312 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 1G3 



230336 and 230337. Pimpinella anisum L. Apiaceae. Anise, 



From Egvpt. Seeds presented bv the United States Operations Mission, Cairo. 

 Received Dec. 2, 1955. 



230336. B. 



230337. C. 



230338 to 230363. 



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

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

 Dec. 2, 1955. 



230338. Crataegus sp. Malaceae. 



Col. No. 15745. Between Kalow and Babul Sar, along the Caspian shore. Sept. 

 13, 1955. Spreading shrub; fruits small. 



230339. Chrysanthemum sp. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 15253. Canyon above Dastana, south of Shahr-Kord. July 12, 1955. 

 Elevation 7,500 feet. Low, perennial bush. 



230340. Coronilla varia L. Fabaceae. Crownvetch. 



Col. No. 15411. Thirty -four miles northeast of Maragheh, Azerbaijan. Aug. 

 3, 1955. Elevation 7,500 feet. 



230341. Cornus sp. Cornaceae. 



Col. No. 15704. Thirty miles south of Kalow, Caspian side of Alborz. Sept. 12, 

 1955. Elevation 6,500 feet. Slender, monopodial shrub. 



230342. Cornus sp. 



Col. No. 15712. Twenty-five miles south of Kalow, Caspian slope of Alborz. 

 Sept. 12, 1955. Elevation 6,000 feet. Polypodial, spreading shrub. 



230343. Ferula sp. Apiaceae. 



Col. No. 15616. Kuhe Rang, Chaharmahal. Aug. 28, 1955. Elevation 8,500 

 feet. Rosette perennial with panicles to 6 feet high on rocky slope. 



230344. Glycyrrhiza sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 15572. Dastana, Chaharmahal. Aug. 24, 1955. Elevation 6,700 

 feet. Annual or short-lived perennial, to 3 feet high. Used as green manure. 



230345. Lathyrus cicera L. Fabaceae. Flatpod peavime. 



Col. No. 15584. 'Gavdaneh'. Seven miles northwest of Shahr-Kord, Chahar- 

 mahal. Aug. 26, 1955. Elevation 7,000 feet. Annual herb forming thick cover. 



230346. Vicia sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. 15189. Near Ghaverokh, along road to Shahr-Kord. July 7, 1955. 

 Elevation 7,700 feet. Branching, vine-like, annual herb. 



230347 and 230348. Lotus corniculatus L. Fabaceae. Birdsfoot trefoil. 



230347. Col. No. 15317. Eleven miles east of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. July 28, 

 1955. Elevation 8,500 feet. 



230348. Col. No. 15594. East base of Kuhe Zard, Chaharmahal. Aug. 27, 

 1955. Elevation 8,500 feet. 



230349. Medicago polymorpha var. vulgaris (Benth.) Shinners Fabaceae. 



California burclover. 



Col. No. 15156-A. Bajgah. Eight miles east of Shiraz. July 1, 1955. Eleva- 

 tion 5,500 feet. 



230350. Medicago turbinata (L.) All. Burclover. 

 Col. No. 15558. Esfahan. Aug. 20, 1955. Elevation 5,300 feet. 



230351. Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam. Yellow sweetclover. 



Col. No. 15213. Dastana, south of Shahr-Kord. July 9, 1955. Elevation 

 6,800 feet. Spring annual; flowers yellow, to 3 feet high. 



