments. 



226622. Col. No. 14793. Market, Kerman. Elevation 5,800 feet. Local 

 seasoning herb. 



226623. Anethum graveolens L. Apiaceae. Dill. 

 Col. No. 14570. 'Shivat'. Market, Ahwaz. Seasoning herb, grown locally. 



226624. Apium graveolens L. Apiaceae. Celery. 



Col.No. 14757. 'Karafs'. Market, Shiraz. Elevtion 5,200 feet. Originally, 

 from Tehran. 



226625. Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nym. Apiaceae. Parsley. 

 Col. No. 14574. 'Jafari'. Market, Ahwaz. 



226626. Aristida sp. 



Col. No. 14833. Sixty-three miles south of Sir j an along road to Bandar- Abbas. 

 Elevation 5,100 feet. Xerophytic perennial, in small tufts. 



