1895 



* y6cCA fl&ccida. 



Weak-leaved Adam's Needle. 



HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Liliace^e. 



YUCCA.— Su^rd, vol. 20. fol. 1690. 



Y. flaccida ; foliis omnibus valde flaccidis tenuibus infra medium debiliter 



recurvo-dependentibus loratim longo-lanceolatis planis apicc concavis 



mucronulatis undique asperiusculis, filis margin alibus validissimis fulvicanti- 



bus. Haworth, Suppl.p. 35. Eomer et Schultes Syst. Veg. 7. 719. 



Acaulis, ccsspitosa, foliis flaccid^ recurvis, striatis, striarum jugis 



interrupte elevatis et hinc superjiciem scabram reddentibus. Paniculee mul- 



tiflorce, patentes, glaberrimce. Flores ochroleuci rubore vix ullo nisi ipsis 



apicibus sepalorum, subglobosi. Petala sepalis duplb 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 is a hardy ever- 

 green perennial ; its flowers are over by the middle of August. 

 It is readily multiplied by off'sets, 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. 



* See fol. 1690. 



