“THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Agave—continued. 
A. Deserti (Desert’s).* fl. yellow, under 2in. long, on a thyrsoid 
panicle, the branches very short, the lower horizontal, the "r 
ascending ; pedicels short; scape 4ft. to 10ft. high, lin. to 2in. 
thick at the base, furnished with distant lanceolate acuminate 
toothed bracts. few, in a rosette, oblanceolate, 6in. to 12in. 
long, lJin. to 2in. broad above the middle, thick, fleshy, very 
glaucous; face deeply concave ; terminal spine lin. to 2in. long, 
slender; prickles crowded, strong, hooked, horny, nearly jin. long. 
California, 1877. 
Desmetiana (De Smet’s). 
miradorensis. 
A. Elemcetiana (Elemcet’s).* fl. yellowish-green, lin. to 1}in. 
long, in a dense spike 8ft. to 9ft. long, Tin. to 8in. in diameter 
when e ded ; pedicels jin. long; scape, including the spike, 
12ft. to 13ft. high, stiffly erect, lower 3ft. to 4ft:, barren, with 
squarrose lanceolate bracts. l, twenty to twenty-five in a rosette, 
lanceolate-oblong, 14ft. to 2ft. long, din. to 6in.- wide, slightly 
glaucous; face flat above the middle terminal spine, not pungent, 
the margin pale and quite entire. Stemless. A very distinct 
species. Mexico, 1864. 
A. Fenzliana (Fenzl’s). Synonymous with A. Hookeri. 
A. ferox (fierce). fi. unknown. l. about twenty in a rosette, 
oblong-spathulate, 4in. to 8in. broad; face nearly flat, except at 
the top, slightly glaucous green ; terminal spine above lin. long, 
hard, pungent; margin slightly wavy between the large dark 
brown teeth, which are about jin. long, and curved at the 
top. Mexico, 1861. 
Probably synonymous with A. 
A. filifera (thread-bearing).* jl. greenish, about 2in. lorg; pedicels 
po short and stout, in a dense spike 2ft. to 3ft. long; scape 3ft. 
to 4ft. long, its bract-leaves subulate, the lower ones ascending, 
the upper squarrose. J. sixty to a hundred in a dense rosette, 
stiff, straight, ensiform, 6in. to 9in. long, lin. broad at the middle, 
gradually narrowing to a grey pungent tip; face flat, the con- 
À ous Diay ed e splitting off copiously into irregular spreading 
ai. prey wiry threads ; outer leaves of the rosette not all recurved, 
- but spreading stiffly. Mexico, 
A. f. filamentosa (thready).* A form with larger leaves and 
scape; including the spike, 10ft. to 12ft. high. A well-known, 
handsome variety. 
a Galeotti greg ie jt. eano, be Bots = a 
ense rosette, broad, o 0) -spat 
2in. breed; faon PE fat i by a me] 
to 6in. orf convex, 5 
spine hard, ; pungent ; : kles close, straight, of slightly hooked, 
to broad, bright green ; terminal 
go p Aa till a late stage ; side 
pungent; border narrow, ckles 
numerous, r, two to three lines long. Mexico, Very 
handsome d ies, A. Rohanii and A, Leguayana are mere 
A. heteracantha (various-spined).* fl. greenish, 14in. long, on a 
dense spike 3ft. long; scape 3ft. to 4ft. long. J. fifty to eighty 
in a rosette, rigid, ensiform, 14ft. to 2ft. long, 2in. to dyin. broad 
in the middle, oarak yg. with numerous darker green lines on 
the back; termi point lin. long; side spines numerous, 
strongly hooked, lanceolate. Stemless. Mexico, 
A. Hookeri (Hooker’s).* fl. large, yellow, very numerous, in 
stalked panicled cymes. J. thirty to forty in a sessile rosette, 8ft. 
or 9ft. in diameter, oblanceolate-spathulate, bright green on the 
face, rather glaucous on the back, 4ft. to 5ft. long, 5in. to Qin. 
broad, 2in. to din. thick ; terminal spine 2in. long, and decurrent for 
nearly half a foot ; face flattish or slightly concave ; side prickles 
> wn and horny, about łin. long, and curved in 
different directions. Mexico. SYN. A. Fenzliana. A rare and 
A. horrida odie al 
‘ (horrid).* fl. unknown. 1. thirty to forty in a dense 
some right green terminal. spi 8in. to 12in. ong 1. to 2in. 
3 i ; spine pungent, nearly lin. long; 
margin with a continuous broad border, wi 
copious prickles gin. to din. long. Se 
A. h. Gilbeyi (Gilbey’s).* l about thirty, 3in. to 4in. long, 2in. 
broad, dark a e stri d h j 
four large splage dn each Ana sane era, the middle, three to 
A. h, (smoother). l. somewhat narrower, longer, with 
marginal spines less strongly de ag i 
Maslow woe gly developed, and of a paler colour. 
A. h. macrodonta (long-toothed). 1. fitt i ; 
spines larger than in the typical ie ies u aa — 
A. h. micrantha (small-toothed). Bord 
spines smaller, than in the typleal terme en ame 
A. Jacobiana (Jacob’s). Synonymous with A. Salmiana, 
: n L thirty to f i 
, stiff, rigid, typically ensiform, ain, te ie 
t spine 
ually to a 
e central ‘rounded 
a 
wi of dark green, the 
curved, jin. to fin. long. A. 
| A. Roezliana (Roez!’s). 7. unknown. l twenty to thirty in ases- 
Agave—continued. 
