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127416 to 127486— Continued 



127423 and 127424. Allium sativum L. Liliaceae. Garlic. 



127423. No. 4272. Sio. Bulblets from Andkhin, November 25, 1937. Climate 

 very hot in summer. 



127424. No. 4328. Bulb from Charikar, December 25, 1937. 



127425. Spinacia olekacea L. Chenopodiaceae. Common spinach. 



No. 4192. Palak. From Herat, October 13, 1937, at 3,000 feet altitude. 



Nos. 127426 to 127428. From Londa, Bombay Presidency, India, January 

 23, 1938, at 2,000 feet altitude. 



127426. Gentiana sp. Gentianaceae. 



A plant with nymphaealike leaves about 6 inches across and an abundance 

 of fragrant white flowers about 1 inch across with yellow centers. The petals 

 are delicately dissected ; one of the handsomest of aquatics. 



127427. Nymphaea sp. Nymphaeaceae. 



No. 4385. The large white flowers, 4^2 inches across, rather coarse, but 

 extremely fragrant, are borne 6 inches above the surface in ponds 4 feet deep. 

 They bloom in the daytime in the cold season. 



127428. Nymphaea sp. 



No. 4386. The very fragrant, pale-pink flowers, 3 inches across, are borne 

 about 5 inches above the surface in shallow ponds. A clay bloomer. 



127429 to 127433. Amygdalus peesica L. Amygdalaceae. Peach. 



Nos. 127429 to 127432. Shaftalu. From Kabul, October 6, at 7,000 feet 

 altitude. 



127429. No. 3913. Fruit globose, 3 inches in diameter, mostly crimson ; flesh 

 cream ; a clingstone of good flavor. 



127430. No. 3914. Fruit globose,. 1% inches in diameter, yellow ; flesh yellow ; 

 a freestone of good flavor. 



127431. No. 3915. Fruit subglobose, 1% inches in diameter, nearly two- 

 thirds crimson ; flesh yellow, a clingstone of good flavor. 



127432. No. 3916. Fruit globose, 1% to 2% inches in diameter, green yellow 

 with red cheek ; flesh white, stained red at the pit ; a freestone. 



127433. No. 3942. From Ghazni, October 8, 1937, at 8,000 feet altitude. A 

 clingstone 2 inches high, yellow with a crimson cheek ; flesh cream of 

 good flavor. 



127434. Amygdalus sp. Amygdalaceae. 



No. 4318. From Kabul, December 12, 1937. Said to have come from the 

 Hindu Kush Range nearby ; fruit edible ; plant possibly ornamental. 



127435 to 127437. Beta vulgaeis L. Chenopodiaceae. Common beet. 



127435. No. 3940. La'bla'bu or Chakundur. From the market at Ghazni, 

 October 8, 1937, at 8,000 feet altitude. A red beet, in form like a mangel- 

 wurzel. 



1279436. No. 4181. Chakundur. From Herat, October 13, 1937, at 3,000 feet 

 altitude. A long red beet. 



127437. No. 4221. Chakundur. From Maimana, October 16, 1937, at 2,.000 

 feet altitude. A mixed sample of red and white beets. 



127438 to 127441. Beassica spp. Brassicaceae. 



127438. Brassica olebacea capitata L. Cabbage. 



No. 4188. Kami. From Herat at 3,000 feet altitude, November 13, 1937. 

 Heads small, round, of good quality ; probably adapted to heat. 



127439. Beassica oleeacea gongylodes L. Kohlrabi. 



No. 4189. From Herat, at 3,000 feet altitude, November 13, 1937. 



