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250798. Col. No. K724. 



250799. Col. No. K725. 



250800. Col. No. K777. Kandahar bazaar. 



250801 and 250802. 



From Nepal. Plants presented by the United States Operations Mission, Kat- 

 mandu. Received Sept. 4, 1958. 



250801. Begonia sp. Begoniaceae. 

 Leaves variegated. 



250802. Begonia sp. 

 Leaves green. 



250803 to 250807. Lolium rigidum Gaud. Poaceae. 



Wimmera ryegrass. 



From Australia. Seeds presented by F. H. Brunning Propriety,. Limited, Mel- 

 bourne, Victoria. Received Sept. 4, 1958. 



250803. No. 1299. Apsley, Victoria. 



250804. No. 1410. Shepparaton, Victoria. 



250805. No. 1411. Shepparaton, Victoria. 



250806. No. 1412. Shepparaton, Victoria. 



250807. No. 1443. Finley, N.S.W. 



250808. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench Poaceae. 



From India. Seed presented by the Rockefeller Foundation, New Delhi. 

 Received Sept. 4, 1958. 



I.S. 2182. Tetraploid. From Coimbatore. 



250809. Humulus lupulus L. Moraceae. Common hop. 



From Yugoslavia. Roots collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 Sept 5, 1958. 



Col. No. 17525. East of Ljubljana, Slovenia. One of the best Yugoslav 

 varieties. 



250810. Pyhus communis L. Malaceae. Common pear. 



From Austria. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 Sept. 5, 1958. 



Col. No. 17523. Near Wells. 



250811 to 250951. 



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

 Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received Sept. 4, 1958. 



Collected July 12 to 30, 1958. 



250811 and 250812. Cakthamus lanatus L. Asteraceae. 



250811. Col. No. K1694. One km. west of Golistan. 



250812. Col. No. K1700. Fifteen km. south of Tehran. 

 250813 to 250818. Cakthamus oxyacantha Bieb. 



250813. Col. No. K1440. Twenty-five km. southeast of Isfahan, near 

 Mishan. 



250814. Col. No. K1663. Fifteen km. southeast of Meshed. 



250815. Col. No. K1665. Thirty-six km. southeast of Meshed, near Baghara- 

 bat. 



