JANUARY 1 TO DECEMBER 31, 1962 7 
277871 to 277875. 
From Mexico. Plants collected from H. S. Gentry and A. S. Barclay, agricul- 
tural explorers, Crops Research Division, Plant Industry Station, Belts- 
ville, Md. Received January 4, 1962. 
277871. AGAVE BOVICORNUTA Gentry Amaryllidaceae. 
Col. No. 19662. Agua Nueva, Sierra Tacuichamona, Sinaloa. Nov. 1961. 
277872. AGAVE COLIMANA Gentry 
Col. No. 19661. Fourteen miles southwest of Colima road Y, Colima. 
Elevation 1,000 feet. Nov. 23, 1961. 
277873. AGAVE INTREPIDA Grenm. 
Col. No. 19581. Local type, Tepoztlan, Morelos. Dec. 1, 1961. Elevation 
6,500 feet. Polycarpic, cliff-dwelling rosettes; spikes to 6 feet high, arch- 
ing, pendulant, flowers greenish yellow. 
277874. AGAVE sp. 
Col. No. 19625. Canyon del Marques, along Uruapan-Apatzingan road, 
Michoacan. Dec. 10, 1961. Elevation 1,200 feet. Single, green, multileaved 
rosette; spike to 10 feet high, slender; petals greenish white; filaments 
white; anthers pale yellow. 
277875. AGAVE sp. 
Col. No. 195638. Fourteen miles southwest of Colima road Y, Colima. 
Nov. 28, 1961. Elevation 1,000 feet. Small, few-leaved, weakly rooted, ir- 
regular, single rosettes with broad-linear, gray, crinkled leaves. 
277876. WERCKLEA LUTEA Rolfe Malvaceae. 
From Costa Rica. Cuttings presented by the Inter-American Institute, Tur- 
rialba. Received Feb. 6, 1961. Numbered Jan. 5, 1962. 
277877 to 277881. HORDEUM VULGARE L. Poaceae. 
Common barley. 
From Argentina. Seeds presented by the Instituto de Fitotecnia, Castelar. 
Received January 5, 1962. 
277877. No. 1088. MC20. 60-18697. 
277878. No. 1039. Gatersleben Mut. 501. 60—-14292. 
277879. No. 1040. Gatersleben Mut. 511. 60—14290. 
277880. No. 1042. Mut. Gaul. 60-11295. 
277881. No. 10438. Malteria Heda. 60—-14278. 
277882 to 277887. MEDICAGO SATIVA var. GAETULA Urban Faba- 
ceae. 
From Australia. Seeds presented by the Commonwealth Scientific and Indus- 
trial Research Organization, Canberra. Received Jan. 5, 1962. 
2788258 C.P L937. 277885. C.P.I. 19377. 
277883. C.P.I. 19375. 277886. C.P.I. 19378. 
277884. C.P.I. 19376. 21337.. .P Lal Qan9: 
277888 to 277968. 
From the Republic of South Africa. Seeds presented by the Division of Crops 
and Pastures, Pretoria. Received Jan. 5, 1962. 
The following code is uscd: “B*—collected in the republic of South Afriea; 
ed aeerae ica outside of the Republic of South Africa. The first 2 digits are 
the year the seed was collected. The last 3 digits are Rietondale, Pretoria 
numbers. 
