738 . OLXXIV. AMARYLLIDEJE. [Agavea. 
erectus, simplex. Folia radicalia pauca, ligulata, longe lanceolata v. linearia, caulina 
rara, multo minora. Flores secus rhachin racemi longi, gemini, paribus valde dissitis 
bractea scariosa stipatis. 
Species 2 v. 3, Mexicanz.  Kunth, Enum, Pl. v. 848. Hemsl. Diagn, Pl. Mex. 64. Bot. Mag. 
t. A741. Fl. des Serres, t. 520. 
59. Beschorneria, Kwnth, Enum. Pl. v. 844.— Perianthium angustum, tubo vix ullo ; 
segmenta fere ad basin soluta, angusta, erecta, conniventia. Stamina basi segmentorum 
affixa, iisque subzequilonga, fil tis a basi subulatis ; antherze li i-oblongs, dorsi- 
fixe. Ovarium oblongum, 3-loculare, sepius in rostrum breve sub stylo parum ampliatum 
productum ; stylus subulatus, vix basi crassior, stigmate parvo ciliolato ; ovula in loculis 
co, 2-seriata. Capsula ovoidea, obtuse 3-quetra, loculicide dehi: Semina » 
plano-compressa. —Rhizoma v. caudex brevissimus, crassum. Folia subradicalia, conferta, 
linearia v. l lata, spinuloso-denticulata v. integerrima. Scapus elatus, simplex v. 
superne laxe paniculatus. Flores secus rhachin v. ramos breves paucifloros penduli, 
brevitér pedicellati, speciosi, virides v. rubescentes. Bractes sub florum fasciculis mem- 
branaceo-scariosz, latz, sepe coloratz ; bracteolw sub pedicellis parvae. 
Species 3, Mexicans. Pot. Mag. t. 4642, 5203, 6091. — Regel, Gartenft. 1. 851. 
60. Agave, Linn. Gen. n. 491.—Perianthium subinfundibulif. , tubo brevi nune 
rarius long! lo cum ovarii rostro continuo, in faucem brevem v. oblongam 
ampliato ; lobi lineares, erecti v.'sub anthesi patentes. Stamina fauci ad basin loborum 
affixa iisque longiora, fil iis filiformibus v. basi n pl is; antherse 
M :3 NU bl 
lineares, majuscule, medio dorso affixse. Ovarium gl gum, 
carnosum, plus minus in rostrum contractum, infra rostrum 3-loculare ; stylus ad 
apicem rostri ( specie in medio tubo perianthii) a basi brevissime conica filiformi: , stig- 
mate parum incrassato capitato 3-dymo v. breviter 3-lobo ; ovula in loculis numerosissima. 
2-seriata. Capsula globosa ovoidea v. oblongo-cylindracea, sspe 9-suleata, coriacea, 
perianthio persistente diu coronata demum denud ab apice loculicide dehi 
Semina pl ! ; Oblique cuneata, dense superposita, testa nigra appressa. 
—Rhi breve v. in caudicem erectum lignosum productum. Folia radicalia v. ad apicem 
caudicis conferta, nunc crassa rigida fibroso-carnosa v. coriacea margine spinoso-serrata v. 
filamentosa, nunc tenuiora angustiora integerrima. Scapus terminalis, elatus, i ; 
.giganteus. Flores nune in spica laxa v. densa sparsi, ad quamquam bracteam solitarii 
v. gemini, nune ad bracteas fasciculati v. in cymulas oc-floras ad bracteas pedunculatas 
conferti, thyrsum magnum speciosum formantes. Capsule erect. 
Species imprimis a hortulanis editre ultra 120, perplurimze tamen ad folia sola. deseripte et verisimi- 
liter vix 50 bene distinetze, por Americam australem, Mexieum et, Americze borealis civitates australes 
disperse, quarum una in variis regionibus orbis veteris inquilina,  Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. 818. Baker 
in Gard. Chron. 1877. Jacobi, Vers. Syst. Ordn. Agav. in Hamb, Gart. Zeit, 1864 ad 1866, et Nachtr. 
in Abhandl. Schles. Gesellsch. 186869. 
Genus ad inflorescentiam in sectiones sequentes bene dividitur :— 
l. Euagave. Florum eyms ped , thyrsum id formantes. Zucc, im Nov. Act. 
Nat. Cur. xvi. 662, 1. 49 ad 51. — Andr. Bot. Tep.t. 433. — Reichh. Ic, Fl. Germ. t. 374. Wight, Ic. 
1.2024. Bot. Mag. t. 1522, 5097, 5493, 5893, 6589, —.Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 306, 307, 328.  Todaro, 
Hort. Bot. Panorm. t. 15. 
2. Litiea. Flores in fasciculis per 2-0 sessiles v. subsessiles, spicam longam densam formantes. 
Tied. Lil.t.328,929. Bot. Mag. i. 4934, 4950, 5000, 5333, 5641, 5660, 5716, 6248, 6292, Bot. 
Tg. t. 1145. Saund. Ref. Dot. t. 163, 164, 215, 327. Todaro, Hort, Bot, Panorm. t. 8, 19, 24, 
BowaranTEA, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. Suppl. 18, non Ruiz et Pav, Yyrrxa, Brignoli in Biblioteca 
Jtal. i. 100, ex Henck. Donnersm. in Flora, 1820, 45. 
3. Manfreda, Flores sub quaque bractea solitarii, secus rhachin Spiez elongate dissiti, Jacq. 
To. Rar. t. 378. — Red. Lil. t. 485. Mart, Ausv, Merkw, Pf, t, 13 (Polianthes). Bot. Mag. t. 1157, 
5122, 5940. Bot, Heg. 1839, t, 66. Saund. Ref. Bot, t, 326, Maxrnspa, Salisb, Gen, Pl, Fragm, 18. 
