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272 PLANT INVENTORY NO. <strong>171</strong><br />
293359 to 293371—Continued<br />
293361. AGAVE cf. ASPERRIMA Jacobi<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20470. Rocky slope, 2 miles west of Yerbanis, Durango.<br />
Rosettes mixed population, green and white glaucous, freely suckering.<br />
293362. AGAVE CAECILIANA Berger<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20468. Sandy, calcareous rocky slope, 10 miles north of Cuencame,<br />
Durango. <strong>Plant</strong>s numerous; rosettes light gray, suckering; leaves<br />
lanceolate, double sigmoid, on mature plants only; panicle weathered, with<br />
6 to 10 laterals.<br />
293363. AGAVE FILIFERA Salm-Dyck<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20464. Volcanic igneous soil, 12 miles southwest of San Luis<br />
Potosi, San Luis Potosi. Elevation 7,300 feet. Rosettes short, many<br />
leaved, suckering, green; leaves white streaked; spikes to 6 feet high,<br />
thickly set with capsules in upper two-thirds.<br />
293364. AGAVE FLEXISPINA Trel.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20466. Limestone soil, Sierra Papanton, Durango-Zacatecas<br />
border. Rosettes in wild variable, small, light gray, suckering; leaves<br />
acuminate. Shoots eaten by cattle.<br />
Exten-<br />
293365. AGAVE LECHEGUILLA Torr.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20467. In wild 10 miles north of Cuencame, Durango.<br />
sive clones of the long-lived form.<br />
293366. AGAVE PATONII Trel.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20472. Open slopes along road to Mazatlan, 20 miles west<br />
of Ciudad Durango. Small clonal colonies; rosettes compact, gray glaucous,<br />
suckering.<br />
293367. AGAVE PEDUNCULIFERA Trel.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20475. Volcanic cliffs, 3 miles southwest of Palmito, Durango.<br />
Elevation 6,800 feet. Rosettes open, few leaved, glaucous, single.<br />
293368. AGAVE cf. RASCONENSIS Trel.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20455. Local name: Maguey Chino. Tamasopo, San Luis<br />
Potosi. Elevation 1,500 feet. Medium to large, light primrose glaucous<br />
maguey; leaves erect to outcurving. Cultivated.<br />
293369. AGAVE VESTITA Wats.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20473. Sunny side of volcanic cliff, 20 miles east of Palmito,<br />
Durango. Elevation 8,300 feet. Rosettes variable, many leaved, green,<br />
single; spikes to 6 feet high, densely flowered; buds and tepals pink to<br />
red; anthers usually red.<br />
293370. AGAVE sp.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20474. Volcanic igneous soil 9 miles east of Palmito, Durango.<br />
Elevation 7,000 feet. <strong>Plant</strong>s in wild; rosette large to medium, single,<br />
green, glaucous; leaves narrow, mescal type.<br />
293371. AGAVE sp.<br />
Col. <strong>No</strong>. 20479. Sierra Calabasas and Tupeyeca, Rio Mayo, Sonora.<br />
Leaves long, narrow, ensiform. Cultivated.<br />
293372. GLORIOSA SUPERBA L. Melanthiaceae. Malabar glorylily.<br />
From Nigeria. Seeds presented by the Botanical Gardens, University of<br />
Ibadan, Ibadan. Received Oct. 24, 1963.<br />
293373. MEDICAGO SATIVA L. Fabaceae. Alfalfa.<br />
From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Manfredi Experiment Station,<br />
Cordoba Province. Received Oct. 24, 1963.<br />
'Scantamburlo\ Variety developed by natural selection.