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229677 and 229678. Nicotiana debneyi Domin Solanaceae. 



Tobacco. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial 

 Research Organization, Canberra. Received Nov. 2, 1955. 



229677. T.S. 111. Carnarvon Range, Queensland. 



229678. T.S. 2. Bundaberg, southeastern Queensland. 

 229679 to 229735. 



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

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

 Nov. 1, 1955. 



Collected July to September 1955, unless otherwise noted. 



22S679 and 229680. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 



229679. Col. No* 15726. Market, Kalow, Caspian shore. 



229680. Col. No. 15778. Market, Gorgan. Small green type, purplish when 

 mature. 



228681. Alopecurus arundinaceus Poir. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15501. Twenty-one miles west of Ardabil, along road to Meshginshahr, 

 Azerbaijan. Elevation 7,000 feet. Leafy perennial on rocky slope. 



229682. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 15342. Twenty-two miles north of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. Elevation 

 6,700 feet. Rank perennial; bushy, spreading, to 2 feet high. 



229683. Beta vulgaris L. Chenopodiaceae. Beet. 

 Col. No. 15730. 'Chohondar'. Market, Kalow, Caspian shore. Red type. 



229684. Brassica rapa L. Brassicaceae. Turnip. 

 Col. No. 15781. Market, Gorgan. 



228685. Catabrosa aquatica Beauv. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15359. Thirty miles south of Saghez, Kurdistan. Elevation 8,000 feet. 

 Kydrophytic, leafy perennial. 



229686. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae^ Watermelon. 

 Col. No. 15760. Market, Sari, Caspian plain. 



229687. Cucumis melo L. Cucurbitaceae; Muskmelon. 



Col. No. 15805. Qareh Qaya, 25 miles northeast of Tehran. Melon dark green, 

 elliptic, faintly netted. 



229688. Cucurbita pepo L. Cucurbitaceae. Pumpkin. 

 Col. No. 15761. Market, Sari, Caspian plain. 



228689. Deschampsia sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15528. Northeast side of Kuhe Savalan, Azerbaijan. Perennial in wet 

 meadow; forms sod. 



229690. Elymus sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15424. Southeast base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Elevation 9,000 

 feet. Dry meadow slope. 



229691. Eremurus sp. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 14836. Mountain pass 16 miles east of Sirjan, along road to Kerman. 

 Elevation 8,50u feet. May 14, 1955. Plant with both single and cespitose rosettes; 

 flowers white to light pink, in racemes to 3 feet high. 



229692. Festuca sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15299, Forty-one miles north of Kermanshah along road to Sahandaj. 

 Elevation 7,000 feet. Leafy perennial. 



