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AGAVE geminiflora. 



Twin-flowered Agav6. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Amauyllide^. 

 AGAVE L. — Perianthium 



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limbo 



sex, exserta, 



superum, tubulosum infundlbulare, canio- 

 sum, limbo sexfido, laciniis erectis revolutisve. Stamina 

 Tsummo tube inserta. AnthercE lineares versatiles. Stylus simplex. Stigma 

 3-lobum dilatatum carnosum. Capsula clausa, trilocularis, polysperma. 



Semina nigra, nitida, plana, disticha. 



Plantse (Americanoe) caudice 



simplicij foliis imhrtcatiSy carnosiSy margiue dentatis v.Jilamentosis ; scapo 

 terminally floribus herLaceis. 



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A. gemihijlora ; foliis linearibus titnnque convexis ancipitibus patentissimis 

 apice spinosis, scapo simplicissimo, floribus sessilibus geminis, stami- 

 nibus long-^ exsertis. Spreng. syst. 2. 79. 

 A. geminiflora. Ker in journal of science, voL 2, p. 88. fab. I. 

 Yucca Boscii. *' Desfontaine's cat, hart, par,^^ ^ 



jBuonapartea juncea. Schlechtendahl suppL ad enum, hort. ber* 

 Littaea geminiflora. *' Tagliabue in Bib L itaL 1. 100 — III." Hawort^s 

 • succident plants suppL p. 38. 

 Radix ramosa^ paucis onusta radiculis Jlexuosis, colore obscure. Caudex 

 erectuSy iereSy Icevis, cicatricibus foliorum squamosus. Folia obscurd 

 viridiay in orbem ad apicem caiidicis congestay sessiliay ancipitia, basi 

 tantummodo incrassatay farctay substriata, glabra, Jiacciday mucrone osseo 

 {sphacelato) terminata, marginibus per cetatem Jilamentosis. Scapus 

 centralisy simpleXy erectus, tcreSy IcBviSy substriattiSy infernc squamosus, 

 squamis lanceolato-dentatiSy supernh rnultijtorusy floribus in scriem spirale'm 

 crebram interruptam dispositis. Flores sessiles, geminati, in spicam 

 longissimam digestiy bractea lineari - lanceolata, subciliatay florcm sub- 

 aequante suffulti, ochroleuco viridi-violacei {viridescen(cs)y basi cujusdam 

 fioris duabus aliis bracteoliSy ovato-acutis, ciliatiSy scariosis prccditi. Corolla 

 {perianthiurn) tubuloso-campanulata, sexangularis : limbus sexjidusy revo- 

 lutus, laciniis lanceolatis. Filamenta erecta, laciniarum limbi basi iyisertay 

 eoque duplb longiora. 

 naliter sulcatce. 



Stylus 



Antherse 'versatilesy magnce, oblong ce ; loyigitudi- 

 Germen {ovarium) inferum, ovatum, G-gonum. 

 erectus, simplex, teres, supernh crassior, corolld paulo longior. Stigma 

 inconspicuum. Capsula polysperma, S-gona. Semina duplici serie t?^ 

 singula loculo, semiorbicufaria, plana, nitida, nigra. Ker. loc. cit. 



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A native of South America, whence it is supposed 



to have been introduced to Europe about 1795. 



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