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Agave—continued. 
sile rosette, stiff, ensiform, 6in. to Jin. long, lin. to 1sin. broad at 
the middle, bright glossy green, with a distinct pale band down the 
centre, broadly rounded on the back, without any darker green 
lines, margined with a continuous moderately broad border, red 
brown at first, fading into grey when old ; terminal spines bright 
reddish brown, pungent, żin. to Zin. long; side prickles copious, 
spreading, lanceolate, curved, jin. long. Mexico, 1869. 
A. Salmiana (Prince Salm-Dyck’s).* fl. greenish yellow, 4in. 
long; panicle thyrsoid, 6ft. to 8ft. long, with erecto-patent 
branches and flowers in dense clusters; scape, exclusive of the 
panicle, 20ft. high. Z. twelve to thirty in a dense rosette, which is 
often 5ft. to 6ft. broad, oblanceolate-spathulate, 2ft. to 4ft. long, 
4in. to bin. broad above the middle, a dull, slightly glaucous 
green ; face more or less concave ; terminal spine 14in. to Zin. long, 
hard and pungent; side prickles jin. long, chestnut brown, hooked 
up or down. Mexico, 1860, Syns. A. atrovirens, A, Jacobiana, 
A, tehuacensis. 
. A. S. latissima (very broad). J. 2ft. to 3ft. long, by 8in. to Yin. 
broad above the middle. 
A. Sartorii (Sartor’s). eenish, 14in long; pedicels very short, 
in a dense spike about 3ft. long, 5in. to 6in. broad when expanded ; 
scape 3ft. to 4ft. long, the green linear ascending bracts 2in. to 4in. 
long. i, thirty to forty spaced out in a loose rosette, ensiform, 
14ft. to 2ft. long, Sin. broad at the middle, bright green, with a 
-pale band down the middle ; face flat; torininal spine small, not 
peent; side prickles minute, crowded, spreading, ti 
red- 
cæspitosa, A. Noackii, A. pendula, 
with 
A. schi (spine-bearing).* fl. almost identical with A. 
filifera. fifty eighty a dense sessile rosette, stiff, 
- ensiform, 12in. to 15in. long, Zin. to lin. broad at the middle, 
similar in colour and texture to those of A. Pem but the 
grey marginal border, and splitting off into flat shavings, not 
mere threads. 
A. Schnittspahni (Schnittspahn’s). Referred to A. Scolymus, 
A. Scolymus (Scolymus). fl. greenish yellow, 24in. to Zin. long ; 
branches few, with the flowers at tke end in very dense clusters; 
scape 14ft. to 16ft. high, including the thyrsoid panicle, which is 
4ft. long and 2ft. broad, furnished with green bracts. l twenty to 
thirty in a dense rosette lft. to 3ft. broad, oblong-spathnuiate, 
Yin. to. 18in. long, šin. to 6in. broad above the middle, very 
glaucous, abruptly terminating in a pungent spine, lin. or more 
long ; side prickles chestnut brown, about jin, long; edge wavy 
between them; those on the lower half smaller and directed 
downwards, Mexico, 1830. Other so-called species referred to 
his are A. amend, A. crenata, A. cucullata, A. Schnittspahni, 
and A. Verschafeltit. 
A. S. Saundersii (Saunders’), ñ. about lft. long; teeth very 
A. Seemanni 
ea Tonetti oe to a moas; 
dilated base, slightly glaucous ; 
arr i papah, rte powe, in. ong ; serv prick 4 
large, slightly curved upwards or downwards. 
Guatemala, 1868, There are two or three garden forms of this- 
A. Shawii (Shaw’s).* greenish yellow, 3in, to 34in. long; 
panicle mre about fi. long and baed clusters e D: 
; of thirty to forty flowers, surrounded by large foliaceous 
fle bracts. J. fift , or more, forming a dense globose 
ie rosette 2ft. in diameter, oblong-spathulate, 8in. to 10in. 
_ Tong, 33in. to 44in. broad at the mid d green; terminal 
spine brown, lin. long, the upper third or q entire, the rest 
furnished with crowded upeurved lanceolate prickles, tin. to din. 
long. California, 1877. This species is very rare at present, but 
is a most distinct and handsome plant. i 
A. sobolifera (soboliferous). fl. greenish yellow, 2in. to 24in. 
long, in a deltoid panicle, of which the lower panicles are 9in. to 
12in. long, and bear a hundred flowers each ; pedicels Jin. to lin. 
long ; scape 8ft. to 10ft. high, 2sin. thick at the base. Z. twenty to 
forty in a shortly caulescent rosette, oblanceolate-oblong-spathu- 
late, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 3in. to 5in. broad at the middle, very bright 
green ; face deeply channelled, the border much raised and tip 
i ten pipes oina] ee mb emt, chestnut brown, 4in. 
ong ; side prickles distant, brown, hooked, Jin, to lin. long. 
West Indies. 1678. ; i 3 p kapa 
A, striata (striated-leaved).* fl. brownish green outside, yellow 
susie, lin. to 14in. long ; pedicels very acts spike dense, Dit. to 
no bracts , shorter than the flowers; scape 6ft. 
to 8ft. high, including the „spike, furnished with numerous 
reg Subulate bracts, Which are 2in. to 3in, long. J. 150 to 
"bioad above eae te, linear-ensiform, 2ft. to 2st. long, jin. to gin. 
ie e deltoid dilated base, where they are jin. thick and 
. lin. broad a ia owed gradually from the top of the base to the 
hele in texture, glaucous green ; 
he back more so; point brown, 
minutely serrulate. teskie deen, 
A. s. echinoides 
_ the middle; face į 
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rand stiffer in ` 
rown, Caudex lft. to 2ft. long, sometimes forked. SYNS, A. — 
A. 
eames arora e A 
(Echinus-like), Z. about 6in. ath: broat 
Š Mexico, 1869. Dwa b Jong, jin = fe é 
Agave—continued. 
recurva (recurved-leaved). J. longer than in the type, 3ft. 
to 4ft., more or less faleate, narrower, and decidedly convex on 
both surfaces. 
