AGAVES OF THE UNITED STATES. 85 
Mexico, on his famous trip to California. He states * that 
‘¢ the Apaches make molasses of the plant, and cvok it 
with horse meat.’’ Both Dr. Parry and Dr. Palmer also 
state that it is the plant used by Indians of the 35th Parallel 
for making ‘‘ Mescal,’’ but Dr. Wilcox asserts that the A. 
Palmeri is the only species used in Arizona for that pur- 
pose, and also that the cattle will only nibble the A. Parryi 
but that they eat the A. Palmeri. 
The plant described as blooming at the Missouri Botan- 
ical Garden ¢ and reported to have been sent from Arizona 
immediately previous to sending up its scape, was photo- 
graphed here at the time, and plate 42 is reproduced from 
the original. A comparison with the illustrations in the 
Gardener’s Chronicle, in Engelmann’s Collected Writings, 
and the Agricultural Report for 1891, 358, plate vi., will 
show that the artist, unfortunately, in some way received a 
wrong impression of the extent of the decurrent leaf 
margins. The leaves of this plant are narrower, glaucous, 
spreading, with purplish tips, margin and prickles. The 
flowers are considerably smaller than the Rothrock type 
specimens, and the whole plant is very similar to the 
Texan form.— Plates 42 and 43. 
Var. Huacuucensis.— With same compact globose 
form, grass green, outer leaves very broad, often 25 cm. 
wide, and exceptionally 37 cm. (Dr. Wilcox), seldom 
over 65 cm. long; end-spine very stout, 25 mm. long, 
brown; marginal prickles brown, lanceolate-deltoid, de- 
flexed, 8 to 12 mm. long; scape very stout; flowers 
yellow, 55 to 60 mm. long; tube 8 to 12 mm. long; seg- 
ments 18 to 21 mm. long; stamens two to three times as 
long as segments. Blooms in middle of July and matures 
fruit in September. Propagates by offsets and suckers.— 
A. Huachucensis Baker, Amaryllideae, 172.— Found in 
* Notes on a Military Reconnoissance. Washington (1848). 104. 
+ Engelm. Gard. Chron., Aug., 1879; Collected Writings, 321. 
