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250692 to 250695. Saccharum (hybrids). Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



From Argentina. Cuttings presented by the Ministerio de Agricultura y Gana- 

 deria, Buenos Aires. Received Sept. 2, 1958. 



250692. C.B. 36-14. 



250693. C.B. 38-5. 



250694. C.B. 40-11. 



250695. Tuc. 319 F. 



250696 to 250800. 



From Iran and Afghanistan. Seed collected by P. F. Knowles, collaborator. New 

 Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 Sept. 3, 1958. 



250696 to 250759. From Iran. Collected July 14-24. 195S. 



250696. Aegilops triuncialis L. Poaceae. Barb goatgrass. 

 Col. No. K1512. Forty-nine km. northwest of Tabriz. 



250697. Bromus japonicus Thunb. Poaceae. 

 Col. No. K1521. Fifty-two km. west of Tabriz. 



250698 to 250703. Carthamus lanatus L. Asteraceae. 



250698. Col. No. K1579. Six km. northwest of Ardebil. 



250699. Col. No. 1586. Forty-eight km. northwest of Ardebil. 



250700. Col. No. K1593. One hundred and twenty-eight km. northwest 

 of Ardebil, Moghan road. 



250701. Col. No. K1635. Sixty-one km. west of Lari. 



250702. Col. No. K1845. One km. north of Golmacon, northwest of 

 Meshed. 



250703. Col. No. K1646. One km. north of Golmacon, northwest of Me- 

 shed. Flowers light purple. 



250704 to 250707. Carthamus oxyacantha Bieb. Asteraceae. 



250704. Col. No. K1610. One hundred and fifty-seven km. south of 

 Moghan. 



250705. Col. No. K1641. One hundred and ninety-one km. from Lari, 

 Tabriz road. 



250706. Col. No. K1643. Eleven km. northwest of Meshed. 



250707. Col. No. K1657. One km. north of Golmacon, northwest of 

 Meshed. 



250708 to 250724. Carthamus tinctorius L. Safflower. 



250708 to 250712. Isfahan bazaar. 



250708. Col. No. K1481. 



250709. Col. No. K1482. 



250710. Col. No. K1483. 



250711. Col. No. K1484. 



250712. Col. No. K1485. 



250713 and 250714. Flaverjan bazaar, 20 km. west of Isfahan. 



250713. Col. No. K1492. 



250714. Col. No. K1493. 



250715. Col. No. K1496. 'Kousheh'. Three km. west of Flaverjan. 

 Flowers orange and red. 



