LILIACEZ. ° 373 
EXPLANATION OF TAB. XCIV. 
Portion of a plant of Nolina watsoni, natural size. Fig. 1, section of a leaf; 2, a fower partially 
open; 3, a flower quite open ; 4, a pistil; 5, a vertical section of the same; 6, a cross section 
of the same: all enlarged. Fig. 7, a fruit, natural size; 8, a fruit, enlarged. 
do. DASYLIRION. 
| Dasylirion, Zuce. in Abhandl. Akad. Miinch. iii. p. 221, t. 1 (Pl. Nov. Hort. et Herb. Monae. 
. ~ fase. iv.) ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 780. 
About ten species, restricted to the 'Texano-Mexican region. 
. 1. Dasylirion acrotrichum, Zucc. Pl. Nov. Hort. et Herb. Monac. fase. iv. t. 1. 
fig. 4; Kunth, Enum. v. p. 40; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 239; Bot. Mag. 
t. 5030, icon in Flore des Serres, t. 1448, iterata. 
_ Yucca acrotricha, Schiede in Linnea, iv. p. 230, et vi. p. 52. 
Roulinia acrotricha.et R. gracilis, Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. série 2, xiv. p. 320. 
Dasylirion gracile, Zucc. Pl. Nov. Hort. et Herb. Monae. v. p. 22. 
Dasylirion graminifolium, 8. Wats. in Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. p. 249, non Zuce. 
Nort Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi 6000 to 8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 876); 
Sout Mexico, Cerro de la Ventana (Schiede). Cultivated specimens only in Kew 
herbarium. | 
2. Dasylirion berlandieri, 8. Wats. in Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. p. 249; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 240. 
- Norra Mexico, Cerro de la Silla, Nuevo Leon (Berlandier, 3218). Hb. Kew. 
3. Dasylirion hookeri, Lemaire, ex Morren in Belg. Hort. xv. p. 324; Baker 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. p. 240. 
Dasylirion hartwegianum, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5099, non Zuce. 
Dasylirion cespitosum, Scheidw. in Koch’s Wochenschrift, 1861, p. 286 ? 
Beaucarnea hookeri, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872, p. 327. 
Souta Mexico, Real del Monte (Repper). Cultivated specimens only in Kew 
herbarium. | : 
4. Dasylirion glaucophyllum, Hook. Bot. Mag. t.5041; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xviii. p. 239. | 
Dasylirion glaucum, Carriére, Rev. Hort. 1872, p. 435, cum figura. 
Dasylirion serratifolium, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872, p. 298, ex parte. 
South Mexico, Real del Monte (Repper). Cultivated Specimens only in Kew 
herbarium. 
S. Watson (Proc. Am. Acad. xviii. p. 163) doubtingly refers to this species a specimen 
collected by Palmer at Monclova, Coahuila, North Mexico. | 
5. Dasylirion graminifolium, Zucc. Pl. Noy. Hort. et Herb. Monac. fase. iv 
