80 On». 12. Acavem. Cl. 4. Sarmentacee. Liriogame. 
Botanists of old, t think he trusts too much to outside show in the 
indigenous in Africa, nor any e ndly their 
juie m very diffe K in Agave fermenting into a vino 
liquor, but in Aloe producing the ve resin 2 our 
useo 
shops; 3rdly the Spines of the Leaves in one are the 
argin, in the other -— scattered over the whole Fs “Aly the 
Inflorescence of Agave is terminal, of Aloe axillary even in the 
dichotomous Species ; bthly the Pericarpium of Agave has ‘thick dis- 
sepiments, of Aloe very thin; 6thly the Embryo of Agave is very 
short, of Aloe very long. 
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These Plants in m : 
from Sarmentacee i "4 their Pedicels Deui no joint and from Spa- 
thacec in their Pericarpium superum ; nor can they be placed else- 
where without great violence to their natural ity on both sides. 
Ord. 1 i R. Br. 
Petala 6, basi alite coalita, e parum irregularia, marces- 
centia vel decidua. Filamenta 6, receptaculo etae e inserta, plus 
minus deorsum reclinata. ere sæ am terebratæ, 2- 
loculares, 4-valves. Stylus deorsum cnt: nune brevissimus. 
Stigma 3-lobum. Pericarpium superum vel maxima pa 
3-loc PAER 3-valve, varie melliferw Semina 
umerosa, 2-plici se dise interno septis bibi. erecta vel 
horizontalia, albuminosa nigra, membranacea vel 
ta, nune P pibe ; Embryo Hilo proximus, 
crustacea, swpe ala: 
nunc foliaceus. Herbe 1—20-pedales, Habitu diverse. Radix pe- 
rennis, multiceps, fibris sepe carnosis. Stipule nulla, Folia sessilia 
incuh rie 
lisque non articulatis, Bractee 1-2 ad singulos flores, vel 2 spathacee 
preter ramentaceas. ; 
: Sect. 1. Seminum Tunica fusca. 
anthes CoRR. Capsula fere tota infera, obovata, axi dorsoque 
arain dehiscens. Petala basi imá coalita, recurvo-patentia, 
lineari-lanceolata, rig parum latiora, decidua. Filamenta 
basi petalorum inserta, inter se distincta, undique reclinata. An- 
therz basi inserte, “be ing ^ Stylus deorsum reclinatus. Stigma 
mitreforme. Semina horizontalia, compressa Ala falcata laterali, 
glabra. Herba in New Holland plagis australibus. Folia viridia 
Agavium 3—5-pedalia, lineari-lanceolata, integerrima, mucrona 
nia. Flores punicei, erecti, inodori. Capitulum Spicis brevis- 
Blandfordia, Sm. “Corolle Tubus infundibuliformis latere inferiore 
