Tas. 8271.- 
AGAVE Wrieuart. 
Central America. 
AMARYLLIDACEAE. | Tribe AGAVEAE. 
_ Agave, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Plant. vol. iii. p. 738. 
Agave (Littaea) Wrightii, J. I’. Drumm.; species e grege A. geminiflorae, 
Scannag., a qua foliis subulatis nec super basem linearibus augusteque 
loratis et laevigatis nec sulcato-striatis, perigoniique lobis haud purpura- 
scentibus conspicue differt ; A. angustissimae, Engelm., et A. Knightianae, 
J. R. Drumm., maxime affinis; ab illa ob foliorum basem in pulvinum 
valde incrassatum, partem vero apicalem ad marginem utramque canalicu- 
latam et antheras aureas nec purpureas distinguenda; a hac filamentis. 
haud coloratis, foliorumque basi latiore magis gibboso recedit. 
Truncus perbrevis, foliis numerosis modice congestis rosulatim dispositis 
vestitus. Folia carnoso-coriacea, subulata, 40-45 cm. longa, basi primum 
tenui lateraliter dilatato mox antice gibboso, postice leviter excavato, 
ultimum in pulvinum obliquum expanso, ad 3 cm. ultra imam basem in 
collum contracta, dein ad apicem argutissimum in spinam vix 1 cm. longam 
abeuntem attenuata; ima basi 3-5 cm., pulvini medio fere 4 cm., collo 
2-25 cm., laminae verae medio vix 0°5 cm. lata; pulvini medio 2°5 cm., 
collo 1°5 em., laminae verae medio vix 2 mm. crassa; facie anteriora sub- 
a carinate convexa, obtuse et irregulariter pauci-sulcata, facie posteriore 
- primum carinate convexa mox propter laminae margines plus minusve 
involutas mediumque simulac obtuse costatum versus marginem utramque 
canaliculata; utrinque laevigata, laete viridia sed maculis minutis albidis. 
numerosis notata ; ipsis marginibus subcorneis subfulvidis primum integris 
per aetatem in filamentis paucis remotioribus dilacerata. Scapus ad 3 m. 
altus, pedunculo 1 m. longo bracteis subscariosis tunc acicularibus 6-9 cm. 
longis instructo. Flores geminati in spicam 2 m. longam digesti; pedicelli 
doliiformes, perbreves. Perigonii lobi margine pallide lactei, ceterum 
viridescentes, ultra 1°5 cm. longi, 6 mm. lati, medio subcarinati; perigonii 
 tubus 1:25 cm. longus, inferne parum constrictus ibique 0°25 em. latus. 
Stamina fere recta, 6 cm. longa, filamentis albidis, antheris luteis basi 
- demum 2-fidis. Ovariwm 1°25 cm. longum; stylus 6 cm. lopgus.— 
J. R. DRuMMonpD. 
The subject of our plate is a member of the Littaea section 
of Agave and is allied to A. geminiflora, Seannag. (Littaea 
geminiflora, Tagliabue), the species on which the genus 
Littaea was originally based. The plant now figured was 
acquired for Kew from the collection of Mr. T. H. Kellock 
in 1903 under the name A. TJaylori. That it is not the 
true A. Taylori, Hort. Williams (Gard. Chron. 1874, vol. i. 
p. 418) —which is stated (Gard. Chron. 1877, vol. viii. p. 621, 
Aveust, 1909. 
