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Agave—continued. ; 
A. atrovirens (dark-green). Synonymous with A. Salmiana. 
A. attenuata (attenuated).* fl. greenish-yellow, 2in. long ; pedicels 
about lin. long, on a dense spike, 6ft. to 8ft. long, and 6in. in 
diameter; bracts overtopping the perianth. 7, ten to twenty, 
in a dense rosette at the top of the stem, oblong-spathulate, 
2ft. to Aa ge long, 8in. to 9in. broad two-thirds of the way up, 
‘narro to 2kin. to 3in. above the base, persistently glaucous, 
one of the most fleshy of all in texture; face rather concave when 
oung ; tip not pungent, edge quite entire. Stem 4ft, to 7fit. high, 
in. to 4in. thick. Mexico, 1834. A most distinct species, 
A. Beaucarnei (Beaucarne’s), Synonymous with A. Kerchovei. 
A. Botterii (Botteri’s).* 7. greenish-yellow, about lin. long, ona 
dense spike, longer than the leaves; primary bracts lanceolate, 
with a long point, the lower ones as long as the flowers; scape 
covered with adpressed lanceolate bracts. 1. about fifty in a 
rosette, oblong-spathulate, about 2ft. long, 6in. broad above the 
middle, narrowed to 44in, above the base; pale green, concave in 
the centre ; spine hard, pungent, about żin. long? marginal teeth 
crowded, in., upcurved at the tip. Stemless. Mexico, about 1865. 
A. bulbifera (bulb-bearing). Synonymous with A, vivipara. 
A. cæspitosa (tufted). Synonymous with A. Sartorii. 
A. cantula. Synonymous with A. vivipara, 
FIG. 46. AGAVE CELSIANA. 
A. Celsiana (Cels’s).* fl. tin is i i 
. tinged purplish-brown, 2in. long, in a 
dense spike, {ft or more long, and bin. to Bin. in diameter when 
expanded ; 4ft. , the lower bract leaves lanceolate, the 
ppor sul & twenty to thirty in a rosette, oblong- 
pcr hy ft. to 2ft. long, din, to Sin. broad at the middle, 
wage acc aa = Sin. above the base, persistently glaucous, 
dhape, green, lates all t; spines very unequal in size and 
This Wa beaut AY ae and horny at the top. Mexico, 1839, 
the surface of the gr ‘Seo Fig 40. which scarcely rises off 
ound, 
A. coccinea, (scarlet). fl. unk i 
dense rosette, oblanceo thulate, hath wo bee” a 
= ae two-thirds of the way up, narrowed to din, 
Agave—continued. 
dilated base, where it is lin. to ljin. thick, deep heavy green; 
terminal spine lin. or more in length, red; side prickles, 
AN i NN unequal, nearly straight. din. to jin, long, red. 
exico, ess 
A, cochlearis (cochleate). fl. yellowish green, above ĝin. long, 
in dense clusters. 7, forming a sessile rosette 10ft. broad, oblong- 
spathulate, 5ft. to 6ft. long, above 1ft. broad, bin. thick at the 
base, opaque green, with a deeply excavated face ; terminal 
spine very stout, pungent; side prickles curved variously, middle 
sized, deltoid. Stems 26ft. high. Mexico, previous to 1867. 
A. Consiaerant (Considerant’s). Synonymous with A, Victoria 
egina. 
A. Corderoyi (Corderoy’s).* f. unknown, J. forty to fifty in a 
dense rosette, rigidly erecto-patent, ensiform, lft, long, Zin. to 
lin. broad, bright green; terminal spine hard, brown, lin. long ; 
side prickles moderately close, erecto-patent, dark brown, jin. 
long. Mexico, 1868. A very distinct and pretty species. 
A. crenata (crenated). Referred to A. Scolymus. 
A. cucullata (hooded), Referred to A. Scolymus. 
A. dasylirioides (Dasylirion-like),* fl. yellow, about 1l4in. long; 
spike as long as the scape, often decurved ; lower bracts muc 
longer than the flowers; pedicels obsolete; scape 6ft. long, 
neon! clothed with spreading subulate bract leaves, the lower 
ones 1ft. long. J. eighty to a hundred ina dense rosette, linear- 
ensiform, 1}ft. to 3ft. long, about lin. broad, narrowing gradually 
from the middle to a short brown poms Donn, pale glaucous 
green, rigidly leathery ; edge minutely denticulate. Mexico, 1846. 
A. d. dealbata (white-washed). A more glaucous variety of pre- 
ceding, 
A. densiflora (close-flowered).* jt. yellowish-red, 1jin, to 2in, 
long, on a dense spike, 2ft. long; ls very short; sca 
including the spike, 6ft. long, the lower bracts ascending, tho 
aper ones spreading, 1 thirty to y in a stemless rosette, 
and 2żin. to Sin. broad, 
obianceolate-spatirulate, 2k, bi iong; and 2 a 
; decurrent ; side spines Besar. z ne 
a.i Saat ago Ra tac bri 
