218 HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNTA, 
Species. 1. A. farinosa. 2. aurea. Mr. Le Conte 
distinguishes several species. of this genus confounded 
with A. farinosa. 
An American genus, excluding the gigantic A? fragrans 
of Africa, which must indeed have been very negligently 
piss to Aletris, according to the description of it by 
’ ussieu. 
318, YUCCA. L. (Adam’s Needle.) 
Corolla inferior, campanulate, segments not 
nectariferous. Filaments of the stamina sub- 
clavate. Style none. Capsule oblong, with 3 
obtuse angles, 3-celled, opening at the summit. 
Proper stem none; caudex inconspicuous or assurgent 
and shrubby; leaves comose, (or crowded and termina!) 
ensiform, spiny at the point, sometimes with a sphacelate 
filamentiferous margin; flowers in a terminal irregular 
panicle, each protected by 2.spathes; corolla white, round- 
ish campanulate. 
Srecies. 1. Y. flamentosa. 2. angustifolia. Stemless; 
leaves Ruvcets. ong. mane and mucronate, margin fila- 
mentose; capsules large a , oblong-obovate.—Has- 
(m the banks of the Miscou: Foes ae candiabvice of the 
river Platte to the mountains. Flowers large and white; 
leaves scarcely half an inch wide. 
3. recurvifolia. in sandy fields, North Carolina. v. 2- 
gloriosa. Capsule internally filled with a sweetish 
pulp of a purple colour. This plant is called petre, by the 
Mexican Spaniards, and used for cordage, ropes, &C. as 
we}l as for packing-cloth, and is extremely durable. _5- 
alvifolia. There is also a 6th species of this genus dis- 
covered by the late Mr: John Lyons, improperly called 
__¥. angustifolia by the gardeners around London; it 18 
nearly allied to Y. flamentosa, but much narrower leaved; 
- with its specific characters 1 am unacquainted. 
An American genus, affecting the sandy sea-coasts. 
819. AGAVE. ZL, ee : 
Corolla superior, erect, tubulous or funnel- 
_ form. Staminiferous filaments longer than the 
_ corolla, erect.” Capsule (inferior) triangular, 
