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Bischoff, 1871; Thompson, 1872; Mrs. A. P. Thompson, 
Kanab, 1872; J. G. Lemmon, Peach Springs, June, 1884, 
flowers in 6’s with rudiments of two more; H. H. Rusby, 
Peach Springs, 1883, scape flexuous at nodes; J. W. Tou- 
mey, Grand Cafion, 1894. Nevada; Coville and Funston, 
Charleston Mts., March 6, 1891. California; Plant cul- 
tivated by S. B. Parish, San Bernardino, from seed 
obtained at Ivanpah, Cal. The leaves from this plant are 
very short, and have teeth set on a very prominent fleshy 
base, end-spines are much elongated, one measuring 5.5 
em. <A very dwarf specimen, smaller than A. parviflora, is 
in the Engelmann herbarium. It was collected by Dr. 
Palmer, at St. George, Utah, May, 1877. Its leaves are 
very narrow, and much turned to one side, 4 to 6 cm. 
long; scape very ‘slender, with small, narrow bracts. In 
the same herbarium are a few thick leaves, labeled Palmer, 
1877, 12 to 36 cm. long, slightly one-sided, contracted to 
a narrow base, acuminate at apex, with brown end-spines 
4 cm. long. 
A. Utahensis is the most northern species of Agave, ex- 
cepting A. Virginica, one of the Manfreda section. It was 
recommended in England as perfectly hardy, but Mr. J. 
Wood states that he has not found it so.* Itis the Mescal 
plant of the Piutes and Panamint Indians. 
Here, in my judgment, should be placed A. Newberryi 
Engelm. The only specimens in our herbaria are small 
fragments of an inflorescence, and a single leaf in the her- 
baria of the United States Department of Agriculture, and 
in the Engelmann collection. The leaf is very narrow and 
probably had an entire margin, but I observe a few breaks 
in the epidermis where possibly short teeth may have 
separated.t The end spine is broken off; the pedicels are 
long, and suggest branching and a paniculate inflorescence, 
but I strongly suspect the plant to be a monstrous form of 
A. Utahensis, which species so frequently approaches the 
* The Garden, xxxiii. 310. 
4 Engelm. Trans. St. Louis Acad. iii. 309, Collected Writings, 309. 
