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227004 to 227006. Melilotus segetalis (Brot.) Seringe. Sweetclover. 



227004. I.S.A. 1955. 



227005. I.S.A. 199. 



227006. From a commercial source, Lisbon. 

 227007 to 227053. 



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

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

 July 13, 1955. 



Collected April and May, 1955. 



227007. Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf Poaceae. 



Col. No. 14621. Fifteen to 18 miles south of Shushtar. Elevation 800 feet. 

 Sandstone rocks. Bushy, spreading perennial to 2 feet high. 



227008. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 14736. Thirty-three miles east of Kazerun. Elevation 4,200 feet. Erect 

 annual; eaten by cattle. 



227009. A vena sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 14650. Thirty miles north of Andimenshk along the road to Khorrama- 

 bad. Elevation 1,700 feet. 



227010. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Common beet. 

 Col. No. 14589. Irrigated field near Ahwaz. 



227011. Brachypodium sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 14603. Near Abe-e Gonji, halfway between Ahwaz and Shushtar. 

 Annual grass, to 1 foot high. 



227012. Brassica oleracea var. capitata L. Brassicaceae. Cabbage. 

 Col. No. 14568. 'Kalam'. Market, Ahwaz. 



227013. Cucumis sativus L. Cucurbitaceae. Cucumber. 

 Col. No. 14566. Market, Ahwaz. A short yellowish-green variety. 



227014. Daucus carota L. Apiaceae. Carrot. 

 Col. No. 14573. 'Habitch'. Market, Ahwaz. Grown locally. 



227015. Eragrostis sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 14617. Fifteen miles south of Shushtar. Elevation 800 feet. Weedy 

 grass, to 2 feet high. 



227016. Scandix pecten-veneris L. Apiaceae. 



Col. No. 14655. Thirty miles north of Andimenshk along road to Khorramabad. 

 Diffuse, erect annual. 



227017. Geranium trilophum Boiss. Geraniaceae. 



Col. No. 14616. Fifteen miles south of Shushtar. Elevation 800 feet. Tender, 

 diffuse herb among rocks. 



227018. Hordeum vulg.vre L. Poaceae. Barley. 

 Col. No. 14694. 'Joh\ Market, Kazerun. Elevation 3,000 feet. 



227019. Hordeum spontaxeum C. Koch Poaceae. Barley. 



Col. No. 14620. Fifteen miles south of Shushtar. Elevation 800 feet. Wild, 

 on rocky slope. 



227020. Lolium sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 14580. Cultivated fields near Ahwaz. Weedy grass, used for forage. 



