Tap. 8451. 
AGAVE DISCEPTATA. 
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Central America ? 
AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AGAVEAE. 
AcavE, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 788. 
Agave (Littaea) disceptata, J. R. Drumm.; species e grege A. geminiflorae, 
Scannag., et A. angustissimae, Engelm., max'me affinis, ab eis autem ob 
perigonii tubum conspicue breviorem et ob ovarium haud angustatuin 
- facile distinguenda. ; 
- Suffrutex, trunco perbrevi foliis sat congestis rosulatim dispositis celato. 
' Folia fibroso-coriacea, exteriora patentia nec recurva, intermedia recta 
ascendentia, interiora plus minusve incurva, pedetentim in ° bracteas 
abeuntia, lineari-loriformia, parte superiore leniter angustata, basi primum 
tenui, tune in pulvinum modicum excrescente, infra quadraeformi, supra 
ovato-lanceolata, ad 4-5 cm. ultra basin in collum sensim contracta, versus 
apicem sat obtusum gradatim attenuata ibique spina vix 5 mm. longa 
armata, pulvino incluso circiter 17 cm. longa, ima basi vix 2°5 em. lata, 
apud collum fere 7 mm., ultra collum circiter 10 mm. lata, pulvini medio 
fere 12 mm. crassa, utraque facie parum convexa, laevigata, laete viridia, 
in parte superiore praesertim subtus lineis lacteis irregulariter notata, 
margine subpapyracea, tandem filamentoso-dilacerata. Scapus 1°65 m. 
altus, pedunculo circiter 8 dm. lougo bracteis subscariosis elongatis 
instructo; bracteae basi deltoideae, superne aciculares, subadpressae, ad 
medium seapum circiter 2°5 em. longae. Flores geminati, in spicam 
laxiusculam digesti; pedicelli doliifcrmes brevissimi; bracteolae sub- 
membranaceae, obscurae. Perigonit lobi margine purpureo-rosel, ceterum 
viridescentes, ultra 12 mm, longi, fere 5 mm. lati; tubus circiter 12 mm. 
longus, inferne constrictus ibique circiter 2°5 mm. latus. Stamina parum 
arcuata, circiter 5 cm. longa, filamentis rubescentibus, antheris luteis basi 
retusis. Ovarium circiter 1-2 cm. longum, 5 mm. latum, obscure rubro- 
notatum; stylus vix 8 cm. longus. Capsula, vix matura, 6-loba_lobis 
alternis majusculis minimisque, circiter 1°5 cm. longa, 8 mm. lata. 
Semina circiter 4 mm. longa, atra, polita vix tamen nitentia—A. /eopoldi, 
Hort. ex Kew Hand-list Tend. Monocvt. p. 115.—J. R. DruMMonpD. 
The Agave which forms the subject of our plate is one 
which was presented to Kew in 1893 by the late Mr. W. 
B. Kellock from the valuable collection of succulent plants 
formed by him in his garden at Stamford Hill. Its history 
beyond this point is unfortunately obscure in the extreme. 
It was received at Kew as A. Leopoldi, Hort., and at the 
time of its presentation Mr. Kellock believed it to have 
originated as the result of crossing A. jilifera, Salmdyck, 
with A. princeps, Hort.; it has found a place in the Kew 
Hand-list of Tender Monocots under the name attributed 
Avausr, 1912. : 
