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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.

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