Tab. 5641. 



agaye scmdigera. 



Splintered-Leaved American Aloe. 



Nat. Ord. Amaryllide.e. — Hexandria Moxogynia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5333.) 



AoAVJI tchidigera; acaulis, foliis horizontaliter pateutibus pedalibus an- 

 guste ensiformibus spinuloso-acuminatis supra basin dilatatam paulo 

 angustatis viridibus albo-lineatis marginibus late albo-lanatis in fills 

 planis elongatis retortis desinentibus, scapo stricto gracili 6-pedali 

 bracteis elongatis strictiusculis acicularibus dense obsito, spica elon- 

 gata stricta sublaxiflora, floribus viridibus 2-3-nis, fasciculis subsessili- 

 bus bractea filiformi subtensis, ovario cylindrico pollicari glaber- 

 riuio, periantbii tubo subinfundibuliformi ovario a»quilongo, lobis 

 lineari-oblongis revolutis acutis tubo a?quilongis, filamentis subulatis 

 perianthio aequilongis strictis, antheris lineari-elongatis. 



Agave scbidigera. Lemaire in Verschqffelt Cat. 1861 ; Compte Rendu Soc. 

 Roy. d'Aqric. et Bot. Gand, 1861 ; lllust. Rortic. v. 8. sub t. 287, et 

 v. 9. t. 330. 



Agave filifera, var. pannosa et var. adornata. Scheidw. in Compte Rendu 

 Soe. Roy. Agric. et Bot., et in C. Koeli, Wochenschr. n. 36. 1861. 



The remarkable plant here figured was introduced into 

 Europe in 1861, from Mexico, by Mr. Verschaffelt, of Ghent, 

 and its foliage was figured in the • Illustration Horticole ' of 

 the following year, where it is also described by M. Lemaire. 

 on whose authority our synonyms and quotations rest. Our 

 specimen flowered in January in Mr. Williams's establish- 

 ment, Paradise Nursery, Ilolloway, where the drawing was 

 executed by Mr. Fitch. As a species, M. Lemaire states 

 that it is so very closely allied to A. filifera, that he was 

 at first disposed to regard it as a variety of that plant, 

 but that it differs in the more linear (less oblong) leaves, 

 more dilated at the base, their less pungent tips, and the 

 very much thicker, broader, woolly, torn edges of the leaf, 



MAY 1ST, 18G7. 



