242 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 171 



292657 to 292683— Continued 



292664 and 292665. Agave lecheguilla Torr. Tula istle. 



292664. Col. No. 20015. In wild, Sierra de la Silla, Nuevo Leon. 

 Plant large, vigorous, suckering rosettes; spikes erect to arching; te- 

 pals and filaments reddish. 



292665. Col. : No. 20081. Roadside by Rio Tula, 13 miles northwest of 

 Ixmilquilpan, road to Zimapan, Hidalgo. Elevation 5,300 feet. Plants 

 variable, scattered in wild; leaves large, variable; teeth variable; 

 spikes to 20 feet high, in bud, flowering and fruiting; flowers yellow 

 or pink tinged; anthers yellow or bronze; tepals reflexing erect. 



292666. Agave lophantha Schiede Crested agave. 



Col. No. 20092. Limestone outcrop, roadside 38 miles east of Rio Verde, 

 road to Cuidad Valles, San Luis Potosi. Elevation 5,200 feet. Plants 

 small, profusely suckering; rosettes green; spikes to 10 feet high; flowers 

 pale, waxy green ; anthers yellow ; tepals ascending. 



292667. Agave polyacantha Haw. 



Col. No. 20077. Limestone outcrop, Rancho Cielo, Sierra de las Cu- 

 charas, 8 miles southwest of Gomez Farias, Tamaulipas. Elevation 2,750 

 feet. Plants polycarpic, green, forming open mounds; leaves soft, tender; 

 leaf length and teeth variable; spikes dense or lax, to 12 feet high; cap- 

 sules fleshy; flowers green without, yellow within; filaments and anthers 

 yellow; tepals outcurved. 



292668. Agave victoriae-reginae T. Moore 



Col. No. 20043. Limestone hilltop, roadside 14 miles southeast of Saltillo, 

 road to Monterey, 41.5 miles east of Coahuila. Elevation 5,000 feet. 

 Plants small, compact, many leaved, suckering; leaves white marked, stiff; 

 spiked to 13 feet high, erect, densely flowered in upper half; flowers creamy 

 green, pink tinged ; filaments pink to red ; anthers bronze yellow. 



292669. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20037. 'Carnerosana'. Limestone pine-oak area, Carneros Pass, 

 Coahuila. Elevation 7,750 feet. Plant dark green, suckering; rosettes big 

 headed; leaves stiff, broad, acuminate, triangular; panicles to 20 feet high; 

 pedicels broad; sheathing bracts conspicuous; laterals broadest below, 15- 

 20 ; tepals yellow to green, waxy ; anthers yellow. 



292670. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20082. 'Carnerosana'. Open rocky slope, pine-oak forest, Route 

 85, 18 miles northwest of Zimpan, Hidalgo. Rosettes medium to large, 

 light green; stems many, thick; leaves basal, thick at base, somewhat gut- 

 tering; panicle with large bracts to laterals; spikes to 17 feet high; tepals 

 and stamen yellow, the rest green. 



292671. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20074. Sunny pine and chaparral slope, Los Alpes, 40 miles 

 east of Saltillo, Coahuila. Elevation 8,500 feet. Rosettes large, green; 

 leaves stiff, triangular; on a big head; flower buds red on tepals, later 

 yellowish. 



292672. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20086. Population of about 40 small young plants 6.5 miles 

 north of Junction of Routes 57 and 110, and one plant 1.5 miles south of 

 junction of Routes 57 and 110, Guanajuato. Elevation 6,300 feet. In- 

 dividual plant glaucous gray; rosette balled on mount of soil; leaves awry. 



292673. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20088. Limestone rock roadside, Sierra San Manuel, 21.5 miles 

 southeast of Ciudad San Luis Potosi, road to Rio Verde. Elevation 7,500 

 feet. Scattered seedling population; rosettes green; leaves radial, plane; 

 teeth variable, porrect, on continuous margin ; spikes stout, to 10 feet high ; 

 flowers congested in upper half; tepals yellowish green, with tips outflexed; 

 anthers yellow. Wild. 



