246 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 168 
269358 to 269414. 
From Afghanistan. Seeds collected by J. R. Harlan, agricultural explorer, 
CEOps Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received 
ov. 9, 1960. 
269358 and 269359. AVENA FATUA L. Poaceae. Wild oats. 
269358. Col. No. 855. Kandahar. Seeds red. 
269359. Col. No. 390. Mountains 46 km. east of Bamian. 
269360. AVENA SATIVA L. Common oats. 
Col. No. 384. ‘Yalov’. Field, 32 km. west of Bamian. Cultivated. 
269361 and 269362. AELUROPUS MACROSTACHYUS Hack. Poaceae. 
269361. Col. No. 338. Sand dunes 74 km. west of Kandahar. Small 
tufts. 
269362. Col. No. 348. Experiment Station, Marja. Mat-forming grass 
about 15 cm. high; extremely salt tolerant. 
269363. AGROPYRON ELONGATUM (Host) Beauv. Poaceae. 
Tall wheatgrass. 
Col. No. 395. Irrigation ditch, Ghazni. Plant one meter high. 
269364. BOTHRIOCHLOA ISCHAEMUM (L.) Keng Poaceae. 
-King’s Ranch bluestem. 
Col. No. 377. Irrigated field in canyon 80 km. north of Kabul. 
269365 and 269366. CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS (L.) Schard Cucurbitaceae. 
Colocynth. 
269365. Col. No. 335. Desert, 39 km. west of Kandahar. Plant small, 
trailing; leaves incised. 
269366. Col. No. 398. Gravelly desert, 102 km. east of Kabul. Vines 
cover area 4.5 meters in diameter. 
269367 and 269368. CUCUMIS MELO L. Cucurbitaceae. Muskmelon. 
269367. Col. No. 341. Girishk store. Fruit elongate, about 35 cm. by 20 
cm; flesh pale-greenish; flavor bananalike. 
269368. Col. No. 342. Girishk store. Fruit globular, 25 cm. diameter; 
skin smooth, yellow and green striped; flesh green; flavor excellent. 
269369. CYMBOPOGON SCHOENANTHUS (L.) Spreng. Poaceae. Camel-hay. 
Col. No. 337. Desert wash, 17 km. south of Kajakai Dam. Plants in 
large clumps; stalks to one meter high; leaves to 20 cm. long. 
269370. CYNODON sp. Poaceae. 
Col. No. 346. Irrigated waste ground, Lashkar Gah. Plants large, blue, 
brittle; head large; seeds many. 
269371 and 269372. CYNODON DACTYLON (L.) Pers. Bermudagrass. 
269371. Col. No. 347. Irrigated waste ground, Lashkar Gah. Mixture 
of intermediate types. 
269372. Col. No. 356. Bank or irrigation ditch 10 km. south of Kander- 
har. Plants tall, vigorous. 
269373. DAUCUS sp. Apiaceae. 
Col. No. 866. Fifteen km. north of Ghazni. Plant seven dm. high. 
269374. ERIANTHUS RAVENNAE (L.) Beauv. Poaceae. Ravenna grass. 
Col. No. 344. Wet wasteland, Lashkar Gah. Bunchgrass to 18 em. high. 
269375. EUCALYPTUS sp. Myrtaceae. 
Col. No. 401. Jalalabad garden. Tree 10 meters high; branches pend- 
ant; leaves narrow, lanceolate or phylodes; fruit in clusters, interrupted on 
branches. 
