1690 



* YI'JCCA superba. 

 Superb Adam's Needle. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYmA. 



Nat. ord. LiLiACEiE. Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botamj, p. 279.) 



YUCCA. — Corolla hexapetalo-partita, campanulata, demum marcescens * 

 laciniis cequalibus parum patentibus, ungue connatis. Stamina valida, brevia ; 

 filamentis basi corollse insertis, superne tumidulis. Antherce parvae, suboblongse 

 V. subglobosae. Germ, oblongum, teretiusculum, 6-sulcum, stamina excedens. 

 Stigmata 3, sessilia, obesa, deorsum confluentia, apice parum recurvata. Caps. 

 carnosa, oblonga, obtuse 3-6-gona, apice perforata et demum dehiscens, 3-6-locu- 

 laris, dissepiraentis 3 crassioribus. Semina numerosissima, uniserialia, plana. 

 Romer and Schultes Syst. veg. v. 7, xli. 



Y. superba ; foliis loratim lanceolatis amplis 2-3 uncias latis subplicatis parum 

 mucronatis, floribus confertissimis oblongo-campanulafis, inapertis apice 

 assurgenter rostratim curvantibus, caudice decempedali. Haworth Suppl. 

 Succ. PL p. 36. — Rumer and Schultes Syst. veg. vol. 7, p. 720. 



Y. gloriosa. Bot. Rep. t. 473. 



We are indebted to the Honourable and Rev. William 

 Herbert, for the specimen from which our drawing was made. 

 Having no knowledge of the plant ourselves, we can only 

 repeat the observations made by Mr. Haworth, when he first 

 pointed out the species, with the addition of Mr. Herbert's 

 remarks in the letter that accompanied the specimens. 



" This conspicuous species," says Mr. Haworth, " has 

 been taken, by the authors of the Botanical Magazine, for 

 Yucca aloifolia ; and, misled by relying too much on their 

 decision, I have cited its beautiful figure in the Botanical 

 Repository, for Y. aloifolia. But on more mature consi- 

 deration, nothing can appear more distinct in the whole 

 genus than those two plants. The leaves of the present spe- 



* Yuca is said to be the name of this genus among the natives of Saint 

 Dominsfo. 



