Liriogamæ. Cl.4. Sarmentacee. Orv, 11. ALOES. 77 
the reverse of that which is so common in Amaryllidee, the inner 
Petals being attached to the outer only by their midrib, not the outer 
to the inner, their sides projecting forward between each Filament 
from the top to the bottom, so as to prevent the entrance of all 
lar, arger Insects; whether this is the case however in every species 
remains to be verified. In Haworthia which Duvar has stamped 
with additional value, by so naming it, the Corolla is more or less 
egular; and it contains species with only radi aves, forming 
a Rose or Cushion, as well as others which are Py scare y im- 
bricated — gradually ae Apicra of Wi this 
resembles Yuc and i Sp adon Da y E jakea 
Corolla plai "im in dM p 
Ord.12. AGAVEE. 
Petala 6, varie coalita, sepe in Tubum nune curvum, regularia 
vel parum irregularia, decidua vel marcescentia. Filamenta 6, re- 
rotae petalisve inserta, nune crassissima. Anthere vacillantes 
nec hactenus terebratz ad insertionem, 2-loculares, 4-valves. Peri- 
carpium superum inferumve, 3-loculare septis crassis, 3-valve, 
membranaceum vel carnosum. Stylus brevissimus longusve. Stig- 
ma sepe amplum, varie 3-fidum. Semina numero indefinita, 2-plici 
serie septis imbrieata, sessilia, horizontalia, compressa vel angulata, 
albuminosa ; Tunica nigra, membranacea; Embryo brevis ad Hilum. 
Herbe perennes Arboresve, inter Tropicos Americe usque ad Virgi- 
niam, 6—30-pedales. ia perennis, sepe sobolifera potissimum 
integerrima crenulata spinoso- i aut veniat ^ onga exiru- 
dentia, carnosa vel succulentula, rarius herbacea res spicati ve 
— erecti vel nutantes. 7 Pedunculus e medio foliorum. termi- 
nalis, erectus. Bractee 
1-2 ad singulos phe preter dem ias - em Pedicelli nune 2- 
ni, brevissimi vel longiusculi, varie articula 
Sect. 1. Pericarpium superum. 
Yucca, E. L. Los. Petala 6, pen pens — nune magis 
recurva, ovali-lanceolata, marcescen becca prear in- 
serta, petalis breviora, o-rec reves. 
ericarpium angustum, oblongum. iiie ere ile Stigma 
lobis oblongis e tis. Herbe Fruticesve, a Mexi ^s 
rida in Virginiam et flumen Missouri, 5-20-pedales. Caulis dum 
adest cylindricus, — ucis erectis. i ta, 
e fila , apice spinulosa, dura, perenn 
albidi, nutantes, aee i Panicula laxiuscula densave. Pedun- 
brachii. Pedicelli apice articulati. Bractee 
ida H li 
vta Glauea Haw. Recurvifolia BE Giorio L. ETER Draconis 
L. Tenuifolia Haw. 
