figure has been obtained was received at Kew in 1888 
from the Botanic Garden at Washington. It flowered 
here for the first time in the Succulent House in July 
1910, and a second plant of the same batch has flowered 
in the same month in 1914. Before perishing the 1910 
' plant matured seeds from which a supply of seedlings 
have been raised. The facies of this species renders it 
very distinct among the Agaves; the younger leaves 
show a strong sigmoid upward curve; afterwards they 
become strongly decurved. Another Agave with a some- 
what similar appearance is A. yuccaefolia, DC., figured at 
t. 5213 of this work. This species differs, however, from 
A. bracteosa in having a short stem, Its yellow filaments, 
flushed with red, are much shorter in proportion to the 
size of the perianth than is the case in A. bracteosa, 
DeEscription.—Shruh; almost stemless. Leaves about 
50 in a basal rosette, 24 in. wide and 2 in. thick at the 
base, just above the base abruptly narrowed to 1} in., 
thence gradually tapering to a long acuminate tip, at first 
curved upwards, at length strongly decurved, plano-con- 
vex, the thin margins closely and finely white-denticulate, 
rather scabrid. Pole 6 it. high, the peduncle 4 ft., the 
spike 2 ft. long; bracts numerous, subulate, up to 6 in. 
long, recurved ; spike dense-flowered. Perianth green, 
segments white-margined, ovate-oblong, obtuse, spread- 
ing, $ in. long, } in. wide; tube very short. /ilaments 
filiform, white, 24 in. long; anthers oblong, yellow, + in. 
long. Ovary fusiform, green, % in. long, } in wide; style 
white, ultimately rather longer than the stamens; stigma 
minute. Capsule oblong, obtuse, 3 in. long. x 
Fig. 1, portion of leaf-edge; 2 and 3, anthers: 4, stigma ;- 6, sketch of an 
entire plant :—all enlarged except 5, which is much reduced. 
