42 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 166 



246022 to 246028. 



From Mexico. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New 

 Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received 

 February 21, 1958. 



246022. Agave collina Greenm. Amaryllidaceae. 



Ogden Col. No. 51177. Tecolotlan near road from Cocula to Tecolotlan, 

 Jalisco. Stem short; leaves blue-green, slightly glaucous, to 1.1 meters long; 

 inflorescence to 4.5 meters high. 



246023. Agave cupbeata Trel. 



Col. No. 10176. From Barrancas. Plant multileaved, inflexed, forming 

 balled rosettes ; panicle 8 meters high ; flowers yellow. 



246024. Agave goldmaniana Trel. 



Col. No. 10355. South of Tinaja Yubai, Idria-Cardon Forest. Plant large 

 caulescent to 1.5 meters high ; leaves green ; flowers yellow. 



246025. Agave lophantha Schiede Crested agave. 



Ogden Col. No. 51111. Road over Sierra Madre to Jaumave, Tamaulipas. 

 Acaulescent ; inflorescence spicate, to 5 meters high. 



246026. Agave mapisaga Trel. 



Col. No. 12294. Lagunilla, northwest of Pachuca, Hidalgo. Plant large, 

 maguey ; leaves long ; panicle 8 meters high, laterals long. 



246027. Agave sp. 



Ogden Col. No. 51199. Six meters north of Pitayo along highway between 

 Acatlan and Izucar de Matamoros. Plant acaulescent; leaves blue-green to 

 gray-green, glaucous, to 1 meter long. 



246028. Yucca peninsularis McKelvey Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 16703. 34 km. east of Rosario, Baja California. 



246029 and 246030. 



From Chile. Seeds collected by D. S. Correll, collaborator, New Crops Re- 

 search Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Received Febru- 

 ary 24, 1958. 



246029. Citbullus vulgaris Schrad. Cucurbitaceae. Watermelon. 

 Col. No. C-144. 'Sandia'. Chilian. Melon small, very sweet. 



246030. Greigia sp. Bromeliaceae. 



Col. No. C-108. 'Chupon\ Chiloe Island. Plant tall ; flower heads similar 

 to artichokes. 



246031 and 246032. 



From Japan. Seeds presented by an unkown donor. Received Feb. 24, 1958. 



246031. Miscanthus japonicus (Thunb.) Oerst. Poaceae. 



Japanese silvergrass. 



246032. Saccharum narenga (Nees) Wall ex Hack. Poaceae. Sugarcane. 



246033 to 246037. Gossypium (hybrids). Malvaceae. Cotton. 



From Southern Rhodesia. Seeds presented by the Gatooma Research Station, 

 Salisbury. Received Feb. 24, 1958. 



246033. 'Albar'. 246036. Mu8A. 



246034. A5851. 246037. 9L36. 



246035. BP52. 

 246038 to 246043. 



From Mexico. Tubers collected by Bernice G. Schubert, agricultural explorer, 

 New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, Md. Re- 

 ceived Feb. 24, 1958. 



Collected in Yucatan. 



