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228386. Agropyron trichophorum (Link) Richt. Stiffhair wheatgrass. 



Col. No. 15310. East of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. Elevation 8,500 feet. Cespitose 

 or colonial perennial. 



228387. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15328. About 11 miles east of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. Elevation 8,500 

 feet. Large, leafy clump. 



228388. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15330. About 11 miles east of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. Elevation 8,500 

 feet. Colony of single culms. 



228389. Agropyron caespitosum Koch Wheatgrass. 



Col. No. 15334. About 11 miles east of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. Elevation 8,500 

 feet. Vigorous bunchgrass; apparently unpalatable. 



228390. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15499. Nineteen miles west of Ardabil along road to Meshginshahr, 

 Azerbaijan. Elevation 7,000 feet. Slender, sparsely leaved perennial, growing 

 among rocks. 



228391. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15500. West of Ardabil along road to Meshginshahr, Azerbaijan. 

 Elevation 7,000 feet. Bunch} r perennial; growing in dispersed colonies on volcanic 

 slope . 



228392. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15517. Northeast side of Kuhe Savalan, Azerbaijan. Elevation 

 10,000 feet. Perennial in broomy bunches; browsed by cattle. 



228393. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 15694. Gach Sar, Alborz Range. Elevation 6,800 feet. Shrub; 

 flowers yellow. 



228394. Bromus tomentellus Boiss. Poaceae. Brome. 



Col. No. 15191. Near Ghaverokh along road to Shahr-Kord. Elevation 7,700 

 feet. Perennial; good range grass. 



228395. Bromus tomentellus Boiss. Brome. 



Col. No. 15312. About 20 miles east of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. Elevation 8,500 

 feet. Tufted perennial; leaves hairy, curly, long. 



228396. Bromus macrostachys Desf. Mediterranean brome. 



Col. No. 15339. Twenty-two miles east of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. Elevation 

 6,700 feet. Spring annual, growing in bottom land. 



228397. Bromus tectorum L. Cheatgrass. 



Col. No. 15347. Twenty -two miles east of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. Elevation 

 6,700 feet. Tall annual, in thick bottom land. 



228398. Helictotrichon pratense (L.) Pilger Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15477. East base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Elevation 10,000 feet. 

 Cespitose perennial; stems red; leaves long, thin; sod forming. 



228399. Bromus commutatus Schrad. Poaceae. Hairy brome. 



Col. No. 15487. Kuhe Sion between Sarab and Ardabil, Azerbaijan. Elevation 

 8,500 feet. Annual ; leafy base. 



228400. Bromus sp. 



Col. No. 15522. Northeast side of Kuhe Savalan, Azerbaijan. Elevation 

 10,000 feet. Tall grass on rocky slope. 



228401. Crataegus sp. Malaceae. 



Col. No. 15710. Twenty-five miles south of Kalow, Caspian slope of Alborz. 

 Spreading shrub; used as understock for apples. 



