1895 
* YUCCA flaccida. 
Weak-leaved Adam’s Needle. : 
HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. LILIACEA. 
YUCCA,—Supra, vol. 20. fol. 1690. 
Y. flaccida ; folis omnibus valdé flaccidis tenuibus infra medium debiliter 
recurvo-dependentibus loratim longo-lanceolatis planis apice concavis 
mucronulatis undique asperiusculis, filis marginalibus validissimis fulvicanti- 
bus. Haworth, Suppl. p. 35. Römer et Schultes Syst. Veg. 7. 719. 
., Acaulis, cespitosa, folis flaccidè recurvis, striatis, striarum jugis 
interrupte elevatis et hinc superficiem scabram reddentibus.  Paniculee mul- 
tiflore, patentes, glaberrime. Flores ochroleuci rubore vix ullo nisi ipsis 
apicibus sepalorum, subglobosi. Petala sepalis duplô latiora. Filamenta 
pruinoso-pubescentia, stylo breviora. 
Of this the native country is unknown. It was first 
noticed in the Garden of Mr. Vere, of Kensington Gore, 
Where it had probably been raised from North American 
seed. It is a pretty and apparently distinct species, well 
marked by its thread-edged scabrous leaves, pallid flowers, 
and stemless habit. 
The drawing was made in July, 1835, in the Garden of 
the Horticultural Society, where the plant isa hardy ever- 
green perennial ; its flowers are over by the middle of August. 
It is readily multiplied by offsets, and like the rest of the 
genus thrives most in sandy soil, resembling that of the 
sea-shore, along which so many of the species are found 
wild in North America. 
These Yuccas would surely be “excellent plants for gar- 
dens on the sea-coast, and yet one never sees them there. 
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* See fol. 1690. 
