Pans: 5122; 
AGAVE macutosa. 
Spotted-leaved dwarf Agave. 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDE®.—HeExanpria Monoeynta. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4934.) 
AGavE maculosq ; humilis acaulis, foliis lanceolato-subulatis carnosis cartilagineo- 
denticulatis canaliculatis maculatis, scapo bracteato, bracteis appressis, spica 
simplici laxiflora, bracteolis parvis membranaceis, perianthii tubo recto an- 
gulato, limbi laciniis tubum subsquantibus patentibus, staminibus longitu- 
dine laciniarum, stigmatis lobis 3 maximis. 
A species entirely new, as far as can be learned from the very 
imperfect descriptions of the individuals of the genus Agave in 
our books. The Kew Gardens owe the possession of it to the 
Horticultural Society of London, who received it from Texas. 
Its nearest affinity is probably with Agave saponaria of Dr. 
Lindley, from Guatemala, but that has leaves entire at the 
Margins, and very different in shape and texture, the flowers 
larger, the tube curved, and the stamens as long as the entire 
flower. Our species flowers in September. 
- Descr. Dwarf in stature, stemless. The /eaves are rosulate, 
four to six inches long, thick and fleshy, lanceolato-subulate, 
amplexicaul at the base, recurved, channelled for the whole 
length, the margin with small cartilaginous teeth. Scape cen- 
tral, a foot to a foot and a half long, leafy below, leaves gradually 
passing into leaf-like dracts, appressed to the ‘rounded scape. 
Spike six to eight inches long. lowers ten to twelve, rather 
distant, bracteolate; bracteoles brown, small, membranaceous. 
Ovary inferior, oval, almost quite sessile. Zwbe of the perianth 
green, tinged with red, much longer than the ovary, straight ; 
limb of six, spreading, oblong segments, white, with a broad 
brownish-green dorsal line, white within, reddish-yellow in decay. 
Stamens six. Filaments rather thick, scarcely longer than the 
JUNE Ist, 1859. 
