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229679 to 229735— Continued 



229732. Trifolium striatum L. Fabaceae. Clover. 



Col. No. 15271. Five miles north of Kermanshah. Elevation 6,000 feet. Annual 

 to 5 inches high. 



229733. Vicia ervilia (L.) Willd. Fabaceae. Bitter vetch. 



Col. No. 15277. Five miles north of Kermanshah. Elevation 6,000 feet. Annual 

 dry-farmed wheat. 



229734 and 229735. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Savi Fabaceae. Common cowpea. 



229734. Col. No. 15720. 'Chesh Bolboli Lubia'. Market, Kalow, Caspian 

 plain. 



229735. Col. No. 15780. 'Lubia'. Market, Gorgan. Large white bean. 



229736. Arachis sp. Fabaceae. 



From Paraguav. Roots presented bv Fred J. Kemp, Prima verna. Received Nov. 2, 

 1955. 



A wild species. 



229737. Pennisetum ciliare (L.) Link Poaceae. Buffelgrass. 



From Morocco. Seeds presented by the Forest and Range Program, Rabat. Re- 

 ceived Nov. 3, 1955. 



229738. Glycine max (L.) Merr. Fabaceae. Soybean. 



From Algeria. Seeds presented by the Service de 1' Experimentation Agricole. Maison- 

 Carree. Received Nov. 3, 1955. 



'Hubert 33'. 

 229739 to 229797. 



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

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

 Nov. 8, 1955. 



Collected Aug. and Sept., 1955, unless otherwise noted. 



229739. Agroptronsp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15610. East slope of Kuhe Zard, Chaharmahal. Elevation 9,500 feet. 

 Diffusely cespitose perennial; culms slender, to 3 feet high. 



229740. Agropyron sp. 



Col. No. 15611. East slope of Kuhe Zard, Chaharmahal. Elevation 9,500 feet. 

 Larger, more vigorous variety than P.I. 229739. 



229741. Allium sp. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 15625. Four miles south of Khorasan, Ostan. Elevation 9,000 feet. 



229742. Allium sp. 



Col. No. 15638. Near Musiabad, 43 miles west of Esfahan. Elevation 7,500 

 feet. 



229743 and 229744. Melica cupani Guss. Poaceae. Melic. 



229743. Col. No. 15415. Southeast base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Eleva- 

 tion 9,000 feet. Small leafy perennial on rocky slope. 



229744. Col. No. 15472. Northeast base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Ele- 

 vation 10,000 feet. Leafy perennial on rocky volcanic slope. 



229745. Alopecurus arundinaceus Poir. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15587. Twenty-eight miles northwest of Shahr Kord, Chaharmahal, 

 Elevation 8,500 feet. Hydrophytic perennial browsed by sheep. 



