Tas. 7723. 
HESPERALOE yucozrForta. 
Native of Texas.. 
Nat. Ord. Lintacra.—Tribe Dracayra. 
Genus Husperator, Lngelm.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii: p. 778.) 
HEsPERALOE yuccxfolia; glaberrima, caudice elongato interdum ramoso, 
-foliis confertis erecto-patentibus et recurvis 3-pedalibus elongato-lineari-. 
subulatis crasse coriaceis late viridibus supra concavis subtus rotundatis 
marginibus albis filamentosis, scapo 6-pedali roseo,. inflorescentia pedal 
angusta paniculata rhachi ramis pedicellisque strictis roseis, floribus in 
fasciculos bracteatos secus rhachim dispositis, bracteis herbaceis late ovatis. 
acuminatis viridibus marginibus late membranaceis albis vy. roseis, 
bracteolis minntis,. pedicellis $—I-poll. longis, floribus swberectis cum pedi- 
cello articulatis, p rianthio pollicari cylindraceo v. anguste hr ses eet we 
rubro basi constricto, segmentis anyustis apicibus patentibus obtusis 
_ exterioribus utrinque fere concoloribus interioribus intus aureis, filamentis: 
_ basi segmentorum adnatis, antheris versatilibus. linearibus basi sub- 
sagittatis, ovario oblongo in stylum crassiusculum attenuato, stigmate 
minuto 3-lobo. . : 
H.. yucceefolia, Engelm. in S. Wats. Bot. King’s Brped. p. 497; Coll. Bot. 
Works, p- 277. S. Wats. in Proe. tee dat oe ay. p- 250 (1879).. 
Baker in Journ, Iinn. Sor. vol. xviii. (1880) p. 231. 
H. Engelmanni, Krauskopf, ex Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. l.c. 
Yucca? parviflora, Torr. in Bot. Mex. Bound, p. 221. Baker in Gard. Chron. 
1870, p. 923. 
Ator yuccefolia, A. Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. vol. vii. (1868) p. 390. 
A very singular plant, described by Engelmann as re- 
sembling a Yucca in habit, in the filamentose margined leaves, 
and in the scape, pollen, and seeds; an Alve in the perianth 
and pistil; and an Agave in the filaments being adnate at 
the base to the perianth-segment, and geniculate upwards. 
By which latter term I suppose that incurved at the apex 
is intended, a character which I cannot confirm on ex- 
amination of living specimens. 
Mr. Baker regards H. Engelmanni, Krauskopf, as a form 
with the style included, larger anthers, more slender 
flexuous branches of the panicle, and smaller bracts. 
H. Engelmanni was discovered in Western Texas by 
Charles Wright, and is No. 1908 of his Herbarium. 
Seeds of it were received by the Royal Gardens, 
Kew, from its old correspondent, Mr. W. Thomson, of 
Ipswich, in 1888, plants from which were grown in an 
JuLy Ist, 1900. 
