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262349 to 262380— Continued 



262379. Aglaomorpha heracleum (Kunze) Copel. Polypodiaceae. 



262380. Hitcheniopsis kunstleri (Valeton) Ridl. ex Valeton Zingiberaceae. 



262381. Pennisetum purpureum Schum. Poaceae. Napiergrass. 



From the Belgian Congo. Cuttings presented by the Division de Botanique, 

 Institut National pour 1' Etude Agronomique de Congo Beige, Yangambi. 

 Received Dec. 29, 1959. 



262382 to 262393. 



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

 Introduction Section, Horticultural Crops Research Branch, Beltsville, Md. 

 Received Dec. 30, 1959. 



262382 and 262383. Arbutus peninsularis Rose & Goldman Ericaceae. 



262382. Col. No. 17997. Sierra Mohinora, Chihuahua. Elevation 8,000 

 feet. Shrub to 1.5 feet high; leaves bright green; flowers white to pink; 

 fruits red. 



262383. Col. No. 18007. Between Guadelupe y Calvo and Tecolate, 

 Chihuahua. Elevation 7,500 feet. Bright green, ornamental shrub, to 

 four feet high; fruits abundant. 



262384. Arbutus arizonica (A. Gray) Sarg. Madrono. 



Col. No. 18087. Fourteen miles northeast of El Vergel, Chihuahua. Eleva- 

 tion 7,000 feet. Tree small; leaves bright green, attractive. 



262385. Dahlia sp. Asteraceae. 



Col. No. 17951. Rio Verde road to Cienega Prieta, Chihuahua. Elevation 

 9,000 feet. Tall, hardy herb; flowers large, lavender. 



262386. Dahlia sp. 



Col. No. 17993. Northeastern slope of Sierra Mohinora, Chihuhaua. 

 Elevation 7,500 feet. Perennial herb; under pines. 



262387. Ipomoea sp. Convolvulaceae. 



Col. No. 17937. Forty-five miles west of Parral, Chihuahua. Perennial. 

 Ornamental, grasslands, shrub. 



262388. Nolina durangensis Trel. Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 17923. Twenty-two miles southeast of Parral, Chihuahua. 

 Cespitose, shrub, green, leaves long, in rosettes; spikes to four feet long. 



262389. Penstemon sp. Scrophulariaceae. 



Col. No. 17963. Ten miles west of Chinatu, Chihuahua. Elevation 7,500 

 feet. Perennial; flowers red; inflorescence, paniculate. 



262390. Penstemon sp. 



Col. No. 17964. Twelve miles west of Chinatu, Chihuahua. Elevation 

 7,500 feet. Low-spreading, perennial, ornamental shrub. 



262391. Penstemon sp. 



Col. No. 17932. Four miles southwest of Villa Matamoros, Chihuahua. 

 Elevation 6,000 feet. Shady side of cliff. Perennial herb; stems spreading, 

 erect from base, to 16 inches long; flowers red; orifice yellow. 



262392. Salvia henryi A. Gray Menthaceae. 



Col. No. 18066. Four miles southwest of Matamoros, Chihuahua. Eleva- 

 tion 6,500 feet. Shrub to 4 feet high; crown spreading; flowers reddish-purple. 



262393. Tecoma tronadora (Loes.) I. M. Johnston Bignoniaceae. 



Col. No. 18059. Rocky soil, Parral, Chihuahua. Elevation 6,300 feet. 

 Shrub; flowers bright yellow. 



