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Agave Virginica. Spike-Flowered 

 Agave* 



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Cfo/i tf»af Order. 



I I E X A N D R I A M O N O O YN I A4 



Generic Character. 



Cor. (fupera G.) tubulofa, infundibuliformis, limbo fexpartito* 

 Slam, exferta, fiimmje corollas inftxa, Anlh*. longae verfatiles. 

 G*apf. utjinquc attenuata, fubtrigona, polyfperma ; feminibus 

 planis gemino orciiue difpofnis. Jujf- Gen % PL 51. 



Obs. Caulis fubnuUus ant caudkiformis } folia radicalia canaliculnta 

 frg/da, apicc (feepe etictvi marginc J jpinofa, juniora, obvolufa ; panicula e 

 caadice ojfurgent Maxima, pyramidola. Habitus Yuccje, flos diver/us* 

 Id. 1. c\ 



Specific CharaElcr and Synonyms* 



AGAVE virginica ; (fhizomd craffum fufiformi-cylindracetim 

 drjeenjensy prtemorfum / nee in caudicem ajfurgens ;) 

 foliis radical i bus, p!urimis, c deorfum convoluto- 

 compactis, in orbcm ambienter et recumbenter 

 divergentibus, lanceolatis, coriaceo-craffis, rigidis, 

 niargine cartilaginca tenuiflime denticulata, cuipide 

 i'pinaeformi ; /'capo fimpliciflimo, foliolis vagis diffitis 

 obfito ; bracleis (phacelatis gcrmini fubsequalibus ; 

 fioribus fubfeflilibus, in fpicam longam eductis, 

 remotius fparfis, ex adpreflb-ereclis divergentibus; 

 ftylo lobulis tribus ftigmatofis emarginatis hianter 

 patentibus terminato. G. 



AGAVE virginica. Linn. Sp. PL 2. 1. 461. Hort. Kew. u 

 472. Walt. Flor. Carol. 121. n. 149. Jacq. Tc. Rar. 

 2. /. 378. Coll. 2. 261. Michanx FLBor.-Amer. 1. 

 187. Willd. Sp. PL 2. 193. 



ALOE foliis lanceolatis fpina cartilaginea terminal's floribus 

 alternis feflilibus. Gron. Virg. ed. 1. 152. ed. 2. 53. 



Hesc. Root perennial ; rootftock defcending, flefhy, fufiform- 

 cylindrical, about an inch in diameter, praemorfe ? throwing out 



numerous 



