278 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 163 



229572 to 229627—Continued 



229595. Bromus sterilis L. Poverty brome. 



Col. No. 15297. Forty miles north of Kerroaashah along road to Sanandaj. 

 July 27, 1955. Elevation 7,000 feet. Slender annual; thick spring grass. 



229596. Bromus tomentellus Boiss. Brome. 



Col. No. 15298. Thirty-five miles north of Kermanshah along road to Sanandaj. 

 Elevation 7,200 feet. Tufted perennial. 



229597. Bromqs sterilis L. Poverty brome. 



Col. No. 15301. Forty miles north of Kermanshah along road to Sanandaj. 

 July 27, 1955. Elevation 7,000 feet. Slender annual to 2 feet high. 



229598. Bromus brachystachys Hornung Brome. 



Col. No. 15368. Southern plain of Lake Rezaiyeh, Azerbaijan. July 31, 1955. 

 Elevation 5,700 feet. Annual in spring flood area. 



229599. Bromus japontcus Thunb. Brome. 



Col. No. 15409. Nineteen miles east of Maragheh, Azerbaijan. Aug. 3, 1955. 

 Spring annual to 2 feet high; used for hay. 



229600. Bromus fibrous Hack. Brome. 



Col. No. 15430. Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Aug. 4, 1955. Elevation 10,000 

 feet. Slender perennial. 



229601. Bromus erectus Huds. Meadow brome. 



Col. No. 15431. Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Aug. 4, 1955. Elevation 10,000 

 feet. 



22S602. Bromus sp. 



Col. No. 15476. Northeast base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Aug. 5, 1955. 

 Elevation 9,500 feet. A silver-glume grass forming sod on slopes. 



229603. Bromus tomentosus Trin. Brome, 



Col. No. 15518 Northeast side of Kuhe Savalan, Azerbaijan. Aug. 10, 1955. 

 Elevation 10,000 feet. Bushy perennial to 2 feet high. 



229604 and 229605 Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. | Watermelon. 



229604. Col. No. 15757. Market, Babol. Caspian plain. Sept. 13, 1955. 



229605. Col. No. 15796. Fifty miles east of Gorgan. Sept. 15, 1955. Eleva- 

 tion 500 feet. Melon small, round, striped. 



229606. Cyndon dactylon (L.) Pers. Poaceae. Bermudagrass. 



Col. No. 15285. Thirty-two miles north of Kermanshah along road'to Shananda j . 

 July 27, 1955. Elevation 7,000 feet. Rather coarse plants on dry slope. 



229607 Dactylis glomerata L. Poaceae. Orchardgrass. 



Col. No. 15291. Forty miles north of Kermanshah along road to"] Sanandaj. 

 July 27, 1955. Elevation 7,000 feet. Perennial with culms to 4 feet long. 



229608. Eremurus sp. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 15360. Twelve miles south of Saghez, Kurdistan. July 29, 1955. 

 Elevation 7,000 feet. Plants scattered on slope; to 3 feet high; n flowers pink; leaves 

 eaten as greens. 



229609. Glyceria sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15465. Northeast base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Aug. 4 1955. 

 Elevation 10,000 feet. Perennial hydrophyte; stems succulent; liked by horses. 



229610. Helianthus annuts L. Asteraceae. Common sunflower. 

 Col. No. 15764. Market, Sari, Caspian plain. Sept. 14, 1955. 



229611. Lens culinaris Medic. Fabaceae. Lentil. 

 Col. No. 15740. 'Adas'. Market, Kalow, Caspian shore. Sept. 13, 1955. 



