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the tops of fleshy prominences between which the margin is usually 
concave, mostly curved or somewhat hooked, especially upwardly. 
Inflorescence 2-4 m. high, the upper half paniculate: scape stout: 
branches numerous, elongated, openly branched: pedicels scarcely 
5mm. long. Flowers golden yellow, goblet-shaped, 45-50 mm. long: 
ovary 20-25mm. long, scarcely equaling the perianth, oblong-fusiform: 
tube 8 mm. deep: segments about 6 X 15-20 mm., typically more than 
twice as long as the tube: filaments inserted below the middle of the 
tube, about 40 mm. long and twice as long as the segments. Capsules 
oblong, 20> 55 mm., shortly and obscurely stipitate and beaked: 
seeds glossy, broad, 6X 8 mm. 
Eastern Lower California—Awrea,—golden, because of 
the color of its flowers. Map (F). Pl. 32-34. 
Specimens examined:—Purisima (Brandegee, Feb. 18, 
1889,—the type). Comondu (Nelson and Goldman, 7274, 
Nov. 6, 1905, with deeper tube and shorter lobes than the 
type). 
If the name aurea were to be displaced because of its earlier 
application as a specific name to the variegated century 
plant (Jolyclerc, Syst. Sex. des Végét.1: 268. 1799), this 
type of a most striking group of Lower Californian agaves 
might well be called A. campaniflora because of the char- 
acteristic form of its flowers. 
Agave promontorii Trelease. 
A. aurea Brandegee, Proc. Cal. Acad. ii. 3:174, 1891—? Dodge, 
Rept. Fiber Invest. 9;44.—? De Laet, Cat. 1904: 38; 1906: 
30.—? Braun, Pflanzer. 2: 219. —? Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. 
Herb. 5: 247.—? Bois & Gallaud, C. Rend. Acad. Paris. 141: 
1033.— ? Endlich, Beihefte Tropenflanzer. 9; 281. 
Agave sp. Brandegee, Proc. Cal. Acad. ii. 3: 227. no. 728. 
Aspect of A. awrea. Leaves more glaucous with rather heavier 
and more curved and awl-pointed spine but similar prickles. Inflor- 
escence 4-6 m. high, the upper half or two-thirds paniculate: scape 
very stout: bracts not overlapping, spreading: branches numerous, de- 
compound, the lower somewhat recurved; pedicels scarcely 5 mm. long. 
Flowers golden, cup-shaped, 50-55 mm. long: ovary 25-30 mm. long, 
finally exceeding the perianth, rather oblong: tube 10-12 mm. deep: 
segments about 8 X 10-15 mm., scarcely one-half longer than the tube 
and sometimes barely equaling it: filaments inserted about the lower 
third of the tube, 40-45 mm. long, and about thrice as long as the 
segments. Capsules shortly pyriform-oblong, 15-20 < 30-35 mm., 
rather stipitate, beaked: seeds narrow, 4-5 < 6-9 mm. 
