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253753 to 253757. Carthamus oxyacantha Bieb. 



253753. Col. No. K944. Abu Ghraib Experiment Station. 



253754. Col. No. K955. Fifteen km. west of Al Falluja. 



253755. Col. No. K967. Five km. south and one km. east of Zuhure Junction, 

 Baghdad. 



253756. Col. No. K968. Five km. south and one km. east of Zuhure Junction, 

 Baghdad. 



253757. Col. No. K969. Five km. south and one km. east of Zuhure Junction, 

 Baghdad. 



253758 to 253765. Carthamus tinctorius L. Safflower. 



253758. Col. No. K903. 'Qurtum'. Hilla bazaar. Seeds reported to have 

 come from Baghdad. 



253759. Col. No. K912. Baghdad bazaar. Said to have come from Tabriz, 

 Iran. 



253760. Col. No. K935. Baghdad bazaar. 



253761. Col. No. K936. Baghdad bazaar. 



253762. Col. No. K937. Abu Ghraib Experiment Station. Mixed varieties. 



253763. Col. No. K1751. Mountain, south end of Kabul, Afghanistan. Plants 

 to twelve dm. high, spineless ; flowers orange and red. 



253764. Col. No. K1755. North of Kabul, Shairpur area, Pushta, Afghanistan. 

 Plant to one meter high. 



253765. Col. No. K1759. Western margin of Kabul, Afghanistan. Plants to 

 two meters high. 



253766. Carthamus sp. 



Col. No. K961. Barren desert where water had accumulated. Thirty-two 

 km. west of Ramadi. Plants to 20 cm. high. 



253767. Carthamus sp. 



Col. No. K964. Eighty-nine km. west of Ramadi. Plant to 10 cm. high. 



253768. Carthamus sp. 



Col. No. K965. Ninety km. west of Ramadi. Plants to 10 cm. high. 



253769. Carthamus sp. 



Col. No. K966. Ninety km. west of Ramadi. Plants to 10 cm. high. 



253770. Centaurea sp. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. K970. Five km. south of Zuhura Junction, Baghdad. Plants to 

 eight cm. high. 



253771 to 253778. Helianthus annuus L. Asteraceae. Common sunflower. 



253771 to 253778. Abu Ghraib Experiment Station, west of Baghdad. 



253771. Col. No. K947. 



253772. Col. No. K948. 



253773. Col. No. K949. 



253774. Col. No. K950. 



253775. Col. No. K951. 



253776. Col. No. K952. 



253777. Col. No. K953. 



253778. Col. No. K954. 



253779. Iris sisyrinchium L. Iridaceae. Moraea iris. 

 Col. No. K963. Thirty km. west of Ramadi. Plants 30 cm. high, abundant. 



253780. Hordeum sp. Poaceae. 

 Col. No. K922. Baghdad bazaar. 



