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8. F. clcgans, Todaro * Hort. Pan. i. p. 13, t. 4 (1875) 

 {Fourcroya) . 



Hab. unknown; cf. Tobago, Eggcrs no. 570G (flowers only, 

 ident. doubtful) in Herb. Kew.! The sketch of a Tobago 

 plant given to De Laet by a friend which Dc Laet erroneously 

 identified with the Nequametl of Hernandez (see above, 

 p. 37), resembles Todaro's figure of F. elegans more than 

 any other species; Jacquin, who evidently had not seen the 

 woodcut in the "Thesaurus," thought presumably that the 

 margin prickles were exaggerated in the sketch, but it seems 

 unlikely that the true F. cubensis should be found in Tobago. 

 If the sketch is at all faithful, then the only species that an- 

 swers it is this of Todaro; but see also F. strida (under imper- 

 fectly known species). 



9. F. KSelloa, K. Koch in Wochenscrift 3 (19 Jan. 1860), 

 p. 22; Bot. Mag. 6148 (1875) {Fourcroya}. [x] 



Hab. unknown. The original type had not flowered, and 

 there is nothing to show whence it came to Sans-souci (Pots- 

 dam) : K. Koch conjectured that it was introduced by von 

 Warszewicz from Guatemala, and the original home is given 

 by Jacobi as "volcano of Quassaltinanga in Guatemala," but 

 this seems to require verification. The only herbarium spec- 

 imens at Kew are from cultivation in England. 



10 F. macr«pliylla,Hook.fil. inlc.Plant. t. 2501 (1897.) [x] 



Hab. Riofrio, cult., no. 1951 comm. Kalbreyer (in 1881), 

 with name "Agave vivipara var. ?" and the remark "fiber of 

 the leaf very much used for making sacks, bags, shppers, 

 packsaddles, etc."; Bahamas, Eggers, nos. 4194, 4399, 4400a 

 (1888) in Hb. Kew.!; old quarry near Nassau, New Provi- 

 dence (Bahamas) Curtiss no. 127 in Hb. Kew.!; received 

 from Hart, Trinidad, 1889; in Hb. Kew. (loc. doubt.)! 



This well marked form appears to be so far unknown ex- 

 cept in cultivation or as an escape; but it is by no means re- 

 stricted, as it has been said to be, to the Bahamas, and its 

 home, if it occurs in a wild state at all, is most hkely on the 



* Represented at Kew by plants from Palermo, which are stUl 

 too young for determination or description. 



