JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1955 199 



227754 to 227831— Continued 



227765 to 227825 — Continued 



227821. No. 6248. 227824. No. 6251. 



227822. No. 6249. 227825. No. 6252. 



227823. No. 6250. 



227826 to 227831. Vi gn a sinensis (Torner) Savi Fabaceae. Common cowpea. 



227826. No. 6196. 227829. No. 6253. 



227827. No. 6199. 227830. No. 6254. 



227828. No. 6200. 227831. No. 6255. 



227832 to 227880. 



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

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

 Sept. 30, 1955. 



Collected in June and July, 1955. 



227832. Aegilops crassa Boiss. Poaceae. Goatgrass. 



Col. No. 15210. Dastana, south of Shahr-Kord. Elevation 6,800 feet. Low 

 spring annual; about 8 inches high; head very large. 



227833. Astragalus ptychophyllus Boiss. Fabaceae. Milkvetch. 



Col. No. 15170. Titack'. Kullykush, between Dehbid and Abadeh, Fars. 

 Elevation 8,000 feet. Low, spreading perennial; about 8 inches high; heads long 

 pedunculate; roots with small gum cylinder. 



227834. Astragalus sp. 



Col. No. 15173. Sixteen miles northwest of Abadeh, Fars. Elevation 7,000 feet. 

 Bush small, erect; spiny; roots with gum cylinder. 



227835. Astragalus sp. 



Col. No. 15193. Near Ghaverokh along road to Shahr-Kord. Elevation 7,700 

 feet. Perennial bush; browsed by livestock. 



227836. Astragalus sp. 



Col. No. 15202. Dastana, south of Shahr-Kord. Elevation 6,800 feet. Low, 

 spreading, prostrate perennial; browsed by sheep. 



227837. Astragalus sp. 



Col. No. 15231. Limestone mountain southwest of Dastana, south of Shahr-Kord. 

 Elevation 9,500 feet. Low, spreading, perennial about 9 inches broad; with gum 

 cylinder. 



227838. Avena sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15248. Canyon above Dastana, south of Shahr-Kord. Elevation 7,000 

 feet. Perennial with bulbs on roots; scattered on rocky slope; palatable. 



227839 and 227840. Bromus tomentellus Boiss. Poaceae. Brome. 



227839. Col. No. 14963. Twenty miles south of Dehbid along road to Shiraz. 

 Elevation 7,000 feet. Perennial to 4 feet high; good xerophytic forage plant. 



227840. Col. No. 15020. Near Chelchesmi, 30 miles west of Shiraz. Elevation 

 6,500 feet. Perennial; heads small, on slender culms; palatable. 



227841. Cachrys sp. Apiaceae. 



Col. No. 15151-A. 'Sweet Jashir'. Mountain southwest of Bajgah Valley, east 

 of Shiraz. Elevation 7,500 feet. Bushy, spreading, perennial herb; leaves abscis- 

 sing at ground level. Leaf stems eaten pickled; hay fed to cattle to increase milk 

 production. 



227842. Eremurus sp. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 15178. Twenty miles northwest of Abadeh, Fars. Elevation 7,000 

 feet. Herb with several peduncles; flowers lined pale-red. 



