100 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
from face of leaf; 4, portion of flowering branch, x 4; 5, opened flower, 
1. All collected by author near Lone Mountain, New Mexico. 
Plate 52. A. Palmeri Engelm. — 1, Flowering branch, < 4; 2, flower, 
X_ 1; 3, insertion of stamens; 4, capsules, X 1; 5, seed, 2. 
Plate 53. A. asperrima Jacobi.—1, Leaf of plant in Missouri Botanical 
Garden, from near San Antonio, Texas, < }; 2 and 8, sections of same; 
4, margin of same, < 1; 5, margin of leaf from Eagle Pass, x 1; 6, mar- 
gin of leaf from Pringle’s specimen, X 1; 7, flower from Pringle’s speci- 
men,; <_1. 
Plate 54. A. rigida sisalana.— From Plate I. of Report No. 8, by Mr. C. 
R. Dodge, on the Leaf Fibers of the United States. 
Plate 55. A. rigida sisalana.— From Plate V. of Report No. 3. Plant 
in flower, and a side branch of pole, showing pole plants. 
Plate 56, A. rigida sisalana,—1, Leaf, < 4; 2, 8, and 4, sections from 
top, middle, and base of leaf, 1; 5, portion of inflorescence, < 4; 6, 
interior of flower, 1; 7, young pole plant, 4. * 
Plate 57. A. decipiens Baker.— From photograph taken of plant at the 
Garden, in 1887. 
Plate 58. A. decipiens Baker.— From figure of inflorescence on page 
30 of Report No. 5, by Mr. C. R. Dodge, on Leaf Fibers of United States. 
Plate 59. A. decipiens Baker.— 1, Leaf, & 4; 2,3, and 4, sections from 
apex, middle and spreading base of leaf, x 1; 5, portion of branch of 
inflorescence, 4; 6, flower, x 1. 
Plate 60. A. Sp.— From photograph of plants sent to the Garden by 
Mr. C. T. McCarty, from Ankona, Florida. Taken by the author. 
Plate 61. A. Sp.—1, Portion of leaf, x 4; 2, 3, and 4, sections of 
apex, middle and base of leaf, & 1; 5, portion of margin, 2. 
Plate 62. A, horrida micracantha.— From photograph of plant at the 
Garden, taken by the author, January, 1895. 
Plate 63. 1, A. Virginica tigrina Engelm., young plant beginning its 
annual growth, sent to Garden by Dr. Mellichamp, 4; 3, seedling of A. 
applanata Huachucensis with testa still at apex of cotyledon, < 1; 2, 
same, further advanced, « 1; 4, margin of first leaf, x 5; 5, 6, 7, flow- 
ers of A. horrida micracantha; 8, 9, 10, flowers of A. brunnea Watson. 
All from plants at the Garden. 
