276 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 163 



229564. Linum usitatissimum L. Linaceae. Flax. 



From Yugoslavia. Seeds obtained through the Agricultural Attache, American 

 Embassy, Belgrade. Received Oct. 25, 1955. 



Original!}' from Irbia, near Valjevo. (Winter type.) 



229565. Cucttmis melo L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 



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

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

 Oct. 25, 1955. 



Col. No. 15836. About 25 miles southeast of Shiraz, Fars, on shore of lake. 

 Collected June, 1955. 



229566 to 229571. 



From Greece. Seeds presented by the Agricultural Attache, American Embassy, 

 Athens. Received Oct. 25, 1955. 



229566. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 

 M-2169. 



229567. Lathyrtjs cicera L. Fabaceae. Flatpod peavine. 

 N-92. 



229568. Lotus corniculatus L. Fabaceae. Birdsfoot trefoil. 

 M-4758. 



229569. Lotus tenuis Maldst. & Kit. Fabaceae. Trefoil. 

 M-4985. 



229570. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 

 M-2787. 



229571. Melilotus sulcata Desf. Fabaceae. Sweetclover. 

 M-3705. 



229572 to 229627. 



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

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

 Oct. 25, 1955. 



229572 to 229574. Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. Poaceae. 



Crested wheatgrass. 



229572. Col. No. 15468. Northeast base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Aug. 



4, 1955. Elevation 10,500 feet, 



229573. Col. No. 15473. Northeast base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Aug. 



5, 1955. Elevation 10,000 feet, 



229574. Col. No. 15535. Northeast side of Kuhe Savalan, Azerbaijan. Aug. 

 10, 1955. Elevation 11,000 feet, 



229575. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15279. Six miles north of Kermanshah. July 26, 1955. Elevation 

 6,000 feet. Annual to 1 foot high. 



229576 and 229577. Agropyron trichophorum (Link) Richt. 



Stiffhair wheatgrass. 



229576. Col. No. 15563. Dastana, Chaharmahal. Aug. 23, 1955. Eleva- 

 tion 6,800 feet, Perennial with leafy culms to 3 feet high. 



229577. Col. No. 15289. Forty miles north of Kermanshah along road to 

 Sanandaj. July 27, 1955. Elevation 7,000 feet. Xerophytic perennial. 



229578. Agropyron intermedium (Host.) Beauv. Intermediate wheatgrass. 



Col. No. 15294. Forty miles north of Kermanshah along road to Sanandaj. 

 July 27, 1955. Elevation 6,500 to 7,000 feet, Tall, leafy perennial; used for hay. 



