264 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 163 



229289. Coffea ararica L. Rubiaceae. Arabian coffee. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented by the Instituto Inter-Americano de Ciencias 

 Agricolas, Turrialba. Received Oct. 12, 1955. 



'Salvador Strain'. 



229290 to 22^2^2. Prunus amygdalus Batsch Amygdalaceae. 



Almond. 



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

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

 Oct. 14, 1955. 



Collected Sept. 16, 1955. 



From Shahrud, Khorasan Province. 



229290. Col. No. 15806. 'Badam'. Long variety from mixed grafted and seeded 

 stocks. 



229291. Col. No. 15807. Hard-shelled variety from mixed grafted and seeded 

 stocks. 



229292. Col. No. 15809. Thin-shelled, long variety. 



229293. Ormosia sp. Fabaceae. 



Fom Panama. Seeds presented by Cicro de la Victoria, Panama City. Received 

 Oct, 14, 1955. 



229294 to 229311. 



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

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

 Oct. 14, 1955. 



229294. Astragalus gossypinus Fisch. Fabaceae. Milkvetch. 

 Col. No. 15560. Kuhe Safid near Esfahan. 



229295. Astragalus sp. 



Col. No. 15002. Three miles south of Dehbid, along road from Abadeh to 

 Shiraz. Elevation 7,000 feet. Limestone rocks. Low, spreading, spiny, perennial 

 shrub. 



229296. Astragalus cerasocrenus (Tourn.) L. Milkvetch. 



Col. No. 15568. Dastana, Chaharmahal. Small bush, containing a good 

 quality tragacanth. 



229297. Astragalus sp. 



Col. No. 15569. Dastana,Chaharmahal Elevation 6,700 feet. Limestone. Low, 

 spreading bush, yielding good quality of gum tragacanth. 



229298. Astragalus sp. 



Col. No. 15634. 'Shirineh'. Musiabad, west of Esfahan. Elevation 6,500 feet. 

 Sedimentaries. Bush to 15 inches high; thorns thick; branchlets erect; flowers red; 

 yields fair grade of gum tragacanth. 



229299. Astragalus sp. 



Col. No. 15680. Fifteen to 20 miles east of Tehran, in Alborz foothills. Lime- 

 stone. Bush to 1 foot high and 2 feet broad; good gum tragacanth variety. 



229300. Astragalus sp. 



Col. No. 15691. Gach Sar, Alborz Range. Elevation 6,800 feet. Limestone. 

 Bush to 14 inches high; twigs yellowish; root large with good gum cylinder about 

 0.5 inch in diameter. 



229301. Astragalus sp. 



Col. No. 15692. Gach Sar, Alborz Range. Elevation 6,800 feet. Gum cylinder 

 small. 



