APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1941 25 



141553 to 141730— Continued 



141700. No. 7232. Taratezak. From Shahrud, Khorassan, September 26, 1940. 

 A salad plant. 



141701. No. 7127. Taratezak. From Nishabur, Khorassan, September 20, 1940. 

 A salad plant. 



141702 to 141704. Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. Cucurbitaceae. 



Singkwa towelgourd. 



141702. No. 6200 Tori. From Tehran, June 21, 1940. Tender fruits used as 

 vegetable. 



141703. No. 6648. Tori. From Meshed, Khorassan, August 13, 1940. A rare 

 vegetable. 



141704. No. 7066. Tori. From Turbati Haidari, Khorassan, September 13, 1940. 

 A rare vegetable. 



141705. Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. Suakwa towelgourd. 

 No. 6209. Tori. From Tehran, June 24, 1940. Tender fruits used as vegetable. 



141706. Rub us sp. Rosaceae. 



No. 6361. From Khairat, Mazenderan, July 26, 1940. A prostrate plant, with 

 white flowers and rather inferior black fruits lacking bloom, growing in part shade 

 in forest. 



141707. Rubus sp. 



No. 6299. From Gurgan, Mazenderan, July 12, 1940. A dense shrub about 6 feet 

 high, with an abundance of small rose-purple flowers; fruit small, good flavor. 



141708. Rubus sp. 



No. 6403. From Nizamabad, Mazenderan — July 30, 1940. A prostrate plant bear- 

 ing black fruits without bloom; flowers white. 



141709. Rubus sp. 



No. 6491. Tamishk. From Kotaliyekchinar, Khorassan, August 6, 1940. A dense 

 bushy form about 7 feet high, with small rose-purple flowers 3^2 inch across and 

 good-flavored firm black fruits. 



141710. Solanum sp. Solanaceae. 



No. 6679. From Bardu Forest, Khorassan, August 19, 1940. A scandent plant 

 with scarlet fruits, found along streams. 



141711. Solanum sp. 



No. 6373. From Khairat, Mazenderan, July 25, 1940. A low plant 8 inches high, 

 with entire elliptical leaves and 1 to 2 fruits, growing in dense shade. 



141712 to 141717. Spinacia oleracea L. Chenopodiaceae. Common spinach. 



The vernacular name for spinach is isfinaj in Iran. 



141712. No. 5893. From Bushire, Fars, April 15, 1940. 



141713. No. 5893-A. From Bushire, Fars, April 15, 1940. 



141714. No. 7196. From Sabzawar, Khorassan, September 24, 1940. 



141715. No. 7196-A. From Sabzawar, Khorassan, September 24, 1940. 



141716. No. 6779. From Turbati Shaikh Jam, Khorassan, August 23, 1940. 



141717. No. 6918. From Tabas, Khorassan, September 8, 1940. 



141718. Tragopogon sp. Cichoriaceae. 



No. 5993. From Pashimshurun, Bakhtiari, May 9, 1940. A low plant 6 inches 

 high, growing on a steppe without summer rains. 



141719. Tragopogon sp. 



No. 6069. From Durud, Luristan, May 20, 1940. A plant about \y 2 feet high, 

 with purple flowers; growing in wet meadows. 



