THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
— Yueca—continued. Yueca—continued. 
Y. acuminata (taper-pointed), of Sweet. A form of Y. gloriosa. 
Y. acuminata (taper - pointed), of gardens. A synonym of 
Y. flexilis. 
Y. acutifolia, (acute-leaved). - bi Szeen. ee 
fne perianth ny abon dale and spotted with dar 
brown ; panicle columnar, t 5ft. high, the flowering branches 
Summer. J. sub-erect, stiff, channelled, shortly 
eech 24ft. long, bordered by a line of deep red. French 
gardens, 1869. 
di agavoides (Agave-like). A iren synonym of Y. Previleans. 
Y. albo-spica Sebast A synonym of Y. constricta. 
uptime eleven). É perianth white, Län. to m Jong, 
the segments oblong or ioblosig lated tue jin. to lin. b 
pedicels lin. to l}in., upper ones jin. to ĝin., ome: 
Fic. 239. YUCCA ANGUSTIFOLIA STRICTA. 
glaucous-tinged, with a pungent, reddish-brown horn at 
the ti » the margins whiti ish T Stem slender; 
sometimes 15ft. 20ft. high, usually simple. 1700; 
Indios to North Siten Greenhouse. (B. M. m 
P. M. B. iii. 25.) The following, most of which 
Weg classed as are regarded, by Be 
varieties of P. aloifolia : Atkinsi and pare ie olia 
with purplish leaves; arcuata, crenulata, an d tenuift oat 
small forms, with narrow, more or less arch SR — ; 
conspicua, leaves looser, broader, recurved, lin. bi 
(G. C. 1870, p. 828), leaves bre goin 
curved ; eaves reddish - tinged ; leaves 
(= lineata-lutea), a common form in rete ving 
variegated with white and yellow ; variegata, leaves 
Fic. 238. Y whitish stripes. | 
` VOO ss o E Y. Ee De ul Pec pm perianth 
greenish ts 
e rhomboid, dense, lft. to 2ft. 1 the branches yee to li "to ai 1 
se KE ee 
Fre | 1 E, Aft. Si retia sey H long July. "23 
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