344 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 166 



253730. Zea mays L. Poaceae. Corn. 



From Brazil. Seeds presented by the Instituto Agronomieo de Estado de Sao 

 Paulo, Campinas. Received Nov. 18, 1958. 



'Cubano'. 



253731. Sesamum indicum L. Pedaliaceae. Sesame. 



From Nigeria. Seeds presented by the Regional Research Station, Ministry of 

 Agriculture, Bamaru Zaria. Received Nov. 18, 1958. 



'Yandev 55'. High-yielding variety maturing in 50 days. 



253732. (Undetermined.) 



From Bolivia. Plant collected and presented by Ira S. Nelson, Southwestern 

 Louisiana Institute, Lafayette, Louisiana. Received Nov. 18, 1958. 



253733. Xanthorrhea tateana F. Muell. Liliaceae. 



From Costa Rica. Seeds presented by C. H. Lankester, Cartago. Received Nov. 

 12, 1958. 



Source of bright ruby colored resin used to color varnish. 



253734 to 253811. 



From Afghanistan and Iraq. Seeds collected by P. F. Knowles, collaborator, New 

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

 Nov. 19, 1958. 



From Iraq unless otherwise noted. 



253734. Astragalus sp. Fabaceae. 



Col. No. K1778. Forty km. west of Ghazni, Afghanistan. Common thorny 

 legume. 



253735. Bromus fasciculatus Presl Poaceae. 



Col. No. K956. Thirty-two km. west of Ramadi. Plants heavily grazed. 



253736. Bromus racemosus L. Bald brome. 

 Col. No. K958. Thirty-two km. west of Ramadi. 



253737. Bromus sp. 



Col. No. K1781. Forty km. west of Ghazni, Afghanistan. 

 253738 to 253751. Carthamus oxyacantha Bieb. Asteraceae. 



253738. Col. No. K896. Hilla-Baghdad road. 



253739. Col. No. K898. Baghdad-Hilla road. 



253740. Col.No.K899. Baghdad-Hilla road. 



253741. Col. No. K901. Thirty-seven km. north of Hilla. 



253742. Col. No. K902. Seven km. north of Hilla. 



253743. Col. No. K907. Twenty km. north of Baghdad. 



253744. Col. No. K908. Thirty-five km. north of Baghdad. 



253745. Col. No. K909. Forty-three km. north of Baghdad. Plants glabrous. 



253746. Col. No. K910. Forty-three km. north of Baghdad. 



253747. Col. No. K938. Abu Ghraib Experiment Station. 



253748. Col. No. K939. Abu Ghraib Experiment Station. 



253749. Col. No. K940. Abu Ghraib Experiment Station. 



253750. Col. No. K941. Abu Ghraib Experiment Station. Plants pubescent ; 

 bracts involucral. 



253751. Col. No. K942. Abu Ghraib Experiment Station. 



253752. Carthamus sp. 



Col. No. K943. Abu Ghraib Experiment Station. Intermediate between G. 

 oxyacantha and 0. tinctorius. Flowers yellow. 



