86 MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 
prickles; moderately ample long-stalked panicles; medium- 
sized or rather large yellow or yellowish flowers; moderate- 
sized or rather large stipitate capsules; and medium-sized or 
rather large seeds. Not known to be bulbiferous except for 
one form.—North American table-land, centering in the dis- 
trict between ‘Arizona and New Mexico, and Durango and 
Coahuila: one species (the type) on the flanks of the Orizaba 
range. 
SYNOPSIS. 
Leaves elongated (1 m. or more), lanceolate. Filaments inserted at 
about the upper third of the perianth tube. A. applanata, 
Leaves short (scarcely .5 m.), oblong or roundish. 
Perianth tube nearly or quite as long as the segments, bearing 
the filaments at about its upper fourth. Seeds small (4-5 
6-7 mm.) 
Leaves rather thin with slender spine. Capsules moderate. 
Leaves dull gray, scarcely repand. A. Wislizeni. 
Leaves glaucous-green, often repand. A. parrasana. 
Leaves thick; spine stout. Capsules large. A. chihuahuana. 
Perianth tube shorter than the segments. 
Filaments inserted at about its upper third, seeds medium 
(5X 7 mm.) A. Havardiana. 
Filaments inserted nearly in the throat. 
Plants nearly globose. Flowers rather large, with deep 
tube. Pedicels stout. Seeds rather large (6 8mm.) 
Leaves very broad. Capsules large. 
Leaves acute. Tube open, more than half as 
long as the segments. A. huachucensis. 
Leaves acuminate. Tube narrow, about half as 
long as the segments. A. Patonii. 
Leaves elongated. Capsules rather small. A. Parryi. 
Plants less globose. Flowers rather small, with shallow 
tube, Pedicels slender. Seeds rather small (4 6mm.) 
Gray. Capsules blackish, not stipitate. A. Couesii. 
White. Capsules pale, stipitate. A, gracilipes. 
AGAVE APPLANATA Koch, Wochenschr. Verein Beférd. Garten- 
bau. 1862; 83, 198, 325; 1865:186; Belg. Hort. 12: 
110.—v. Jacobi, Hamburg. Gart.-Zeit. 20: 550. 1864; 
22:168; Versuch. 48, 219; Nachtrag. 4, 6.—Regel, Gar- 
tenflora. 14: 265.—Rept. Internat. Hort. Exhib. London. 
1866. 296-7.—Hereman, Paxton’s Dict. 18.—Van Houtte, 
Cat. 123: 32.—Laurentius, Cat. 1868 ; 113.—Lyon Hort. 
