38 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 140 



134248 to 134283. 



From Afghanistan. Seeds collected by Wilbur V. Harlan, collaborator, Bureau 

 of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. Received 

 September 22, 1939. 



134248. Agropyron squarrosum (Roth) Link. Poaceae. Grass. 

 No. 70. From Logar Valley, near Kabul, July 13, 1939. 



For previous introduction see 109438. 



134249. Althaea rosea (L.) Cav. Malvaceae. Hollyhock. 

 No. 84. 



For previous introduction see 122454. 



134250. Andropogon ischaemum L. Poaceae. Grass. 

 No. 73. From a dry wash above the Logar Valley, July 13, 1939. 



For previous introduction see 119617. 



134251. Avena sterilis L. Poaceae. Animated oats. 

 No. 55. Wild oats. 



For previous introduction see 125132. 



134252. Brassica sp. Brassicaceae. 



No. 14. June 16, 1939, at 6,000 feet altitude on Pag Man Road, near Kabul. 



134253. Bromus madritensis L. Poaceae. Madrid bromegrass. 



No. 74. Collected in a very dry wash above Logar Valley, near Kabul, July 

 13, 1939. 



For previous introduction see 89822. 



134254. Cassia absus L. Caesalpiniaceae. 



No. 86. An erect annual tropical legume about 2 feet high, with small red- 

 yellow flowers. Native to Egypt and India. 



For previous introduction see 103606. 



134255. Elymus caput-medusae L. Poaceae. Grass. 



No. 77. Collected July 13, 1939, in a dry wash above the Logar Valley. An 

 annual grass, native to Europe. 



For previous introduction see 111288. 



134256. Festuca elattor L. Poaceae. Meadow fescue. 

 No. 80. From Kabul. 



For previous introduction see 127681. 

 134257 to 134263. Hordeum spp. Poaceae. 



134257. Hordeum distichon var. palmella Harlan. Two-rowed barley. 



No. 52. From Kabul. 



For previous introduction see 129504. 



134258 to 134263. Hordeum vulgare var. pallidum Seringe. 



Six-rowed barley. 

 From Kabul. 



134258. No. 5. 134261. No. 48. 



134259. No. 46. 134262. No. 51. 



134260. No. 47. 134263. No. 68. 



134264. Malva neglecta Wallr. Malvaceae. 



No. 83. Peniraq-Kharbazi. From Kabul. An annual or sometimes a peren- 

 nial mallow with prostrate or seldom erect stems and bright-rose to white 

 flowers. Allied to Malva sylvestris. 



