JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1958 355 



254082 to 264090. 



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

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

 Nov. 26, 1958. 



254082 and 254083. Cabthamus flavescexs Willd. Asteraceae. 



254082. Col. No. K1337. Fifteen km. south of Saadiyah, Iraq. Plants to 

 six dm. high. 



254083. Col. No. K133S. Nineteen km. south of Saadiyah, seven km, north of 

 Mikadadiyah, Iraq. 



254084 to 254086. Carthamus glaucus Bieb. 



254084. Col. No. K1303. Forty km. southeast of Sulaimaniya, Iraq. 



254085. Col. No. K1334. Sixty-eight km. south of Arbet, Iraq. 



254086. Col. No. K1335. One hundred and fifty-five km. south of Arbet, 

 Iraq. 



254087. Carthamus lanatus L. 



Col. No. K21&4. Lisbon highway, seven km. north of Trujillo, Spain. 



254088 and 254089. Carthamus oxyacantha Bieb. 



254088. Col. No. K1284. Fifty-four km. east of Kirkuk, Iraq. 



254089. Col. No. K1333. Sixty-eight km. south of Arbet, Iraq. 



254090. Carthamus tinctorius L. Safflower. 

 Col. No. K2192. Jefatura Agronomica de Cuenca, Spain. 



254091 to 254106. 



From Mexico. Plants collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 Nov. 26, 1958. 



254091. Cissus sp. Yitaceae. 



Col. No. 17653. Near Macusari Dam, Rio Mayo, Sonora. Perennial herb; 

 leaves attractive. 



254092. Dioon sp. Cycadaceae. 



254094. Spiranthes polyantha Reichb. f. Orchidaceae. Orchid. 



Col. No. 17672. Santa Ana, near Yicora, Sonora. Elevation 2,800 feet. 

 Perennial herb ; leaves in rosette ; roots succulent. 



254095. (Undetermined.) 



Col. No. 17664. Cedros Range, Sonora. Elevation 3,500 feet. Perennial; 

 roots fibrous. 



254096. Agave angustissima Engelm. Amaryllidaceae. 

 Col. No. 17640. Cerros de Mochis, Sinaloa. 



254097. Agave mescal Koch 



Col. No. 17684. 'Lechiguilla Verde'. Cedros Range, Sonora. Elevation 

 3,000 feet. Single rosettes. 



254098. Agave palmeri Engelm. 



Col. No. 17681. Two miles south of Imuris, Sonora. Small, suckering, gray- 

 ish rosettes, turning red after seeding. 



254099. Agave parviflora Torr. 



Col. No. 17690. 'Tanta'. Matape, Sonora. Rosettes with spotted leaves. 



254100. Agave yaquiana Trel. 



Col. No. 17675. Between Nuri and Santa Ana, Sonora. Elevation 2,200 feet. 



254101. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 17624. North of Matape, Sonora. Plant glaucous gray, rosettes 

 medium-sized. 



