334 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 166 



253479 to 253488. 



From Turkey, Spain, and Morocco. Seeds collected by P. F. Knowles, collabo- 

 rator, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Nov. 6, 1958. 



253479. 'Centaurea sp. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. K1818. Forty-nine km. east of Ankara, Turkey. 



253480. Centaurea sp. 



Col. No. K2010. Eight km. southwest of Ougda, Morocco. Plants to 22.5 

 cm. high. 



253481. Centaurea sp. 



Col. No. K2011. Eight km. southwest of Ougda, Morocco. 



253482. Centaurea sp. 



Col. No. K2023. Ten km. northeast of Ougda, Morocco. 



253483. Centaurea sp. 



Col. No. K2024. Ten km. northeast of Ougda, Morocco. Plants to 60 cm. 

 high. 



253484. Centaurea sp. 



Col. No. K2035. Twenty-seven km. northwest of Ougda, Morocco. 



253485. Centaurea sp. 



Col. No. K2036. Twenty-seven km. northwest of Ougda, Morocco. Plant 

 six dm. high. 



253486. Centaurea sp. 



Col. No. K2076. Thirty-eight km. southeast of Cuenca, Tervel road, Spain. 

 Plants to four dm. high. 



253487. Iris reticulata Bieb. Iridaceae, 



Col. No. K2018. Forty-three km. southwest of Ougda, Morocco. Plants to 

 three dm. high. 



253488. Xeranthemum annuum L. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 1828. Twenty-four km. northeast of Sungurlu, Turkey. Plants to 

 30 cm. high ; bracts purple. 



253489 to 253493. 



From Italy, Austria, and Yugoslavia. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricul- 

 tural explorer, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Belts- 

 ville, Md. Received Nov. 6, 1958. 



253489. Cerastium sp. Silenaceae. 



Col. No. 17534. Terminillo, Italy. Elevation 5,200 feet. Perennial form- 

 ing dense matlike cover suitable for holding bank. 



253490. Hyoscyamus niger L. Solanaceae. 



Col. No. 17541. Terminillo, Italy. Elevation 5,200 feet. Perennial to four 

 feet high. 



253491. Saponaria officinalis L. Silenaceae. Bouncing-bet. 



Col. No. 17566. River Amo, Florence, Italy. Perennial rhizomatous herb 

 to one foot high ; flowers lavender, in panicles. 



253492. Sorbus sp. Malaceae. 



Col. No. 17518. Along highway, near Eisenerz, Austria. Elevation 1,200 

 feet. Ornamental tree ; berries bright orange-red. 



253493. ( Undetermined. ) Menthaceae. 



Col. No. 17474. Jasenice, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Elevation 1,900 feet. Pe- 

 rennial herb forming a matlike cover on higher ground. Hardy. 



