266 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 171 



293170 to 293195— Continued 



293180. Agave cf. pampaniniana Berger 



Col. No. 20275. Local name: Maguey de Pulque. Along Pan- American 

 Highway, 6 km. south of Nochixtlan, Oaxaca. Rosettes medium size, light 

 glaucous gray, suckering freely ; leaves plane. 



293181 and 293182. Agave potatorum Zucc. 



293181. Col. No. 20230. Roadside, 8 km. south of Tehuacan, road to 

 Zapotitlan, Puebla. Elevation 1,800 meters. Rosettes, small, single, 

 compact, glaucous; some panicles in bud. 



293182. Col. No. 20262. San Filipe, Oaxaca. Elevation 1,675 meters. 

 Plants in wild, small (large for this species), mostly single; rosettes 

 bright glaucous green; leaves ascending, tinted. 



293183. Agave cf. potatorum Zucc. 



Col. No. 20277. Along Pan American Highway, 18 km. north of Noch- 

 ixtlan, Oaxaca. Plants in wild, small, glaucous; rosettes single. 



293184. Agave roezliana Baker 



Col. No. 20342. Local name: Tonichio. Zapotitlan, Puebla, 4 miles 

 southwest of Tehuacan. Elevation 1,600 meters. Rosettes small to 

 medium size; leaves dark green, bronze to yellow green; flowers greenish 

 purple to dark purple. 



293185. Agave cf. striata Zucc. 



Col. No. 20226. Local name: Rabo e Leon. Along road to Zai«»titlan, 

 Puebla, 8 km. south of Tehuacan. Elevation 1,800 meters. Plants dense, 

 cespitose, polycarpic; leaves short, nonstriate; peduncles to 3 meters high, 

 buds and tepals dark purple outside; corolla greenish purple within. 

 Cacajuitas, a native dish, is made with buds cooked in salt water and 

 mixed with eggs. 



293186. Agave cf. tequilana Web. 



Col. No. 20266. Local name: Maguey Azul. Roadside, 5 km. east of 

 Oaxaca de Juarez. Plant bluish glaucous; leaves swordlike, long. Culti- 

 vated for mescal ; matures in 8 years. 



293187. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20156. Road fork, road to Linares, Nuevo Leon, 35 km. east of 

 Galena. Elevation 900 meters. Plants large; rosettes glaucous green to 

 gray; leaves plane, ascending; peduncles to 8 meters high with up to 20 

 laterals in terminal quarter ; flowers yellow. 



293188. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20157. Crossroad, 26 km. east of Galena, road to Linares, 

 Nuevo Leon. Rosettes large, glaucous gray; leaves plane, reclining at 

 inflorescence; peduncle to 7 meters high with 20 laterals; tepals with 

 anthers yellow ; ovary green. 



293189. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20159. Sierra Potosi near Galena, Nuevo Leon. Elevation 

 2,700 meters. Rosettes compact green with short, broad, leaves; panicles 

 2.5 meters high with 20 short laterals. 



293190. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20162. Valley silt, 26 km. east of Huizache Junction, San Luis 

 Potosi. Elevation 1,150 meters. Plant symmetrical, light glaucous; pe- 

 duncle to 5 meters high; panicles small; tepals and anthers yellow. Popu- 

 lation extensive. 



293191. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 20264. Local name: Maguey de Pulque. Roadside, 16 km. east 

 of Oaxaca. Plants large, white glaucous; leaves narrow, stiff, ascending. 

 Mescal maguey reportedly requiring to 20 years to mature. 



