274 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 167 



261326 to 261334. 



From Mexico. Plants obtained by H. S. Gentry, agricultural explorer, New 

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

 Nov. 17, 1959. 



261326. Agave sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



Col. No. 17981. 'Lechuguilla'. Ten miles southwest of Nabogame, Chi- 

 huahua. Elevation 6,000 feet. Solitary plants, leaves narrow, green, 

 filiferous, paint-marked, fine-spined, to 8 inches long. 



261327 Agave sp. 



Col. No. 17988. Sierra Chinatu, Chihuahua. Elevation 7,500 feet. Plants 

 small, dark green; rosettes single and cespitose, about 10 inches across; leaves 

 spreading, straight. 



261328. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 17989. Five miles southeast of Nabogame, Chihuahua. Plant 

 same as P.I. 261327, but teeth more distal. 



261329. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 17990. Rocky, sunny slope. Guadelupe y Calvo, Chihuahua. 

 Elevation 7,500 feet. Plant small, globose; rosettes green, multileaved, about 

 10 inches wide at maturity; leaves paint-marked. 



261330. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 18019. Fifteen miles northeast of El Vergel, Chihuahua. Plants 

 glaucous, green, balled, compact; rosettes, stiff leaved, forming large clonal 

 colonies; panicle to 3 feet high with 20 to 25 laterals. 



261331. Agave sp. 



Col. No. 18061. Rocky slope. Rio Florida and Durango highway. Plant 

 with gray green rosettes; leaves ascending. 



261332. Agave sp. 

 Col. No. 17922. 



261333. Agave sp. 



261334. Manfreda sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



Col. No. 18103. Rio San Juan basin, Chihuahua. Plant with single rosettes; 

 leaves curving, conduplicated, light green and faintly red-spotted. 



261335 to 261343. 



From the Philippines. Suckers collected by P. H. Allen and N. G. Vakili, agri- 

 cultural explorers, New Crops Research Branch, Crops Research Division, 

 Beltsville, Md. Received Nov. 17, 1959. 



261335 and 261336. Musa acuminata Colla. Musaceae. Banana. 



261335. No. 2-7368. 'Agotay'. Mountainous area northeast of Mount 

 Apo, Davao Province, Mindanao. Elevation 3,200 feet. Plants to 15 

 feet high and 8 inches diameter, at base; pseudostems purplish, black 

 blotched; stools compact 15 hands; fingers ageotrophic and pedicellated, 

 4 inches by .5 inch, beak at apex; fruits ripen yellow-green. Second 

 growth scrub, dominated by tree ferns. 



261336. No. 2-7371. 'Agotay'. Eastern slopes of Mount Apo, Upper 

 Catigan Valley, Davao Province, Mindanao. Elevation 3,100 feet. Plant 

 typical for area; male bracts purple rather than green. 



261337. Musa sp. 



No. 27370. Eastern slopes of Mount Apo, Upper Catigan Valley, Davao 

 Province, Mindanao. Elevation 2,950 feet. Pseudostems purple, brown 

 blotched at upper leaf sheath; stools compact; bunch horizontal, 7 hands; 

 fingers ageotrophic to splayed, 4 by .3 inch; leaves purplish; male bract heavily 

 striped purple on surface, yellowish within; pollen abundant; fruits yellow, 

 seedy, edible. 



