JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 195 8 



225 



249946 to 249999. 



From Iran. Seed collected by P. F. Knowles, collaborator, Xew Crops Research 

 Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Aid. Received Aug. 12, 1958. 



Collected June 1, 2, and 3, 1958, on Ahvaz-Dizful road, via Shush and Andim- 

 ishk, unless otherwise noted. 



249946 to 249949. Caethamus glaucus Bieb. Asteraceae. 



249946. Col. Xo. KS71. 



249947. Col. Xo. K882. Flower blue. 



249948. Col. Xo. KSS3. Flower white. 



249949. Col. Xo. K895. 



249950 to 249953. Cabthamus laxatus L, 



249950. Col. Xo. K857. Flowers light yellow. 



249951. Col. Xo. K860. 



249952. Col. Xo. KS67. East of sugar cane field, old site of Haft Tape. 

 Flowers light yellow. 



249953. Col. Xo. K869. Flowers light yellow. 

 249954 to 249980. Caethamus oxyacaxtha Bieb. 



249954. Col. Xo. K827. Plant pubescent and glabrous. 



249955. Col. No. K828. Six miles north of Abadan. Plant vigorous, pu- 

 bescent, glabrous. 



249956. Col. Xo. K831. Fifty-four miles north of Abadan. Plant pubes- 

 cent, glabrous ; heads small. 



249957. Col. Xo. K832. Xear airport, Ahvaz. Plant to 30 inches high, 

 pubescent, glabrous. 



Ten miles east of Ahvaz. Plant to 12 inches high ; 



249958. Col. Xo. K833. 

 pubescent. 



249959. Col. Xo. K834. 

 pubescent. 



249960. Col. Xo. K835. 



249961. Col. Xo. K837. 



Seven miles east of Ahvaz. Plant to 30 inches high, 



Plant to 30 inches high, glabrous. 



Three miles east of Ahvaz. Plants pubescent. 



249962. Col. Xo. KS38. Four and one-half miles south of Ahvaz. Plant 

 to five feet high, vigorous. 



249963 to 249975. Plants pubescent. 



249963. Col. Xo. K842. 



249964. Col. Xo. K843. 



249965. Col. Xo. K851. 



249966. Col. Xo. K858. 



249967. Col. Xo. K861. 



249968. Col. Xo. K863. 



249969. Col. Xo. K866. 



249970. Col. Xo. K870. 



249971. Col. Xo. K872. 



249972. Col. Xo. K873. 



249973. Col. Xo. K880. 



249974. Col. Xo. K881. 



249975. Col. Xo. K888. 

 249976 to 249979. Glabrous. 



249976. Col. Xo. K889. Fifteen miles southeast of Dizful. 



Canefield south of Shush. 



Fifteen miles north of Shush. 



