JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1953 175 



208959 to 208972. 



From California. Plants growing at the Huntington Botanical Garden, 

 San Marino. Numbered May 28, 1953. 



Collected by H. S. Gentry in central Mexico in April and May, 1953. 



208959. Agave sp. Amaryllidaceae. 



No. 12561. Cerro, 15 to 20 miles north of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, on 

 volcanic cliffs. 



208960. Agave sp. 



No. 12573. Five to eight miles east of Encinal, along highway from 

 Huatusco to Veracruz. 



208961. Agave sp. 



No. 12575. Thirty to forty miles southeast of Jalapa, Veracruz. 



208962. Agave sp. 



No. 12576. Fourteen miles west of Jalapa along road to Puebla. 



208963. Agave sp. 



No. 12576A. See PI 208962 ; variant with population. 



208964. Agave sp. 



No. 12577. Sixteen miles west of Jalapa, Veracruz, along highway to 

 Puebla. 



208965. Agave sp. 



No. 12578. Five miles east of Lago de Alchichica, Veracruz. 



208966. Agave sp. 



No. 12579. One mile east of Zacatepec, Puebla, along road to Jalapa. 



208967. Agave sp. 



No. 12580. Three miles east of Tulancingo, Hidalgo. 



208968. Agave sp. 



No. 12593. About 40 miles south of Mexico City, along new highway to 

 Cuernavaca. 



208969. Agave sp. 



No. 12597. Fifteen miles west of Cadereyta, Queretaro, along road to 

 Queretaro. 



208970. Cactus sp. Cactaceae. 



No. 12592. Three to four miles east of Tulancingo, Hidalgo. 



208971. Fouquieria macdougali Nash. Fouquieriaceae. 

 Bachaca, Sonora. 



208972. Mammillaria sp. Cactaceae. 



No. 12591. Three miles east of Tulancingo, Hidalgo. 



208973 to 208978. 



From Mexico and Guatemala. Seeds collected by H. S. Gentry, Agricultural 

 Explorer, Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineer- 

 ing, Beltsville, Md. Received May 28, 1953. 



Unless otherwise stated, seeds were collected in Mexico. 



208973. Canavalia sp. Fabaceae. 

 No. 12586. Tihuatlan. 



208974. Dioscorea sp. Dioscoreaceae. 



No. 12546. San Sebastian, Retalhuleu, Guatemala. 



