JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1955 283 229679 to 229735—Continued 229693. FESTUCA VALESIACA Schleich. ex Gaud. Col. No. 15445. Northeast base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Elevation 10 000 feet. Tall fescue, forming clumps on moist slope. ' 229694. HORDEUM sp. Poaceae. Barley. Col. No. 15318. Eleven miles east of Sanandaj, Kurdistan. Elevation 8 500 feet. Plants to 3 feet high. 229695. HORDEUM sp. Col. No. 15410. Twenty-three miles east of Maragheh, Azerbaijan. Elevation 7,500 feet. Plant low, stooling. 229696. IRIS SPURIA L. Iridaceae. Col. No. 15618. Near Kuhe Rang, Chaharmahal Elevation 8,000 feet. Grow* ing in moist locations. 229697. KOELERIA CRISTATA (L.) Pers. Poaceae. Col. No. 15478. East base of Kuhe Sahand, Azerbaijan. Elevation 10,000 feet. Short leaved, sod-forming perennial. 229698 and 229699. LACTUCA SATIVA L. Cichoriaceae. Lettuce. 229698. Col. No. 15737. 'Kaho'. Market Kalow, Caspian shore. 229699. Col. No. 15763. Market Sari, Caspian plain. 229700. LATHYRUS INCONSPICUUS L. Fabaceae. Pea vine. Col. No. 15278. Five miles north of Kermanshah. Elevation 6,000 feet. Winter and spring annual. 229701. LATHYRUS sp. Col. No. 15494. Fourteen miles southwest of Ardabil, Azerbaijan. Elevation 6,500 feet. Hydrophytic herb. 229702 and 229703. LOLIUM PERENNE L. Poaceae. Ryegrass. 229702. Col. No. 15216. Dastana, south of Shahr-Kord. Elevation 6,800 feet. Sod-forming perennial; well liked by animals. 229703. Col. No. 15490. Thirteen miles southwest of Ardabil, Azerbaijan. Perennial growing along ditch. 229704. ORYZA SATIVA L. Poaceae. Rice. Col. No. 15753. Babol, Caspian plain. 229705. ORYZOPSIS HOLCIFORMIS (M. Bieb.) Hack. Poaceae. Ricegrass. Col. No. 14962. Twenty miles south of Dehbid along road to Shiraz. Elevation 7,000 feet. Perennial; culms to 3 feet high; browsed by animals. 229706. PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM L. Papaveraceae. Opium poppy. Col. No. 15787. Market, Gorgan. 229707 and 229708. PHASEOLUS AUREUS Roxb. Fabaceae. Mung bean* 229707. Col. No. 15734. 'Mash'. Market Kalow, Caspian shore. 229708. Col. No. 15766. 'Mash'. Market Sari, Caspian plain. 229709. PHASEOLUS COCCINEUS L. Scarlet runner bean* Col. No. 15811 Market, Shahrud, Khorasan Province 229710 to 229713. PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L. Common bean* 229710. Col. No. 15721. 'Lubia\ Market Kalow, Caspian shore. Seeds long5 tan. 229711. Col. No. 15731. Market Kalow, Caspian shore. Seeds long. 229712. Col. No. 15771. 'Lubia\ Market, Gorgan. Seeds pink. 229713. Col. No. 15810. 'Lubia'. Market, Shahrud, Khorasan Province..