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255257 to 255267— Continued 



255265. Ruellia sp. Acanthaceae. 

 Brazil, Dec. 1955. 



255266. Syagrus sp. Phoenicaceae. Palm. 



Cali, Colombia, June 11, 1932. A handsome pinnate-leaved palm to 25 feet 

 high, with strongly arching leaves, well adapted to southern Florida. 



255267. Tabbbuia chrysotricha (Mart.) Standley Bignoniaceae. 

 Towle, Miami, Florida, Apr. 21, 1958. 



255268 to 255299. 



From Mexico unless otherwise noted. Collected by H. S. Gentry, agricultural 

 explorer, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, Beltsville, 

 Md., and now growing at the United States Plant Introduction Station, 

 Miami, Florida. Numbered Jan. 19, 1959. 



255268. Agave angustissima Engelm. Amaryllidaceae. 



Col. No. 17640. Carros del Fuerte Sinaloa, 20 miles north of Mochis. 

 Nov. 8, 1958. Plant with single rosettes. 



255269 and 255270. Agave cerulate Trel. 



255269. Baja California. 



255270. Baja California. 



255271. Agave colorata Gentry 



Col. No. 7237. Los Pucheros, Sierr? Surotato, Sinaloa. Mar. 17, 1945. 



255272. Agave expansa Jacobi 



Col. No. 11328. Highway 395, Fallbrook, Calif. Cespitose or freely 

 suckering plants. Fall 1951. 



255273. Agave huachucensis Baker 



Col. No. 16642. Sierra de Huachinera, Sonora. May 21, 1957. Elevation 

 7,500 feet. Plants compact, glaucous gray, broad, closely suckering, rather 

 balled rosettes with stiff leaves. 



255274. Agave mitraeformis Jacobi 



Col. No. 15883. Limestone mesa, two miles northwest of Tehuacan, Puebla. 

 Nov. 13, 1955. Plants broad-leaved. 



255275. Agave murpheyi Gibson 



Boyce Thompson Southwestern Arboretum, Superior, Ariz. Regarded as 

 offsets or bulbils from the original type clone as described in the arboretum 

 collection. 



255276. Agave nelsonii Trel. 



Col. No. 10373. San Fernando, Baja California. Apr. 10, 1951. Plants 

 medium size, dusky gray; blades, thick; from two clones, high marginal tuber- 

 cules. 



255277. Agave pringlei Engelm. 



Col. No. 16723. San Matias Pass, Baja California. June 22, 1957. Eleva- 

 tion 3,300 feet. Plants cespitose, green rosettes to 9 feet high; laterals to 15 

 in upper part of shaft. 



255278. Agave shawii Engelm. 



Col. No. 12608. Steep seaside slope between Ensenada and Rosarito, Baja 

 California. May 28, 1953. 



255279. Agave sisalana Perrine Sisal. 

 Col. No. 12224. Ocozoccasutla, Chiapas. Sept. 27, 1952. 



