middle of the leaf 24-43 lin. long, deltoid-uncinate from a 
broader base, generally with an intercalated smaller, occasion- 
ally 1-2 or more aggregated with a larger, the upper spines 
more distant and smaller, the leaf-point for about 2-3 in. un- 
armed. /nflorescence a cylindric spike 22-23 ft. high; peduncle 
stout, 45 ft. high over 3 in. thick, with many reflexed 
subulate convolute scarious empty bracts, 8-13 in. long; 
flowers generally 2-3 together, rarely 4 or 8, greenish- 
yellow, the buds and all other parts of the inflorescence 
pruinose; bracts filiform, reflexed, pedicels very short, 
thick. Perianth-segments oblong, obtuse, fleshy, pale 
yellowish-green, 3-1 in. long, soon withering and embracing 
the stamens, the outer 3 with a thickened dorsal rib, connate 
below in a very short 6-furrowed tube, 2 in. wide. Stamens 
inserted at the mouth of the tube; filaments erect, 2 in. 
long or longer; anthers yellow, under 1 in. long. Ovary 
cylindric, 3-1 in. long, 3-34 lin. wide, narrowed into a 
short beak under the perianth-tube; style rather longer 
and stouter than the stamens; stigma slightly capitate, 
obscurely 3-lobed. 
Fig. 1 and 2, anthers; 3, stigma; 4, sketch of an entire plant :—all enlarged 
except 4, which is much reduced, 
