52 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 134 



127725 to 127761— Continued 



127739. Medicago sativa L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa. 

 No. 4223. Rishka. From Maimana, November 17, at 2,000 feet altitude. 



127740. Mentha sp. Menthaceae. 



No. 4012. ShenshoT). From Khalat, October 5, at 8,000 feet altitude. 

 Leaves used as greens, as medicine, and for flavoring sour milk. 



127741. Pistacia cabulica Stocks. Anacardiaceae. 



No. 4060. From Kandahar, October 23, at 5,000 feet altitude. A tree about 

 1 foot in diameter and 20 feet high, busby and covered with racemes of small 

 pink fruits. 



For previous introduction see 125588. 



127742. Poa btjlbosa L. Poaceae. 



No. 4203. From Bala Murghab, November 15, at 3,000 feet altitude. An 

 important pasture grass, growing on gumbo hills over a wide range of altitude. 



127743 to 127755. Rosa spp. Rosaceae. Rose. 



127743. Rosa sp. 



No. 3839. From Balkh, September 20, at 1,200 feet altitude. A free-flower- 

 ing bush 6 feet high, from the border of a field, with orange-red fruits and 

 leaves without scent. 



127744. Rosa sp. 



No. 3901. From Bagrami, near Kabul, October 3, at 7,000 feet altitude. 

 A nearly thornless floriferous bush 5 feet high, growing on the open plain. 



Nos. 127745 to 127748. From Kabul, October 5, at 7,000 feet altitude. 



127745. Rosa sp. 



No. 3902. A thorny bush 6 feet high, spreading from the root. 



127746. Rosa sp. 



No. 3906. A bush 6 feet high with white fragrant flowers, 1% inches across, 

 in clusters. 



127747. Rosa sp. 



No. 3908. A bush 8 feet high, with yellow to bronze flowers. The stems 

 are sometimes fasciated. 



127748. Rosa sp. 



No. 3909. A cultivated rose of subarborescent habit, with drooping 

 branches like a weeping willow ; the numerous flowers are about 2 inches 

 across. Seen only in Kabul. 



127749. Rosa sp. 



No. 3941. From Ghazni, October 8, at 8,000 feet altitude. A bush 4 feet 

 high, spreading from the roots ; the white fragrant flowers, iy 2 inches in diam- 

 eter, are in clusters. 



127750. Rosa sp. 



No. 3949. From Ghazni, October 8, at 8,000 feet altitude. A bush 8 feet 

 high, with scented leaves, growing at the edge of a field. The fragrant white 

 flowers 1% inches across are in clusters. 



127751. Rosa sp. 



No. 4039. From Sardeh, October 18, at 5,000 feet altitude. A cultivated 

 bush 6 feet tall. 



127752. Rosa sp. 



No. 4205. From Zermast Pass, November 14, at 7,000 feet altitude. A 

 well-formed bush, 8 feet high, growing along a stream. 



127753. Rosa sp. 



No. 4243. From Maimana, November 19, at 2,000 feet altitude. A sub- 

 scandent bush 5 feet high, growing in a hedgerow. 



