JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1958 273 



251235 to 251282. 



From Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, and India. Seeds collected by P. F. Knowles, col- 

 laborator, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Belts- 

 viUe, Md. Received Sept. 19, 1958. 



251235 to 251240. Lyallpur Agricultural College, Lyallpur, Pakistan. 



251235. Brassica campestris L. Brassicaceae. Bird rape. 

 Col. No. K369. 



251236. Brassics napus L. Rape. 

 Col. No. K369. 



251237. Brassica campestris L. Bird rape. 

 Col. No. K370. 



251238. Brassica campestris var. sarson Prain Sarson. 

 Col. No. K368. 



251239. Brassica juncea (L.) Coss. Chinese mustard 

 Col. No. K371. 



251240. Brassica napus L. Rape. 

 Col. No. K366. 



251241. Brassica sp. 



Col. No. K1031. Alexandria bazaar, Egypt. 

 251242 and 251243. Cicer arietinum L. Fabaceae. Chickpea. 



251242. Col. No. K674. Armitsar bazaar, India. 



251243. Col. No. K1030. Alexandria bazaar, Egypt. 



251244. Citrullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 



Col. No. K675. Amritsar bazaar, India. 

 251245 to 251247. Lactuca sativa L. Cichoriaceae. Garden lettuce. 



251245. Col. No. K1058. Kena, Egypt. Grown for oil in same manner as 

 safflower. 



251246. Col. No. K1065. Qus, Egypt. 



251247. Col. No. K1066. Warehouse of Ibrahim Osman, Qus, Egypt. 



251248. Lens culinaris Medic. Fabaceae. Lentil. 

 Col. No. K1068. Kena, Egypt. 



251249. Eremopyrum orientale (L.) Taub. & Spach Poaceae. 



Col. No. K1507. Nine miles northwest of Tabriz, Iran. Plants to six inches 

 high. 



251250. Agrostis alba L. Poaceae. Redtop. 

 Col. No. 1523. Thirty-two miles west of Tabriz, West Pakistan. 



251251. Poa sp. 



Col. No. 1632. Hot springs north side of Mount Favalen, east of Tabriz, Iran. 



251252. Bothriochola ischaemtjm (L.) Keng Poaceae. 



Kings Ranch bluestem. 



Col. No. 1582. Twenty-four miles northwest of Ardebil, Iran. Plants to 24 

 inches high. 



251253. Cannabis sativa L. Moraceae. Hemp. 

 Col. No. 1491. 'Shahdaneh'. Flaverjan bazaar, Iran. 



251254. Carthamus glauctts Bieb. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 1110. One mile north of Wadi Tabis, Jordan. 



251255 to 251261. Carthamus syriacus (Boiss.) Dinsm. 



251255. CoL No. K1093. Twenty-five miles from Amman, Ardah Road, 

 Jordan. Pubescent ; long bracts. 



