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254524. Col. No. 16851. Granitic alluvium, Aguanga, Baja California, Mexico. 

 Elevation 2,400 feet. Low, wide, cespitose shrub; shoots strong; capsules 

 large ; seeds few, larger than average for area. 



254525. Col. No. 16852. Granitic alluvium, Aguanga, Baja California, Mexico. 

 Elevation 2,400 feet. Shrub 14 feet high; capsules fair set, elongated, late 

 maturing ; seeds longer than average. 



254526. Col. No. 16863. Bare, open slope; sedimentary formation, Eden Re- 

 sort, Baja California, Mexico. Elevation 2,500 feet. Seeds from several 

 mature shrubs ; capsules few, small, beginning to dehisce. 



254527. Col. No. 16865. Granitic alluvium, Joshua Tree, San Bernardino 

 County, California. Elevation 3,000 feet. Spreading, symmetrical shrub to 

 seven feet high, good habit, cold-hardy ; capsules medium size, at every node ; 

 seeds mature, single, falling. 



254528. Col. No. 16867. Granitic gravel, Barrett, San Diego County, Cali- 

 fornia. Elevation 1,000 feet. Symmetrical, open shrub to four feet high ; 

 capsules light-seeded, matures late. 



254529. Col. No. 16868. Granitic gravel, Barrett, San Diego County, Cali- 

 fornia. A mixed collection. 



254530. Col. No. 16869. Sedimentary loam and clay, Bonita, San Diego County, 

 California. Elevation 400 feet. Seeds from several shrubs, larger ones from 

 along highway benefitting from rain runoff. 



254531. Col. No. 16870. Sedimentary clay loam, Bonita, San Diego County, 

 California. Elevation 400 feet. Large, leafy, spreading shrub; seeds light 

 set, large. 



254532. Col. No. 16887. Sandy loam, Vista, San Diego County, California. 

 Coit Experimental Planting. Seeds from plants in fifth year of growth 

 without irrigation; large capsules at every node, dehiscing freely; seeds 

 large. 



254533 to 254565. 



From Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq. Seeds collected by P. F. Knowles, collab- 

 orator, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, 

 Md. Received Dec. 5, 1958. From Afghanistan unless otherwise noted. 



254533. Allium cepa L. Liliaceae. Onion. 

 Col. No. K1732. 'Piass'. Kabul bazaar. 



254534 and 254535. Allium poreum L. Leek. 



254534. Col. No. K1728. 'Candanah'. Kabul bazaar. 



254535. Col. No. K1736. Kabul bazaar. 



254536. Allium sp. 



Col. No. K1231. Ninety-seven km. north of Mosul, Iraq. Plants to six dm. 

 high. 



254537. Allium sp. 



Col. No. K1255. Vicinity of Sirank, 142 km. north of Mosul, Iraq. Plants to 

 eight dm. high. Scarce. 



254538. Allium sp. 



Col. No. K1783. Forty km. west of Ghazni. 



254539. Apium graveolens var. rapaceum DC. Apiaceae. Celeriac. 

 Col. No. K1270. Kirkuk bazaar, Iraq. 



254540. Brassica campestris L. Brassicaceae. Bird rape. 

 Col. No. K1275. Kirkuk bazaar, Iraq. 



254541. Brassica campestris var. sarson Prain Sarson. 

 Col. No. K1710. 'Shalgam'. Kabul bazaar. 



254542. Brassica sp. 



Col. No. K1711. 'Shalgam'. Kabul bazaar. 