A. s. stricta So grit l. about 1ft. long, very stiff, Jin. broad at 
er ge both faces convex. A. Richardsii comes near to this 
variety. 
A. tehuacensis (Tehuan). Synonymous with A. Salmiana, 
A. ancinata (hooked). Synonymous with A. polyacantha. 
A. univittata (one-striped).* fl. green, 14in. long (or less); spike 
10ft. to 12ft. long, bin. to Jin. thick; pedicels jin. long; scape 4ft. 
long, exclusive of the spike, its bracts dense and squarrose. 
l. fifty to eighty in a stemless rosette, rigid, ensiform, 2ft. to 24ft. 
long, 2in. to 3in. broad at the middle, narrowed slightly down- 
wards, and very gradually S A dull green, with a broad pale 
band down the face, faintly lineate on the back ; margin bordered 
by a narrow, continuous grey horny line, furnished with hooked 
lanceolate prickles, gin. long, from sin. to lin. apart; terminal 
spine brown, pungent, lin. long. Mexico, 1830. 
A. utahensis (Utahan).* jl. yellowish, about lin. long; incles 
ultimately jin. long ; scapes, 5ft. to 7ft. high, including the 1ft. to 
2ft. spike, Z. stemless, ensiform, 6in, to {2in. long, lin. to nearly 
2in. broad, thick, glaucous ; terminal spine channelled, pungént, 
about lin. long ; marginal prickles, fin. to jin. long, white, with a 
darker base. Southern Utah, 1881. This is a true alpine species, 
perfectly hardy, and of very easy culture, 
A. Vanderdonckii (Vanderdonck’s), 
awylacantha, x 
A. variegata (variegated).* Jl. greenish, about liin. long; spike 
about If long, fifteen to twenty flowered; bracts minute, del- 
toid ; scape 2ft. long, exclusive of the spike, bearing about twelve 
lanceolate bract leaves. J. fifteen to eighteen ina sessile rosette, 
spreading, ligulate-lanceolate, finally [2in. to 15in. long, lin. to 
2in. broad below the middle, narrowed slightly downwards, and 
gradually to the point, deeply chanelled down the face, and 
copiously spotted with brown on a green ground; edge hard and 
tough, very obscurely serrulate. Texas, 1865. This very desirable 
variegated species is extremely rare in cultivation. 
A. Verschaffeltii (Verschaffelt’s), Referred to A. Scolymus. 
A. Victoriz Re (Queen Victoria).* J, forty to fifty in a 
sessile rosette, stiff, rigid, lanceolate, 6in. long, 1iin. to nearly 2in. 
broad above the dilated base, narrowed gradually to a rather 
obtuse point, dead green, margined with a continuous white 
border, like that of A. filifera, not splitting up into threads, 
but leaving distinct white vertical bands ere it is pressed 
against the-neighbouring leaves ; terminal spine jin. long, black, 
paap, with usually one or two small spines on each side of it. 
pe a This is also much too rare a plant. SYN, A. Con- 
eran 
Synonymous with i 
A. virginica (Virginian).* ireenish yellow, lin. to 1łin. long; 
spike very loose, lft. to ttolose ; lower flowers with very short 
edicels and lanceolate bracts, about jin. long; scave 2ft. to 3ft. 
gh, exclusive of the spike, with only a few distant small bract 
leaves. Z. ten ig mong = year ne mae tages 5 lanceo- 
late, 6in, to 12in. long, lin. to ljin. broad below the middle, 
narrowed gradually to the point and a little downwards; face 
channelled, undulated, pale a. or mottled with brown spots, 
the narrow hard and tough margin very obscurely ser te. 
n America, 1765. A. conduplicata is said to be allied to this 
species. ; 
Pcl mena viviparous).* fl. greenish yellow, lin. to 2in. long, 
often ve into bulbillze, which bear lanceolate leaves bin. long 
before they fall and take root; inflorescence reaching a height of 
-~ 20ft, or more, the deltoid panicle about a quarter of the length of 
the scape ; corymbs on stout peduncles, icels short. J, twent 
to fifty ina dense, shortly caulescent wea ensiform, 2ft. to ate 
long, Ijin. to 2in. broad at the middle, whence it gradually 
narrows to the point, dull green when mature, thin but firm in 
texture, flat or channelled down the face; terminal spine firm, 
— a bee; side Kye gy hooked, in, or less long. 
very widely spread species throughout tropics 
World, 1731 Syns. A. lania A. bulbifera. pics. of- ee 
spathulate, 9in. to.`l0in. long, 3in. broad above the 
A. Warelliana (Warell’s).* l. about thirty in a rosette, oblong- ue 
narrowed to 2in. above the dilated base ; face nearly flat, green, 
scarcely at all glaucous, tipped with a strong brown 
spine lin. long; border margined with close, very short 
dark purple when mature. Mexico. A rare but very 
species. vant 
A. Wislizeni (Wislizenius’s). /l. 24in. 10 ; panicle 
branches Sin, to 6in. jong, pola very short ; scape 12f 
l. about thirty in a dense, rigid, sessile rosette, which is ui 
broad, oblong-spathulate, in. to 34in, broad above the middle, = 
very glaucous, concave in the upper part; terminal spine hard, 
eae dark Doses, = long, and decurren t down the border à 
e ; side prickles jin. long, dark purple, ISt : 
bolog We piddle of the leaf piai pes and curved downward. 
im, “i. not more than twenty in 
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