1690 
* YUCCA supérba. 
Superb Adam's Needle. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. LiLiacea. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 279.) | 
YUCCA.— Corolla hexapetalo-partita, campanulata, demum marcestens ; 
laciniis egualibus parum patentibus, ungue connatis. Stamina valida, brevia; 
filamentis basi corollse insertis, superne tumidulis. Anthere parve, suboblonge 
v. Subglobose. Germ. oblongum, teretiusculum, 6-sulcum, stamina excedens. 
Stigmata 3, sessilia, obesa, deorsum confluentia, apice parum recurvata. Caps. 
carnosa, oblonga, obtusê 3-6-gona, apice perforata et demum dehiscens, 3-6-locu- 
laris, dissepimentis 3 crassioribus. Semina numerosissima, uniserialia, plana. 
Rómer and Schultes Syst. veg. v. 7, xli. 
Y. superba ; foliis loratim lanceolatis amplis 2-3 uncias latis subplicatis parum 
mucronatis, floribus confertissimis oblongo-campanulatis, inapertis apice 
assurgenter rostratim curvantibus, caudice decempedali. Haworth Suppl. 
Succ. Pl. p. 36.—Rómer and Schultes Syst. veg. vol. 7, p. 720. 
Y. gloriosa. Bot. Rep. t.473. 
We are indebted to the Honourable and Rev. William 
Herbert, for the specimen from which our drawing was made. 
Having no knowledge of the plant ourselves, we can only 
repeat the observations made by Mr. Haworth, when he first 
pointed out the species, with the addition of Mr. Herbert s 
remarks in the letter that accompanied the specimens. 
“ This conspicuous species,” says Mr. Haworth, ‘‘ has 
been taken, by the authors of the otanical Magazine, for 
Yucca aloifolia ; and; misled by relying too much on their 
decision, I have cited its beautiful figure in the Botanical 
Repository, for Y. aloifolia. But on more mature consi- 
deration, nothing can appear more distinct in the whole 
genus than those two plants. The leaves of the present spe- 
* Yuca is said to be the name of this genus among the natives of Saint 
mingo. 
