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 Yucca—continued. 
` FiG. 240. YUCCA FILAMENTOSA. 
rigid, linear, Lt. to 2ft. long, three to four lines broad, 
channelled above, pungent-pointed, the pale reddish- 
brown margins 7 Se entose. Missouri, &c., 
1811. Plant nearly stemless. See Fig. 238. (B. M. 2236.) 
Y. a. stricta (straight). fi., inflorescence more com- 
= mone zit. to at lon = L. Jin. to m. ios 
wed at base, less rigid, and less pungent-pointed. 
Arkansas, 1817. See Fig. 239. (B. M. 2222, under name 
of Y. stricta.) 
Y. Pngustifolia (narrow-leaved), of Carrière. A synonym 
of Y. constricta. ` 
Y. angustifolia A f gardens. A synonym 
of Y. geste. (narrow leaved), of garde y: 
Y. antwerpensis (Antwerp). A form of Y. filamentosa. 
= arcuata (arcuate). A form of Y. aloifolia. ° 
+ argospatha (white-spathed). fl., perianth pure white, large 
PEN line kod setae ar E pare raa undula 
pyramidal. St numerous, 
"pw 
. i 
Yucca—continued. 
2}ft. long, having reddish, finely-denticulate margins, and a 
CH brownish-yellow, spiny point. Stem short, Grenoble 
sc? Garden, 1869. Allied to, and perhaps a form of, Y. Tre- 
culeana. 
Ms argyrophylla (silvery-leaved). A synonym of Furcrea 
Bedinghausti. 
Y. Atkinsi (Atkins). A form of Y. aloifolia. 
Y. baccata (berried) J, perianth white, 2in. to Zin. 
segments recep vd jin. to jin. broad; oy em 
lanceolate ; inflorescence 5ft. to 6ft. long, on an elongated 
peduncle, the branches Gin, long, often glabrous. Summer. 
Jr. purple, ovoid or oblong, baccate, 3in. to Sin, long, edible. 
l. ensiform, thick, very rigid, 14ft. to 3ft. long, lin. to Zin. broad, 
scabrous, slightly concave above, pungent-tipped, the reddish- 
brown . h. 8ft. to 
copiously filamentose, very squarrose 
FIG, 241. YUCCA FILAMENTOSA PLACCIDA. ` 
10ft. ; or plant stemless. Colorado, 1873. Hardy or half-hardy. - 
115.) _ j 
i eiis Soudan) à synonym of Y. filifera. 
