300 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 163 



230110 to 230140. 



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

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

 Nov. 16, 1955. 



230110. Lolium persicum Boiss. & Hohen. Poaceae. Ryegrass. 



Col. No. 15619 Faridan. Aug. 28, 1955. Elevation 7,000 feet. Grass slen- 

 der; culms arched; to 16 inches high. 



230111. Bromus sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15641. Eight miles northeast of Ab'Ali, Aborz Range Sept. 8, 1955. 

 Elevation 8,000 feet. Bunch perennial to 2 feet high on steep shale slope. 



230112 to 230114 Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) Beauv. Poaceae . 



Japanese falsebrome. 



230112. Col. No. 15699. Thirty miles south of Kalow, Caspian slope of Alborz. 

 Sept. 12, 1955. Elevation 6,500 feet. Perennial on rocky sedimentary slope. 



230113. Col. No. 15719. Eight miles south of Kalow, Caspian side of Alborz. 

 Sept. 12, 1955. Elevation 1,000 feet Perennial on steep sedimentary slope. 



230114. Col. No. 15798. Fifty-four miles east of Gorgan. Sept. 15, 1955. 

 Elevation 1,200 feet. Leafy-crowned perennial. 



230115 and 230116. Dactylis glomerata var. hispanica (Roth.) Duby Poaceae. 



230115. Col. No. 15613. East slope of Kuhe Zard, Chaharmahal. Aug. 27, 

 1955. Elevation 9,000 feet. Small perennial on rocky slope. 



230116. Col. No. 15653. Elevation 8,000 feet. Xerophytic perennial on rocky 

 slopes. 



230117 and 230118. Dactylis glomerata L. Orchardgrass. 



230117. Col. No. 15695. Forty miles south of Kalow, Caspian slope of Alborz. 

 Sept. 12, 1955. Elevation 7,500 feet. Perennial on steep sedimentary slope. 



230118. Col. No. 15701. Thirty miles south of Kalow, Caspian side of Alborz. 

 Sept. 12, 1955. Elevation 6,500 feet. Perennial on sedimentary slope. 



230119. Elymus sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15666. South slope of Damavand Mountain, Alborz Range. Sept. 9, 

 1955. Elevation 9,300 feet, 



230120. Poa sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15603. East base of Kuhe Zard, Chaharmahal. Aug. 27, 1955. Ele- 

 vation 8,500 feet. Leafy perennial in moist soil. 



230121. Festuca sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15655. South slope of Damavand Mountain, Alborz Range. Sept. 19, 

 1955. Elevation 9,300 feet. Small tufted perennial. 



230122. Festuca sp. 



Col. No. 15658. South slope of Damavand Mountain, Alborz Range. Sept. 9, 

 1955. Elevation 9,300 feet. Small, rather delicate perennial, in moist gulch. 



230123. Festuca sp. 



Col. No. 15667. South slope of Damavand Mountain, Alborz Range. Sept. 9, 

 1955. Elevation 9,300 feet. Short culm bunchgrass, in moist gulch. 



230124. Agrostis alba L. Poaceae. Redtop. 



Col. No. 15672. Near Ab'Ali, Alborz Range. Sept. 9, 1955. Elevation 7,000 

 feet. Dense crowned perennial; leaves spreading; soil moist. 



230125. Festuca sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15686. Gach Sar, Alborz Range. Sept. 11, 1955. Elevation 6,800 

 feet. Low perennial; leaves short, dense; soil moist. 



