JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1955 301 



230110 to 230140— Continued 



230126. Festuca sp. 



Col. No. 15702. Thirty miles south of Kalow, Caspian side of Alborz. Sept. 12, 

 1955. Elevation 6,500 feet. Short-tufted perennial, on sedimentary rocks. 



230127. Hordeum sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15637. Dastana, Chaharmahal. Aug., 1955. Elevation 6,500 feet. 

 Winter and spring annual on rocky soil. 



230128 and 230129. Poa pratensis L. Poaceae. Kentucky bluegrass. 



230128. Col. No. 15575. Dastana, Chaharmahal. Aug. 24, 1955. Elevation 

 6,700 feet. Leafy hydrophytic perennial. 



230129. Col. No. 15599. East base of Kuhe Zard, Chaharmahal. Aug. 27, 

 1955. Elevation 8,500 feet. Perennial in moist soil. 



230130. Poa sp. 



Col. No. 15660. South slope of Damavand Mountain, Alborz Range. Sept. 9, 

 1955. Elevation 9,300 feet. Perennial in moist gulch. 



230131. Poa sp. 



Col. No. 15661. South slope of Damavand Mountain, Alborz Range. Sept. 9, 

 1955. Elevation 9,300 feet. Perennial with numerous culms. 



230132. Poa pratensis L. Kentucky bluegrass. 



Col. No. 15663. South slope of Damavand Mountain, Alborz Range. Sept. 9, 

 1955. Elevation 9,300 feet. Colonial perennial in moist gulch. 



230133. Secale sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15205. Dastana, south of Shahr-Kord. July 9, 1955. Elevation 6,800 

 feet. Spring annual. 



230134. Setaria sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15620. Faridan. Aug. 28, 1955. Elevation 7,000 feet. Annual 

 weed. 



230135. Setaria sp. 



Col. No. 15677. Near Ab'Ali, Alborz Range. Sept. 10, 1955. Elevation 6,000 

 feet. Tender annual weed. 



230138. Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. Foxtail millet. 



Col. No. 15681. 'Ar^an'. Sixteen miles north of Karaj, Alborz Range. Sept. 

 11, 1955. Elevation 5,000 feet. Annual to 1 foot high; seeds edible, also used for 

 bird seed. 



230137. Sporobolus sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15450. Northeast base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Aug. 4, 1955. 

 Elevation 10,000 feet. Hydrophyte; foliage dense. 



230138. Sporobolus sp. 



Col. No. 15451. Northeast base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Aug. 4, 1955. 

 Elevation 10,000 feet. Black-top hydrophyte; leaf cover very dense. 



230130. Stipa sp. Poaceae. 



Col. No. 15648. South slope of Damavand Mountain, Alborz Range. Sept. 8, 

 1955. 



230140. Stipa sp. 



Col. No. 15703. Thirty miles south of Kalow, Caspian side of Alborz. Sept. 12, 

 1955. Elevation 6,500 feet. Perennial on rocky slope. 



230141. Telopea speciosissima (J. E. Sm.) R. Br. Proteaceae. 



Crimson waratah. 



From Australia. Seeds presented bv H. G. Kershaw, Pymble, New South Wales. 

 Received Nov. 17, 1955. 



