324 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 166 



253272 to 253278. 



From Israel. Seeds presented by the Department of Agriculture, Soil Con- 

 servation Service, Akiria, Tel Aviv. Received Oct. 27, 1958. 



253272. Hordeum btjlbosum L. Poaceae. Bulbous barley, 



253273. Oryzopsis coerulescens (Desf.) Hack. Poaceae. Ricegrass. 



253274. Oryzopsis holctformis (Bieb.) Hack. Ricegrass. 



253275 and 253276. Oryzopsis miliacea (L.) Benth. & Hook, ex Aschers. & 

 Scbweinf Smilograss. 



253275. No. 1. 



253276. No. 2. 



253277 and 253278. Phalaris aquatica L. Large canarygrass. 



253277. No. 1. 



253278. No. 2. 



253279 to 253287. 



From Turkey. Seeds collected from P. F. Knowles, collaborator, New Crops 

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

 28, 1958. 



253279. Centaurea sp. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. K1816. Forty-nine km. east of Ankara. 



253280. Centaurea sp. 



Col. K1845. Thirty-nine km. southwest of Ankara. Plant to 30 cm. high. 



253281. Centaurea sp. 



Col. No. K1855. Six km. southeast of Polatti. Plant to six cm. high; 

 flowers yellow. 



253282. Centaurea sp. 



Col. No. K1859. Four km. east of Sivrihisar. Flowers purple. 



253283. Dipsacus sp. Dipsacaceae. 



■Col. No. K1823. Seven km. northeast of Sungurlu. Plant to two meters 

 high. 



253284. Olaucium cornioulatum (L.) Curtis Papaveraceae. 

 Col. No. K1809. Eleven km. east of Ankara, on road to Cerikli. 



253285. Nigella sp. Ranunculaceae. 



Col. No. K1829. Twenty-four km. northeast of Sungurlu. Plant to 50 cm. 

 high ; flowers white. 

 253286 and 253287. Pap aver somniferum L. Papaveraceae. Opium poppy. 



253286. Col. No. K1834. Amasya bazaar. Flowers purple. 



253287. Col. No. K1835. Amasya hazaar. Seeds white. 



253288. Pueraria mirifica Shaw & Sav. Fabaceae. 



From Thailand. Tubers presented by the Department of Agriculture, Bangkok. 

 Received Oct. 28, 1958. 

 This species may contain estrogenic acid. 



253289. Pinus nigra Arnold Pinaceae. Austrian pine. 



From Yugoslavia. Seed presented by the Agrariacoop Seed House, Zagreb. 

 Received Oct. 28, 1958. 



253290 to 253324. 



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

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

 Oct. 28, 1958. 



