Plant Inventory No 171

244 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 171
292684 and 292685—Continued
292685. CYNODON sp.
Col. No. 1. Shika Animal and Grassland Pasture Station, Shika.
coarse, very tall, relatively disease free; rhizomes long. (Seeds).
Plants
292686 to 292689. AGAVE (hybrids). Amaryllidaceae.
From Mexico. Plants collected by H. S. Gentry, A. S. Barclay and J.
Arguelles, agricultural explorers, Crops Research Division, Plant Industry
Station, Beltsville, Md. Received Aug. 27, 1963.
A. victoriae-reginae X ^» asperrima. Limestone hilltop roadside, 14 miles
southeast of Saltillo, road to Monterey. Elevation 5,000 feet. Plant small
leaved, intermediate, without teeth; spike to 10 feet high; flowers irregularly
spaced; ovaries thick; tepals not reflexing; anthers bright orange.
292686. Col. No. 20044. 292688. Col. No. 20044-B.
292687. Col. No. 20044-A. 292689. Col. No. 20044-C.
292690. (Undetermined.)
From Guatemala. Plant collected and presented by John M. Keshishian,
Washington, D.C. Received Aug. 29, 1963.
Chichicastanango, Guatemala. Terrestrial, soil highly organic, acidic;
flowers probably purple.
292691.
ceae.
TABEBUIA AVELLANEDAE Lorentz ex Griseb. Bignonia-
From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Jardin Botanico, Buenos Aires.
Received Aug. 30, 1963.
292692. ARACHIS HYPOGAEA L. Fabaceae. Peanut.
From the Republic of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Department of
Agricultural Technical Service, Pretoria, via the United States Embassy,
Pretoria. Received Aug. 30, 1963.
'Chilanga Runner 7 . P 5154. DL/63/172.
292693. MUSSAENDA PHILIPPICA A. Rich Rubiaceae.
From the United States. Cuttings collected by H. L. Hyland, Crops Research
Division, Plant Industry Station, Beltsville, Md. Received Aug. 30, 1963.
'Dona Aurora'. From Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu, Hawaii.
292694 and 292695. PRUNUS ARMENIACA L. Amygdalaceae.
Apricot.
From France. Scions presented by the Station de Recherches d'Arboriculture
Fruitiere, Domaine de La Grande Ferrade, Pont-de-la-Maye (Gironde).
Received Sept. 3, 1963.
292694. A-20.
292695. A-384.
292696 to 292698.
From France. Plants presented by Marcel Lecoufle, Boissy-St-Leger. Received
Sept. 4, 1963.
292696. NEPHENTHES GRACILIS Korth Nepenthaceae.
292697. NEPENTHES X COCCINEA Mast.
292698. NEPENTHES sp.
*Marcoz\
292699 to 292706.
From Poland. Scions presented by the Research Institute of Pomology,
Skierniewice. Received Sept. 6, 1963.