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242 PLANT INVENTORY NO. <strong>171</strong><br />
292657 to 292683—Continued<br />
292664 and 292665. AGAVE LECHEGUILLA Torr. Tula istle.<br />
292664. Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20015. In wild, Sierra de la Silla, Nuevo Leon.<br />
<strong>Plant</strong> large, vigorous, suckering rosettes; spikes erect to arching; tepals<br />
and filaments reddish.<br />
292665. Col. '<strong>No</strong>. 20081. Roadside by Rio Tula, 13 miles northwest of<br />
Ixmilquilpan, road to Zimapan, Hidalgo. Elevation 5,300 feet. <strong>Plant</strong>s<br />
variable, scattered in wild; leaves large, variable; teeth variable;<br />
spikes to 20 feet high, in bud, flowering and fruiting; flowers yellow<br />
or pink tinged; anthers yellow or bronze; tepals reflexing erect.<br />
292666. AGAVE LOPHANTHA Schiede Crested agave.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20092. Limestone outcrop, roadside 38 miles east of Rio Verde,<br />
road to Cuidad Valles, San Luis Potosi. Elevation 5,200 feet. <strong>Plant</strong>s<br />
small, profusely suckering; rosettes green; spikes to 10 feet high; flowers<br />
pale, waxy green; anthers yellow; tepals ascending.<br />
292667. AGAVE POLYACANTHA Haw.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20077. Limestone outcrop, Rancho Cielo, Sierra de las Cucharas,<br />
8 miles southwest of Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas. Elevation 2,750<br />
feet. <strong>Plant</strong>s polycarpic, green, forming open mounds; leaves soft, tender;<br />
leaf length and teeth variable; spikes dense or lax, to 12 feet high; capsules<br />
fleshy; flowers green without, yellow within; filaments and anthers<br />
yellow; tepals outcurved.<br />
292668. AGAVE VICTORIAE-REGINAE T. Moore<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20043. Limestone hilltop, roadside 14 miles southeast of Saltillo,<br />
road to Monterey, 41.5 miles east of Coahuila. Elevation 5,000 feet.<br />
<strong>Plant</strong>s small, compact, many leaved, suckering; leaves white marked, stiff;<br />
spiked to 13 feet high, erect, densely flowered in upper half; flowers creamy<br />
green, pink tinged; filaments pink to red; anthers bronze yellow.<br />
292669. AGAVE sp.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20037. 'Carnerosana'. Limestone pine-oak area, Carneros Pass,<br />
Coahuila. Elevation 7,750 feet. <strong>Plant</strong> dark green, suckering; rosettes big<br />
headed; leaves stiff, broad, acuminate, triangular; panicles to 20 feet high;<br />
pedicels broad; sheathing bracts conspicuous; laterals broadest below, 15-<br />
20; tepals yellow to green, waxy; anthers yellow.<br />
292670. AGAVE sp.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20082. 'Carnerosana*. Open rocky slope, pine-oak forest, Route<br />
85, 18 miles northwest of Zimpan, Hidalgo. Rosettes medium to large,<br />
light green; stems many, thick; leaves basal, thick at base, somewhat guttering;<br />
panicle with large bracts to laterals; spikes to 17 feet high; tepals<br />
and stamen yellow, the rest green.<br />
292671. AGAVE sp.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20074. Sunny pine and chaparral slope, Los Alpes, 40 miles<br />
east of Saltillo, Coahuila. Elevation 8,500 feet. Rosettes large, green;<br />
leaves stiff, triangular; on a big head; flower buds red on tepals, later<br />
yellowish.<br />
292672. AGAVE sp.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20086. Population of about 40 small young plants 6.5 miles<br />
north of Junction of Routes 57 and 110, and one plant 1.5 miles south of<br />
junction of Routes 57 and 110, Guanajuato. Elevation 6,300 feet. Individual<br />
plant glaucous gray; rosette balled on mount of soil; leaves awry.<br />
292673. AGAVE sp.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20088. Limestone rock roadside, Sierra San Manuel, 21.5 miles<br />
southeast of Ciudad San Luis Potosi, road to Rio Verde. Elevation 7,500<br />
feet. Scattered seedling population; rosettes green; leaves radial, plane;<br />
teeth variable, porrect, on continuous margin; spikes stout, to 10 feet high;<br />
flowers congested in upper half; tepals yellowish green, with tips outflexed;<br />
anthers yellow. Wild.