754 cxxix. amartllidace.t:. 



n. Suppl. p. 93 (iwt of Eoxb.). — Flowers : Jan. -June. Veen. OJiota- 

 Guial. 



KoNKAN : Bombay, Burkhill. Deccan : Sattara-road Station (S. M. Railway), BurJc- 

 hill. 



A variegated form named A. Cool-ei by Woodrow (Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 12 (18y9) p. 522) is very closely allied to A. WigJitii, and has been 

 treated as a variety of that plant, though probably a distinct species. 

 Woodrow (3IS.) describes it as having much white on the margins of the 

 leaves, of slight growth, and very desirable as an ornamental plant in 

 gardens. 



3. Agave Cantala, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 25 ; Drummond & 

 Prain, in Agricultural Ledger, No. 7 (1906) p. 87. Native country 

 unknown ; naturalized in dilierent parts of India, probably introduced 

 from Central America vici the Philippines in the 17th century. Agave 

 Cantula, Roxb. PI. Ind. v. 2 (1832) p. 167 ; Grab. Cat. p. 222 {not of 

 Dalz. & Gibs.). A. vivipara, Dalz. & Gibs. Bo. PI. (]861) Suppl. p. 93 

 {not of Wight) ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 522.— 

 Plowers : Jan.-June. Vebn. Guial. 



KoNKAN : Bassein, Salsette, Coorla (near Bombay), Burhldll. Deccan : Poona, 

 Sattara, Kolhapur, Burkhill. S. M. Country : Belgaum, Burkhill. 



4. Agave americana, Linn., var. variegata, Hook, in Bot. Mag. (1839) 

 t. 3654. Native country unknown ; commonly grown as an ornamental 

 plant in parks and large gardens ; nowhei'e naturalized in India. VV^oodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 3 2 (1899) p. 522. — Vern. Latia-Guial. 



5. Agave Vera-Cruz, Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8 (1768) n. 7; Drummond 

 & Prain, in Agricultural Ledger, No. 7 (1906) p. 86. Native country 

 unknown, but most probably Mexico ; commonly naturalized and planted 

 as a hedge in S. India and parts of the Deccan ; used as a hedge-plant 

 along the S. JMaratha Railway line. Agave Cantula, Praia, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1057 {not of Roxb.). 



Sect. II. Littsea. Inflorescence spicate. 



Species belonging to this section may be met with, but in India have 

 been so far grown as ornamental plants exclusively. 



2. FURORE A, Vent. 



Only one Farcrcea has shown any tendency to become naturalized in 

 W. India, which has been usually identified with Furcrcea gigantea, 

 Vent., but its identity with that species has not as yet been satisfactorily 

 determined by Drummond and Prain, for want of specimens of the 

 inflorescence. It is known as Maaritius Hemp or {fide Woodrow) Natal 

 Hemp. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1899) p. 522. 



Planted along the Eailway line in tlie Deccan, Burkhill. 



Order CXXX. TACCACEiE. 



Perennial herbs ; rootstock tuberous or creeping. Leaves radical, 

 large, undivided and costate, or pinnately lobed and reticulately veined ; 

 petiole long. Plowers hermaphrodite, regiilar, densely umbellate on the 



