Description.— Trunk short, hidden by the rather close 
rosette. Leaves between fleshy and leathery, somewhat 
flexible, more or less erect when young, at length drooping, 
16-18 in. long, tapering evenly to a fine point tipped with 
a short stoutish spine, from a gibbous base 1% in. wide at 
its origin, 11 in. wide at the shoulder whence it is gradually 
rounded to the unconstricted neck, nearly 1 in. thick ; 
lower surface uniformly triangular-convex, bluntly keeled 
with a few irregular blunt creases; upper surface for 
about 44 in. above the neck depressed-convex with a blunt 
‘somewhat obliquely placed keel, above shallowly channelled 
with a rounded ultimately obsolete central ridge; smooth 
and dull apple-green flecked with minute white spots on both 
surfaces; margins sharp without teeth or prickles, but with 
a fine horny border ultimately shredding into hair-like 
whitish filaments. Scape about 10 ft. high, peduncular 
portion about 3 ft. long, with involute acicular more or less 
scarious bracts about 23 in. long gradually diminishing 
from the base upwards. Flowers in pairs arranged in a 
rather dense spike about 7 ft. long, on very short barrel- 
shaped pedicels, bracteolate. Perianth lobes about 8 lin. 
long, 3 lin. wide, revolute, dark green with creamy-white 
borders; tube 5-6 lin. long, little constricted. Stamens 
subulate ; filaments almost colourless, nearly 24 in. long; 
anthers bright yellow, their cells at length free at the base. 
Ovary cylindric, 5-6 lin. long; style 24 in. long. 
Figs. 1 and 2, anthers; 3, apex of style, and stigma; 4, sketch of entire 
plant, showing habit :—1-3 enlarged, 4 much reduced. 
