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227290 to 227310— Continued 



227304. Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. Solanaceae. Tomato. 

 Col. No. 14692. Market, Kazerun. Elevation 3,000 feet. Fruit small, round. 



227305. Phaseolus vulgaris L. Fabaceae. Common bean. 



Col. No. 11750. Market, Shiraz. Elevation 5,200 feet. Cultivated locally, 

 seed round, red flecked. 



227306 and 227307. Raphanus sativus L. Brassicaceae. Radish. 



227306. Col. No. 14565. Market, Ahwaz. Local, red type. 



227307. Col. No. 14795. Market, Kerman. Elevation 5,800 feet. 



227308. Vicia ervilla (L.) Willd. Fabaceae. Bitter vetch. 



Col. No. 14654. Thirty miles north of Andimenshk along road to Khorramabad. 

 Elevation 1,700 feet. Annual, stems to 2 feet long, in moist bottomland. 



227309. Vicia monantha Retz. Bard vetch. 

 Col. No. 14582. Irrigated fields near Ahwaz. Scandent annual. 



227310. Vigna sinensis (Tomer) Savi Fabaceae. Common cowpea. 

 Col. No. 14552. Ahwaz. 



227311 to 227313. 



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

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

 Aug. 1 1955. 



Collected June 30, 1955. 



227311. Citrus sp. Rutaceae. 



Col. No. 15149. TortajaT. Market, Shiraz. Elevation 5,200 feet. Sour 

 orange. 



227312. Citrus sp. 



Col. No. 15150. 'Narange'. Market, Shiraz. Elevation 5,200 feet. Sour orange 

 used for juice. 



227313. Citrus sp. 



Col. No. 15151. 'Limetosh'. Market, Shiraz. Elevation 5,200 feet. Small- 

 fruited lemon. 



227314. Pistacia mutica Fisch. & Mey. Anacardiaceae. 



Terebinth. 



From Iran. Seeds obtained by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Introduction 

 Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. Received Aug. 1, 

 1955. 



Collected by W. Bembower, south of Kerman. Tree said to be 500 vears old. 

 (Wild.) 



227315 to 227319. Lotus corniculatus L. Fabaceae. 



Birdsfoot trefoil. 



From France. Seeds presented by the Station Centrale d 'Amelioration des Plantes, 

 Versailles (Seine-et-Oise) . Received Aug. 2, 1955. 



227315. No. 6-10. 'Haute -Vienne'. 227318. No. 3445. 'Gers'. 



227316. No. 26-30. 'Ile-de-France'. 227319. No. 3647. 'Indra'. 



227317. No. 3159. 'Loir-et-Cher\ 



227320 to 227334. Glycine max (L.) Merr. Fabaceae. Soybean. 



From Japan. Seeds obtained by John L. Creech, Agricultural Explorer, Plant Intro- 

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

 ceived Aug. 3, 1955. 

 From the Agricultural Experiment Station, Kotoni, Sapporo, Hokkaido. 