There are several varieties of A. Kerchovei, of which the following 
are the most important :— 
A. K. diplacantha (double-spined).* With very few distant, 
small teeth, often collected or united in pairs. 
A. K, inermis (unarmed). Dwarf, with spines entirely obsolete. 
A. K. macrodonta (long-toothed). J 14ft. long, without any 
distinct central band, and with copious irregular grey lanceolate 
prickles, about 4in. long. 
A. E. pectinata (comb-like). 2. lft. long, 2jin. broad, without 
any central band. 
A. lophantha (crest-flowered).* jt. greenish, arranged in a dense 
spike 4ft. to 5ft. long; scape 7ft. to 8ft. long, its leaves brown, the 
lower ones 6in. long. 1. thirty to forty in a rosette, rigid, ensi- 
form, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 14in. broad at the middle, rather concave 
down the face, rounded on the back, not marked with any lines, 
dull green ; terminal spine lin. long ; —— bordered by a very 
narrow continuous grey hoary line, furnished with distant linear 
falcate teeth, about in. long, sessile. Mexico. 
A. 1, ccerulescens (bluish).* “%. with a decided glaucous bloom. 
A. 1. longifolia (long-leaved). A mere variety of above species. 
A. macracantha (long-spined).* jl. greenish, 2in. long, ten to 
twelve in a loose raceme 6in. long, all solitary on ascending 
em din. to sin. long; scape 2ft, to 3ft. long; bracts erect. 
. thirty to fifty in a stiff rosette 1ft. to 2ft. broad, oblanceolate, 
6in, to 12in. long, lin. to 14in. broad, very stiff and rigid, ¥ery 
glaucous; face rather thicker in the lower half; terminal spine 
nearly black, very pungent, Jin. long; side prickles purpiisp mu 
sub-distant, 4in. long, with a large point straight or slightly hooked. 
With a short stem, or stemless. Mexico, 1830. t has many 
varieties, among which are A. Bessereriana and A. flavescens. 
A. Maximiliana (Maximilian’s).* 7. unknown. l. about twenty 
in a sessile rosette, oblanceolate-spathulate, 14ft. to 2ft. long, 1jin. 
to 3in. broad ; face slightly glaucous green ; terminal spine pungen 
brown, lin. broad; side prickles bright chestnut brown, larger an 
more irregular than in A. americana, more hooked, and farnished 
with longis and sharper points, reaching fin. long. Mexico. A 
very species. 
A. micracantha (small-spined). ellowish, ljin. long, in a 
dense spike 3ft. to Ste. óin. FR te on Be expan ed. l 
agg to gg Hd in a shortly stalked oblanceolate oblong, 
to tia aa EA aaa es boa ME ie ne the 
ve the ; 
centre; terminal spine red sa 
close Pema ong eb boy teeth | 
ascending, lower defiexed. Mexico, 3 
A. miradorensis (Mirador).* unknown. l about thirty: 
sessile rosette, oblanceolate og = to 2ft. long, Zin. 
in. broad above the middle, thin but firm in texture, very 
glaucous, with a firm red-brown terminal spine lin. long ; side 
prickles very minute, crowded, colourless, five or six to an inch 
in the centre of the leaf. Mexico, 1869. SYN. (probably) A. 
Desmetiana 
A. Noackii. A synonym of A. Sartorii. 
A. ornata (adorned). Synonymous with A. americana picta. 
A. Ortgiesiana (Ortgies’). A dwarf form of A. schidigera, witha 
pale central band to the leaf. Mexico, 1861, A widely-distributed 
and desirable species. 
A. pendula (pendulous). Synonymous with A. Sartorii, 
A. polyacantha (many-spined).* fi. greenish-yellow, lin, to 
2in. long ; flowering-stem Sft. to 12ft. high, including the dense 
spike, which is 3ft. to 4ft. long. č about thirty in a sessile 
rosette, oblanceolate-spathulate, rigid, 1ft. to 2ft. long, 24in. to 
5in, broad above the middle, bright green, slightly glaucous 
when young; terminal spine dark brown, pungent, din. to jin. 
k chestnut brown, ir- 
long ; side prickles crowded, deltoid, dar 
regular, in. or lin. long, all sub-patent. 
A. uncinata, A. xalapensis, 
A, Poselgerii (Poselger’s). fl. purplish, ' 
long ; scape, including the spf 6ft. to 10ft. 
SYNS. 
in a dense rosette, ‘orm, lft. to 14ft. 
broad at the middie, d ee a, With a broad pale | mn to 
pte EA back ; margin farish wii 5 Ding meeeg straight, 5 
prg taSs iiy ‘close, lanceolate, hooked, if. one 2 
Trunk, 4in. to in. long. Texas. 
tatorum (drinkers’). fl. greenish yellow, 3in. long; scape 
ih, high, aAa tg thyrsoid panicle, which is 4ft. to 5ft. 
long. l. about twenty in a dense sessile rosette, 4ft. to Sft. broad, 
oblong-spathula t. to 2)ft. long, Tin. to 9in, broad above the 
middie, a dull glaucous green ; face slightly concave ; terminal 
spines hard pungent, lġin. to 2in. long ; side prickles deltoid- 
cuspidate, about jin. long, with the edge slightly wavy between 
them. Mexico, 1830. 4 i 
pruinosa (frosty).* fl. unknown. Z. ten to twenty in a dense 
ae A ding, oblanceolate-oblong un to 2ft. long, 4in. to 
Sin, brow peer | the „m soft and y =~ borne he Lew 
mucous green ; termini spino sey SAn urnished wii 
+ soe irr toi than 
—— del serrations, not more 
quarter line long. Mexico, 1863. A very distinct species. 
