( 3654 ) 
Acavre Americana; var. foliis variegatis. GREAT 
American ALoE; with variegated leaves. 
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Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Brome.iscez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Corolla infundibuliformis, basi tubulosa; limbo erecto, 
6-partito, equali. Stamina exserta, summo tubi inserta ; 
filamentis longis, subulatis, compressis, suberectis. An- 
there magne, lineares, versatiles. Stylus filiformis, subtri- 
gonus. Stigma capitato-trigonum. Capsula oblonga v. 
obovata, subtrigona, trilocularis, polysperma. Semina 
numerosissima, biserialia, plana. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Acave * Americana ; foliis dentato-spinosis, scapo ramoso, 
tubo corolla medio angustato, staminibus corolla lon- 
gioribus stylo subbrevioribus. 
Acave Americana. Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 461. Ruiz et Pav. 
Fl. Peruv. v. 3. p. 66. Humb. et Bonpl. Nov. Gen. v. 
1. p. 238. Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 438. Roem. et Sch. 
Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 722. Spr. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 78. 
Var. 6. folioruam marginibus flavis. ( Tab. nostr. 3654.) ~ 
The Aloe, that Patriarch of the Flowers, which “ blooms 
once in a hundred years, and whose blossoms then are 
developed with such rapidity, as to occasion an explosion 
resembling the firing of a cannon,” is the theme of a tale. 
that all have heard from their infancy, and to which many _ 
still give credence. In regard to the age at which the plants 
flower, that is extremely uncertain, and depends much a. 
* From wyavoc, admirable, on account of the stateliness and grandeur of 
_ this plant. 
