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138744. Melilotus indica (L.) All. Fabaceae. Sweetclover. 



No. 5861. From Bushire, Fars, April 14, 1940. An ephemeral plant, from 

 8 to 12 inches high, growing in winter rainy season and dying down during 

 the hot dry summer. 



138745 to 138747. Panicum miliaceum L. Poaceae. Broomcorn millet. 



138745. No. 5179. Arzan. From Isin, December 17, 1939. Common grain. 



138746. No. 5269. Arzan. From Saidabad, Kirman, December 31, 1939. 



138747. No. 5676. Arzan. From Eglit, Fars Province, March 8, 1940. 

 138748 and 138749. Sorghum vulgare Pers. Poaceae. Sorghum. 



138748. No. 5183. Zorat. From Isin, December 17, 1939. Receives very 

 little water. 



138749. No. 5224. Zaurakisnfed. From Saadatabad, Kirman, December 

 22, 1939. 



138750 to 138752. Trifolium suaveolens Willd. Fabaceae. 



Fragrant clover. 



138750. No. 5585. Yonje. From Yezd, February 20, 1940. Adapted to a 

 hot desert climate. 



138751. No. 5643. Yonje. From Isfahan, February 27, 1940. Adapted to 

 a hot climate and winter frost. 



138752. No. 5653. Shabdar. From Isfahan, March 2, 1940. An annual or 

 biennial clover. 



138753. Trifolium sp. Fabaceae. Clover. 



No. 5302. From Balvard, Kirman, January 1, 1940. A low, creeping clover 

 that grows in shallow watercourses. Said to be eaten only by horses. 



138754 to 138763. Vicia faba L. Fabaceae. Broadbean. 



Bakla is the vernacular name for the broadbean in Iran. 



138754. No. 5198. From Bandar Abbas, December 20, 1939. 



138755. No. 5307. From Saidabad, Kirman, January 1, 1940. 



138756. No. 5319. From Kirman, Kirman, January 3, 1940. 



138757. No. 5344. From Kirman, Kirman, January 4, 1940. 



138758. No. 5436. From Bam, January 25, 1940. 



138759. No. 5494. From Tomogaon, February 5, 1940. 



138760. No. 5607. From Dehibala, Shirkuh, February 22, 1940. 



138761. No. 5721. From Shiraz, Fars, March 15, 1940. Food crop, sown in 

 fall. 



138762. No. 5727. From Jahrum, Fars, March 20, 1940. 



138763. No. 5759. From Niriz, Fars, March 29, 1940. 



138764. Vigna cylindrica (Stickm.) Skeels. Fabaceae. Catjang. 



No. 5265. Lobia. From Saidabad, Kirman, December 31, 1939. 

 138765 to 138775. Vigna sinensis (Torner) Hassk. Fabaceae. Cowpea. 



Lobia is the vernacular name for cowpea in Iran. 



138765. No. 5209. From Bandar Abbas, December 20, 1939. 



138766. No. 5374. From Khabis, Kirman, January 11, 1940. 



138767. No. 5376. From Khabiz, Kirman, January 11. 1940. 



138768. No. 5434. From Bam, January 25, 1940. 



