582 LILIACEJJ. 



2*. ALOE, L. 



Perigone tubular, deciduous : limb 6-fid. Stamem hypogynous : anthers introrse. Style 

 simple : stigma 3-lobed, or subentire. Capsule loculicide : seeds black. — Succulent, often 

 woody plants ; flowers racemose. 



2*. A. vulgaris, Lam. Stoloniferous, nearly stemless ; leaves few, rosulate, fleshy, 

 lanceolate-acuminate, glaucous, spinose-dentate ; flowers yellow, nodding : perigone equal ; 

 stamens shortly exserted.— Desc. Ft. 2. t. 130.— A. barbadensis, Mill. A. perfoliata, var. 

 vera, X.— Scape 2'-3' high, H"-2" thick at the base, often few-branched ; perigone 1" long. 

 — Hab. Naturalized and cultivated in Jamaica, Antigua !, Wullschl. ; S. Vincent !, Guild. ; 

 Barbadoes, on dry hills ; [said to be introduced from the Canaiy islands, or the Bermudas, 

 {SI.), naturalized in the southern Mediterranean region !]. 



3. YUCCA, L. 



Perigone 6-partite, persistent. Stamens perigynons, included : anthers introrse, erect. 

 Stigmas 3, sessile. Capsule fleshy, tardily loculicide at the summit, many-seeded : seeds 

 depressed, black. — Woody plants; leaves rosulate at the summit of the simple trunk; 

 panicle terminal. 



3. Y. aloifolia, Z. Stout; leaves lanceolate-acuminate, or lanceolate-linear, thickish, 

 rigid, crenulate-scabrous at the margin, pungent at the summit, interior erect ; perigone 

 lurid : segments erect, ovate, or ovate-oblong, pointed. — Tuss. Fl. 2. t. 29. — 10-12' high ; 

 leaves 1J"-1" broad; perigone 1J" long- — Hab. Jamaica!, Al. ; Antigua!, Wullschl.; 

 [Southern United States, Mexico]. 



Tribe II. AMARYLLIDEM— Ovary inferior. 



4. AGAVE, L. 



Perigonial limb 6-partite, persistent : stamens inserted into its tube, exserted : anthers 

 incumbent, introrse. Style simple. Capsule loculicide, many-seeded : seeds tlattish, black. 

 — Leaves fleshy, rosulate at the base of a stout, many-flowered, peduncle or scape; lobes 

 of the perigone narrow. 



4. A. americana, L. Stemless ; leaves thick, glaucous, linear-acuminate, spinose at 

 the point and margin, exterior recurved; flowers greenish-yellow, densely clustered at the 

 summit of the alternate branches of the scape ; perigone constricted above the ovary. — 20'- 

 36' high ; perigone H"-2" long. — Hab. Jamaica, (P. Br.), common on barren, rocky hills ; 

 Antigua !, Wullschl. ; Dominica, Imr. ; [Cuba, Mexico ; naturalized in Southern Enrope ! 

 and East Indies !]. 



No other Agave occurs in our collections: A. antillarum, Desc. El. 4. t. 284. ("flowers 

 orange-coloured, leaves 5" broad, pointed") is to be compared with A. sobolifera, Salm., 

 said to be introduced from Jamaica and Haiti ; A. Keratto, Mill., (" leaves 3" broad, green, 

 suberect "), introduced from S. Kitts, is doubtful. 



5. EOURCROYA, ent. 



Character of Agave, but perigonial tnbe filiform, lobes elliptical, stamens included, filaments 

 dilated below. — Woody plants ; leaves fleshy, rosulate at the summit of the simple trunk ; 

 flowers racemose, simple-ternate along the branches of stout, terminal peduncles, often 

 transformed into bulbilli. 



5. P. cubensis, Haw. Leaves linear-lanceolate, coarsely spinose-dentate; bulbilli 

 " ellipsoidal." — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 261. /. 25 •. the flower. — Agave, Jacq. — Trunk short, 

 erect ; peduncle 20'-3o' high ; perigone whitish : limb about 1" long, as long as the tube. — • 

 Hab. Naturalized in Jamaica !, Pd. ; Tabago ; [Cuba to Brazil]. 



6- S"« gigantea, Vent. Leaves linear-lanceolate, mucronate, quite entire; bulbilli 

 ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. — Jacq. Ic. Par. t. 379. Tuss. Fl. 2. t. 25, 26. — Agave fretida, 

 L - — Trunk at length 3'-4', peduncle 25'-30' high ; perigone greenish-white : lknb about 



