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Byck.) Schuit. Syst. 7. 729? Roem. Am. 291? — America cali- 

 lidior. 2\. — Caulis nullus. Folia pallide seu laete viridia, rore 

 glauco obducfa, sesqaipedem longa, inferne poll. 2 et subindc 

 mcdio 4-5 lafa, crassa, rigida, juniora crcefa, seuiora rccurvato- 

 paientia, basi supra convexiuscula, apicem versus propter mar- 

 giues intlexos concaviuscula ; aculei marginales numcrosi, rigidi, 

 parvuli, inferue retrorsum, superiic antrorsum uncinati. Scapus 

 floralis 10-12-pedalis, siricius, basi foliosus, superne uudus, ra- 

 inulis instructus brevissimis, vix tripollicaribus. Flores luteo- 

 virides, stvlo stainiuibusque periantbium acquanf ibus, at saepc 

 abortivis; floribns succedunt capsularum loco bulbuli. Ab A. 

 sobolifera differt foliis brevioribus magis ovalibus, glaiicescenfi- 

 bus, rigidc nec flaccide rccnrvatis, aculcis marginalibus frequcn- 

 tioribus ct rigidioribus et inflorescenfia omnino diversa. S.-Dyct. 

 309. — Quid? Agave viripara Arruda de Camara, J)iss. planf. 

 Bras. 23. Schidl. Sysl. 7. 1717. obs. (A inerniis Roem. Am. 289.) 

 6. A. TuEOMETEL Znccagni in Roem. Coll. 138. Roem. Am. 

 288. Subcaulescens ; foliis late lanceolatis, spinosis, viridibus; 

 panicula coarclata. Xucc. Agave ainericana foliis parum den- 

 tatis Tlicomctcl s. Manguei divinum Moris. Hist, 418. A. ame- 

 ricana minor Mtml. Phytogr.20. f. 93. Raj. Hisi. 1198. /. 2. — 

 Mexico. 2\. — Caudex vix f ripollicaris, feres, ereefus, simplcx; 

 planta antc floreseenfiam perfecfc aeaulis. Folia radicalia sub 

 florcscentia in apice eaudicis in orbein disposita ; exteriora lato- 

 lanceolafa, erassissima, margine inflcxa et undiquc spinosa, mu- 

 crone valido, exfrinsecus quidqnam canaliculala, intus plana ct 

 concava, pallide viridia, nec viridi - glaucescentia, l|-pedalia, 4 

 poll. lafa; spinis brevibus , disfanfibus, fuscis, f riangularibus, 

 apice retrorsum uneinato; interiora suberecfa, integcrrima, mar- 

 gine carfilagineo, uonnibil spinuloso, apicc rubicundo. Scapus 

 basi (eres, sub rainis angulosus, crecfus, laetc viridis, nilidus, 

 spatbis squamaeforinibus, 5-pedalis et ulfra, basi 7 poll. in cir- 

 cuinferenf ia , supra mcdium in paniculam confractam divisus. 

 Squamac altcrnae, ensiformes, amplecfenles, apice aculeafo, mox 

 emarcidae; cx carum sinu primum prodeunt bulbillorum acervi 

 sessiles, floribus abortivis quandoque mixti, qui sensim pedun- 

 culafi fitint. Rami alterni, brevcs, rigidi, ancipitcs, obliqui, ra- 

 mulosi, scapo concolores; ramuli brcvissimi, 2-brachiati, 3 ex 

 apice ramiili. Florcs 3-5 ex quovis ramuli apice, pluribus ab- 

 ortivis mixfi, brevissimc pedunculati, sublutei, inodori, 3-polli- 

 carcs, 13 lin. lati. Pedunculi tcrefes, erecli, vix 3 lin. longi. 

 Bracleae triangulares , carinafae, ferrugineac, una sub qnovis 

 pedunculo. Perigonii laciniac oblongae, apicc caUoso-pnbescen- 

 les, aequales ; 3 inferiores basi augustiores, dorso carinatae; cx- 



tura et liabitus A. vivipaine, at folia 1^-pcdalia, louj>,e saturatiora ; spi- 

 nae valdae, ad lucem atro-purpurasceiites, subalternatim saepe diiuidiatae. 

 Havv. 



