218 HEXANDBIA, MONOGYNIA. 



Species. 1. A. Jarinosa. 2. aiirea. INfr. Le Conte 

 disting-uishes several species of this genus confounded 

 ■with Ji.farinosn. 



An American genus, exchiding the g-jgantic A? fvagrmis 

 of Africa, whicli nuist indeed have been very negligently 

 referred to Metris, according to the description of it by 

 Jussieu. 



518. YUCCA. L. (Adam's Needle.) 



Corolla inferior, campamJate, segments not 



nectariferous. Filaments of the stamina sub- 



clavate. Style none. Capsule oblong, with 3 



obtuse angles, S-celled, opening at the summit. 



' Seeds flat. 



Proper stein none; caudex Incorspicuous or assurgent 

 and slirubby; leaves comose, (or crowded and terminal) 

 ensifbrm, spiny at the point, sometimes with a sphacelate 

 filamentiferous margin; flowers in a terniinal irregular 

 panicle, eacli protected by 2 spathes; corolla white, round- 

 ish campanulate. 



Species. 1. Y.flamentom. "2. (mgv^tifolia. Stemless; 

 leaves glaucous, long, linear and nrtcronate, margin fila- 

 meniose; capsules large and dry, oblong-ohovate.— IIab. 

 On the banks of the Missouri, from \\\c confluence of tlie 

 river Platte to the mountains. Flowers large and white; 

 leaves scarcely half an inch wide. 



3. recurvifolia. In sandy fields, Noi-th Carolina, v. v. 

 A. gloriosa. Capsule interntilly filled with a sweetish 

 yuilp of a purple colour. This plant is called petre, by the 

 i\lexican Spaniards, and used for cordage, ropes, &c, as 

 well as for packing-clotli, and is eitreiricly durable. 5. 

 aloifoHa. There is also a 6tii species of this genus dis- 

 covered by the late Mr. John Lyons, improperly called 

 y. eifigvstifolia by the gardeners' around London; it is 

 nearly allied tc Y.fJameutosa, but m»-,cli narrower leaved; 

 with its specific characters 1 ant unacquainted. 



An American genus, al^Lciing the sandy sea-coasts. 



519. AGAVE, i. 



Corolla superior, erect, tnbujous or funnel- 

 form. Staminifcrous filaments longer than the 

 corolla, erect. Capsule (^inferior) triangular, 

 many-seeded. 



