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253871. Drosera sp. Droseraceae. 



From Australia. Seeds collected by G. H. Spaulding, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 Nov. 24, 1958. 



Col. No. S-91. Five miles north of Moore, Western Australia. Plants with 

 large rosettes of red leaves ; scapes to 10 inches high ; flowers pink or white. 



253872 to 253897. 



From Syria, Iraq and Israel. Seeds collected by P. F. Knowles, collaborator, 

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

 Received Nov. 24, 1958. 



253872 to 253884. Carthamus oxyacantha Bieb. Asteraceae. 



253872. Col. No. K1182. Nine km. east of Mosul, Erbil road, Iraq. 



253873. Col. No. K1194. Seventy-one km. from Mosul, Erbil road, Iraq. 



253874. Col. No. K1184. Forty km. east of Mosul, Erbil road, Oraq. 

 Typical. Plants with vegetative heads. 



253875. Col. No. K1204. Forty-one km. north of Hosul, Iraq. 



253876. Col. No. K1212. Eighty-eight km. north of Mosul, Iraq. 



253877. Col. No. K1256. Nineveh ruins east of Mosul, Iraq. 



253878. Col. No. K1261. Fifteen km. north of Baghdad, Kirkuk road, Iraq. 

 Plants pubescent. 



253879. Col. No. K1263. Fifteen km. north of Deltawa, Iraq. 



253880. Col. No. K1264. Fifteen km. south of Kirkuk, Iraq. 



253881. Col. No. K1279. Twenty km. east of Kirkuk, Iraq. 



253882. Col. No. K1281. Twenty-seven km. east of Kirkuk, Iraq. Plants 

 hardy, vigorous. 



253883. Col. No. K1292. Seventy-three km. east of Kirkuk, Iraq. 



253884. Col. No. K1301. Twenty km. southeast of Sulaimanlya, Iraq. 

 253885 to 253888. Carthamus syriacus (Boiss.) Dinsm. 



253885. Col. No. K1128. Jerusalem-Jericho road, Israel. 



253886. Col. No. K1129. Three km. north of Jericho, Jerusalem. 



253887. Col. No. K1166. Harasta, Damascus, Aleppo road, Syria. 



253888. Col. No. K1170. Damascus-Aleppo road, 26 km. from Damascus, 

 Syria. 



253889 to 253891. Carthamus tenuis (Boiss. & Blanche) Bornm. 



253889. Col. No. K1124. Base of Mount of Olives, Jerusalem, Israel. Plants 

 abundant. 



253890. Col. No. K1125. Jericho road, Jerusalem. 



253891. Col. No. K1174. Eight km. south of Hama, Damascus- Aleppo road, 

 Syria. 



253892 to 253897. Carthamus tinctorius L. Safflower. 



253892. Col. No. K1131. Two km. north of Howarah, Nablus-Jerusalem 

 highway, Israel. Plants spineless ; flowers red ; grown for petals. 



253893. Col. No. K1132. Nablus-Jerusalem highway, Howarah, Israel. 

 Flowers red. 



253894. Col. No. K1133. Nablus, Jerusalem. Flowers red. 



253895. Col. No. K1158. Damascus bazaar, Syria. 



253896. Col. No. K1160. Damascus bazaar, Syria. 



253897. Col. No. K1159. Damascus bazaar, Syria. 



